2nd Semester Review

The central or most important idea from a text

In an argument or persuasion, this is the writer's position on an issue or problem

Section titles that hint at the main idea of the section that follows it

Restating the author's main ideas and details in your own words

Persuasive technique that makes the audience afraid something bad will happen

Persuasion that uses situations that are unbalanced or unfair to convince the reader

A true story about a person's life or part of his or her life

The group of people the writer is "speaking" to

A truth know by actual experience or observation

The series of events in a story revolving around the conflict

A lesson that a story teaches

Persuasive technique that relies on a person's sympathy or guilt to convince them

Information that helps prove a claim

The author's feeling toward the story or topic

Persuasion that taps into the audience's desire to be part of a group

One or two words that sum up what the story is about

A struggle between opposing forces

A personal judgment based on something that is not necessarily fact or knowledge based

Elements of a text that organize & emphasize information (bold words, subheadings, pictures)

A writer's story of his or her own life

True texts that explain something

The feeling a reader gets from reading a selection

Words that have the same meaning

A broad statement about a group of people based on a belief about some of its members.