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Corroborate to support an idea, statement, or character's point of view by giving more evidence or proof.
Prevailing - the idea or feeling that is the strongest.
Indicate to pick or point out.
Tone the way authors express their personal opinions about themselves, the content, subject, and/or the audience.
Mood the emotions; a reader feels when reading the excerpt.
Purpose the reason the text exists. It is what the author or speaker hopes to accomplish by writing the text.
Perspective a way of thinking about and understanding something.
Audience those who actively engage with texts, interpret the texts according to their own knowledge and experiences, and use the texts to accomplish their own purposes.
Expository techniques the elements an author uses that focus on central idea, provide evidence and examples, and present logical conclusions (ex.: facts, statistics, testimony, text, data, main ideas, etc.).
Stylistic of or concerning style (usually used when discussing elements in writing, similar to techniques).
Closure a sense of resolution or conclusion.
Suspense - a feeling of anxious curiosity, it often builds during the Rising Action of a story.
Adaptation a story or work that is based on an older story, they often include changes to the original story.
Parenthetical citations Citations are brief references within the text that provide readers with the source of the information. Parenthetical means the information is included in parenthesis ( ).
Works Cited A Works Cited page is a list at the end of paper or text that shows all the sources that were used to find the information. It gives credit to the authors and helps readers know where the facts came from.
Emissions the release, discharge, or sending out of something into the air or environment.
Emit to produce and discharge something.
Activist a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
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