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English 7A Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| theme | the main message that an author wants to communicate to a reader |
| central idea | the main idea of a literary text |
| plot | what happens in a story |
| inference | A guess that readers make using the clues that authors give them in a piece of writing |
| evidence | a specific detail |
| audience | the intended readers to whom the author is writing |
| purpose | the reason for writing |
| style | the words a writer chooses and the way the writer arranges the words into sentences |
| tone | the author or speaker´s attitude toward the audience or subject matter |
| voice | the way a piece of writing sounds |
| chronological order | organizational pattern in which details are arranged in the order they occur |
| clarity | when writing is clear and easy to understand |
| coherence | the sensible presentation of smoothly connected ideas in a paragraph or essay |
| logical order | organizational pattern in which details are grouped together such as in comparison and contrast |
| order of importance | organizational pattern in which details are presented from least important to most important or from most important to least important |
| pattern of organization | the order by which details are arranged |
| spatial order | organizational pattern in which details are arranged according to location |
| thesis | the most important point |
| transition | a word |
| unity | a characteristic of writing achieved when all sentences in a paragraph or all paragraphs in an essay support the main idea |
| Argument | A set of reasons used to try and convince people that you are right; |
| Claim | an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims" |
| MLA/ Modern Language Association | MLA is a strategy for writers to share the sources of their information used in an argument or essay. It involves two parts a Works Cited page and Citations. |
| Works Cited Page A list that is formatted a specific way that is found at the end of a paper that shows all sources information was gotten from. | |
| Citation | ( ) at the end of a fact or information in a paper that shows which works cited page is being used at that time in your paper. |
| Emotive language | Language that has an impact on the readers emotions. Makes you feel a certain way when you read it. |
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