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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Author's purpose | the reason for the author's writing: it can be to persuade, inform, explain, or entertain (or a combination of these) |
| Connotative meaning | a meaning beyond the explicit or literal meaning of a word (for example, "childlike" connotates innocence as well as youth) |
| Claim | idea/opinion of the author |
| Explicit | an idea or message that is fulled stated or revealed by the writer; the author tells the reader exactly what they need to know |
| Genre | a category of passages, such as fiction and nonfiction, fairy tale, science fiction, historical fiction, etc. |
| Analyze | consider thougtfully and carefully something (especially information) for purposes of explanation and interpretation |
| Audience | the person who will be reading a piece of writing; it should always be considered when writing, as the author needs to communicate clearly with the audience |
| Transition | a word, phrase, or clause that links one idea to the next (another, for example, also, because, such as, etc) |
| Adverb (adverbial) phrase | a phrase that modifies a verb in a sentence (The dog ran around UNTIL MORNING.) |
| Allusion | an indirect reference to something else, usually in literature ("He was a real scrooge" is an allusion to Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol.") |
| Compound sentence | sentence made from TWO independent clauses joined together in one of two ways: 1. a comma and a coordinating conjunction or 2. a semicolon (He plays basketball in the gym after school, and he enjoys the exercise and camaraderie.) |
| Denotation | the exact dictionary definition of the word |
| Phrase | Phrase a group of words that does not contain a complete subject and verb, used to modify and add details to clarify meaning |
| Redundancy | a word or phrase that repeats something else and is unnecessary |
| Adjective (adjectivial) phrase | a phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun in a sentence (The dog COVERED IN MUD looked pleased with himself.) |
| Analogy | a comparison of two things that are somehow alike or different (Just like soldiers use weapons, writers use pens) This could also be written as SOLDIERS:WEAPONS::WRITERS:PENS and read as "Soldiers are to weapons as writers are to pens |
| Clause | a group of words that contains a complete subject and verb, used to construct sentences; there are two types of clauses: independent and dependent (subordinate) |
| Subordinating conjunction | conjunctions that start dependent clauses (AFTER, ALTHOUGH, SINCE, UNLESS, etc.) used to create complex sentences |
| Simple sentence | a sentence made from ONE independent clause (He plays basketball at the gym after school.) |
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erica.campbell
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