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Stack #4658424
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| third person limited | when a story is told by a narrator who acts like a camera attached to only one character at a time |
| third person omniscient | POV in which the narrator is like a god looking down on the story |
| phrase | small group of words that acts as a unit within a sentence |
| central theme | message author wants to share with the world ie; literature based texts |
| central idea | message the author wants you to understand ie; informational based texts |
| revision/revised | corrected, improved, updated |
| formal v. informal tone | formal tone reduces the use of contractions & unecesary vocabulary while informal tone embraces these things |
| objective summary | unbiased restatement of a texts main point |
| conclusion | final result |
| claim or counterclaim | claim: assertion/for counterclaim: oppose/against |
| perspective | outlook or opinion on what the author is writing |
| point of view | angle or standpoint, 1st 2nd or 3rd person |
| primary purpose | main reason for something being done |
| relevant v. irrelevant | relevant: related to current topic irrelevant: not related to current topic |
| primary or primarily | first in importance |
| connotation | emotional feeling a word suggests |
| emphasis | special importance or value placed on a certain topic |
| contribute | give something to make succesful |
| inference/infer/inferred | educated guess |
| omit/omission | absence of information |
| analogy | comparison, usually abstract |
| allusion | reference to something popular or well known ie; chocolate was her achilles heel (meaning: her weakness) |
| antonym | opposite meaning |
| synonym | same meaning |
| interrogative | questionsing writing style |
| indicative | academic writing style |
| subjunctive | hypothetical writing style |
| imperitave | mood meaning necessary |
| conditional | thematic structures where an outcome depends on a certain condition |
| stanza | block of text in a poem, similar to a paragraph |
| transition word/phrase | word or group of words that acts as a bridge connecting to topics |
| dialogue | speech in the form of text |
| ellipsis | a punctuation mark consisting of three dots (...) used to indicate omission of words, pause in speech, or trailing thought. |
| maintain focus | categorized by strategized used to keep the attention of a reader to a text ie; adhering to the core theme, controlling the narrative scope, eliminating distractions, maintaining consistency, and structural integrity. |
| acknowledge an opposing viewpoint | the process of identifying, summarizing, and addressing counterarguments within a piece of writing |
| concise/precise | succinct |
| convey meaning | the process of an author ensuring the reader understands the meaning or main idea/theme of a text |
| active v. passive voice | active voice: succinct, subject performs the action passive voice: longer/more vague, subject receives the action |
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