vocabulary practice
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| tone | a writer's attitude toward the subject he or she is writing about
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| point of view | "Where the author is coming from"
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| text structures | How information is organized in informational and nonfiction materials. (ex. pros and cons, chronological order, elaboration)
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| purpose | The reason why an author is writing the passage
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| "narrate" (one of the purposes for writing) | The author wants to recount events chronologically
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| "inform" (one of the purposes for writing) | The author wants to present facts and data to explain a subject, situation, or idea
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| "persuade" (one of the purposes for writing) | The author seeks to change readers' minds and includes opinions, recommendations or conclusions
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| "entertain" (one of the purposes for writing) | The author wants to try to amuse or interest their readers.
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| argument | a statement, which is a conclusion about something, the evidence, which is support for the argument, the premises (assumptions) behind the argument
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| infer | to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence
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| valid | sound; just; well-founded; convincing
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