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Millstone key terms!
Millstone key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cause and Effect | an organizational structure in which one event (the Cause) causes another (the Effect) |
| Claim | idea/opinion of the author |
| Counterclaim | an opposing viewpoint to an author's claim (also: alternate claim or viewpoint, opposing view) |
| Evidence | reasoning that proves a claim and demonstrates the truth; proof for a thesis |
| Explanatory text | a form of writing that explains to the reader |
| First person Point of View | when the story is told by the person in the story (I went to the store.) |
| Interactions | how ideas influence individuals or events, or how characters influence ideas or events |
| Metaphor | a comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as," it simply says something is something it is not (Her eyes were shining stars.) |
| Relationships | the ways in which ideas are connected; there needs to be a clear relationship between a claim and reasoning |
| Second person Point of View | when the story is about you (You went to the store.) |
| Sequential order | an organizational structure in which events are told in a logical order or step-by-step |
| Summary | a short overview of a text that captures the main points or ideas, but not give all the details or include opinion |
| Theme | the lesson or message of story; it will be a "universal truth" that does not apply specifically to the story |
| Third person Point of View | when a narrator tells the story (He went to the store.) |
| Transition | a word, phrase, or clause that links one idea to the next (another, for example, also, because, such as, etc) |
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