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GED English
vocabulary practice
Question | Answer |
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tone | a writer's attitude toward the subject he or she is writing about |
point of view | "Where the author is coming from" |
text structures | How information is organized in informational and nonfiction materials. (ex. pros and cons, chronological order, elaboration) |
purpose | The reason why an author is writing the passage |
"narrate" (one of the purposes for writing) | The author wants to recount events chronologically |
"inform" (one of the purposes for writing) | The author wants to present facts and data to explain a subject, situation, or idea |
"persuade" (one of the purposes for writing) | The author seeks to change readers' minds and includes opinions, recommendations or conclusions |
"entertain" (one of the purposes for writing) | The author wants to try to amuse or interest their readers. |
argument | a statement, which is a conclusion about something, the evidence, which is support for the argument, the premises (assumptions) behind the argument |
infer | to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence |
valid | sound; just; well-founded; convincing |