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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Corroborate | Answer: To support an idea, statement, or character's point of view. |
| 2. Prevailing | The idea or feeling that is the strongest |
| 3. Indicate | To pick or point out. |
| 4. Tone | The author's opinions about the content. |
| 5. Mood | he emotions evoked by the text. |
| 6. Purpose | The reason a text exists; what the author hopes is accomplished. |
| 7. Perspective | The lens through which the author is thinking about and understanding something. |
| 8. Audience | The readers the text is intended for. |
| 9. Expository Techniques | The elements an author uses that focus on central idea, provide evidence and examples, and present logical conclusions (e.g., facts, statistics, testimony, text, data, main ideas, etc.). |
| 10. Stylistic | Of or concerning style (usually used when discussing elements). |
| 11. Closure | A sense of resolution or conclusion. |
| 12. Suspense | A feeling of anxious curiosity; it often builds during rising action. |
| 13. Adaptation | A story or work that is based on an older story/play, often with changed characters. |
| 14. Parenthetical Citations | Brief references within the text that provide readers with the source of the information; "Parenthetical" means the information is included in parentheses () |
| 15. Works Cited | A list at the end of a text that shows all the sources that were used to find the information, giving credit to the person/s who created the information. |
| 16. Prefix uni- | One; single. |
| 17. Root -mit/mittere- | To allow someone or something to go somewhere; permit. |
| Blight: Noun | Something that spoils, prevents growth. |
| Maladies: Noun - | Illnesses or diseases. |
| Puzzled: Adjective - | Confused and unable to understand something. |
| Stricken: Adjective - | Very badly affected by trouble or illness. |
| Stillness: Noun - | Absence of noise or motion. |
| Deserted: Adjective - | Abandoned; empty. |
| Emissions: Noun - | Release, discharge, or gases sent into the air or environment. |
| Emit: Verb - | To produce and discharge something. |
| Activist: Noun - | - A person who campaigns to bring about political or social change. |