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Argumentative Part 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| explain | to describe something using details or by providing more information |
| audience | the intended target group for a message |
| details | ideas included or intentionally omitted by an author that contribute to his or her purpose |
| hyperbole | an intentional and extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect (e.g., this book weighs a ton) |
| essay | a short piece of writing that focuses on one topic, sharing the author's ideas, opinions, or information |
| paraphrase | restate the meaning of something in different words. |
| position | the author's feeling or opinion about a topic |
| central idea | what a text is mostly about |
| contraction | shortened form of two words written as one word |
| homophones | words that sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings |