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Vocabulary 7
FAST Prep
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Point of view | in the literary texts, the type of narration used (as in first-, second-, or third-person narration); a way of looking at or thinking about something |
| Position | an arguable opinion that can be defended by evidence |
| Primary Source | sources, such as diaries, speeches, interviews, letters, official records, that provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence witnessed or recorded b someone who experienced the event(s) or condition(s) being documented |
| Prosody | the rhythmic and intentional aspect of language |
| Reasoning | the process of thinking about something in a logical way in order to form a conclusion or judgement |
| relationship | the way in which two or more people or things are connected |
| Relevant | related to a subject or to something happening or being discussed |
| Reliable | of a source, trustworthy without biases or conflict of interest related to the topic |
| Research | careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something the activity of getting information about a subject |
| Revise | dealing with the text as a whole, addressing strengths and weaknesses, focus, support, evidence, voice, and mechanical issues Note: revise does note mean rewrite the entire piece of writing |
| Rhetoric | the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people |
| Root | a word or part of a word from which other words are obtained adding a prefix or suffix |
| Secondary source | sources created by someone who did not experience firsthand or participate in the event(s) examples: textbooks, journal articales, criticisms |
| Sematics | study of word and phrase meanings |
| Sequence | a series of related things or events, or the order in which things or events follow each other |