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Kite Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| third person limited | narrator focuses on 1 character |
| third person omniscient | narrator focuses on all characters |
| phrase | a group of words that make sense |
| transition/transitional phrase | a word or group of words that bridges to ideas in writing |
| central theme | overaltrating idea or lesson in a text |
| central idea | main idea of the passage |
| revision | the process of "seeing again," involving a critical, comprehensive re-evaluation of a draft, plan, or concept to improve its structure, argument, and clarity. |
| revised | something that has been amended, updated, corrected, or improved |
| formal vs. informal tone | Formal tone is characterized by standard English, complex sentences, and a lack of slang, for academic and professional, contexts. informal tone is casual, personal, often featuring shorter sentences for social media, texts, or communication. |
| objective summary | a precise version of a text that is not a opinion |
| concise/ precise | strait to the point/ exact strait to the point |
| Conclusion | end or interference |
| claim vs. counterclaim | Claim equal argument counterclaim equal opposing viewpoint |
| perspective | your opinion or interpretation |
| point of view | who is telling the story |
| primary purpose | the main reason it was written |
| relevant vs. irrelevent | applies to it/ doesn't apply to it |
| primary of primarily | main reason |
| connotation | emotion or idea that goes along with the meaning of the word |
| emphasis | special importance, value |
| contribute | help to cause or bring |
| inference/infer/inferred | the conclusion reached on evidence |
| omit/omission | leave out, exclude/ referring to the act of leaving something out |
| antonym | opposite meaning of another word. |
| synonym | word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word. |
| interragative | question |
| indicativive | statement |
| subjunction | wish |
| imperative | command |
| conditional | under right condition something might happen |
| maintain focus | keep ones attention |
| acknowledge and opposing viewpoint | neutral identifying a counterargument. |
| stanza | paragraph in poem |