USA Test. Prep Vocabulary (Writing Vocab, Vocab Worksheet) - Flashcards

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Adjective

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This is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun.

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Adjective Clause

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A group of related words, with a subject and a predicate, that acts to modify a noun or pronoun.

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Adverb

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This is a word that modifies a verb, another adverb or an adjective.

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Adverb Clause

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This is a group of related words with a subject and a predicate that acts to modify a verb adjective, or adverb.

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Analogy

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This is a comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

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Argument

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This involves one or more reasons presented by a speaker or a writer to lead the audience or reader to a conclusion on an issue.

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Argument

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This is a statement that seeks to convince readers of something, addresses a problem, and takes a position.

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Audience

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This is whoever will be reading, listening or watching a story, text or drama.

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Audio

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This is the reproduction or broadcasting of sounds.

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Bias

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This is a prejudice that is leaning towards a positive or negative judgement on something; a personal judgement or opinion about particular person, position , or something.

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Bibliography

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This is a list of written works or other sources on a particular subject.

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Bold Print

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This is done to part of a text to make it stand out as darker, sharper image. It is an organizational feature to locate specific information.

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Caption

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This is the explanation that goes with a picture or illustration.

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Cause and Effect

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This is the relationship between two or more events in which one event brings about another.

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Central (idea)

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The key point made in a passage.

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Character

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This is an individuals mental or moral quality.

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Characters

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These are the people or animals who take part in a literary work.

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Chart

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A type or circular diagram that represents large amounts of information graphically, to make it more understandable.

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Chronological order

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This is the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur.

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Citation

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This is the notation of a source used for a paper.

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Claim

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When an author makes a _____ (s)he is stating something which might or might not be true. It must be argued.

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Clarify

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This is to clear up or to make information more understandable: to explain

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Clause

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This is a group of words that has a subject and predicate. It can be dependent or independent.

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Coherence

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This is a quality in writing, in which ideas are presented in a clear logical manner. Writing which lacks this quality may be hard or impossible to understand.

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Cohesive Devices

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These are methods used to help ideas fit togethe clearly and smoothly

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Compare

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This is a method of relating how two or more elements or texts are SIMILAR

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Compare & Contrast

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This is the method or relating two or more objects in a piece of work.

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Complex

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This describes something that is complicated, difficult, or consists of interrelated parts.

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Comprehend

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To ____ is to understand the meaning of a text.

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Concluding sentence

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This is the statement which brings a paragraph to a close by restating the main idea.

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Conclusion

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This wraps up a piece of writing and reminds the reader of the main idea.

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Concluion

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This is when you use a pieces of information on a subject to base your opinion or make a decision.

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Conjunction

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This is a part of speech that links two word, clauses or phrases.

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Conjunctive Adverbs

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This type of word may be used with a semicolon to connect independent clauses and usually serves as a transition between the clauses.

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Content

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The subject matter or material in a particular area of study; or, the essential components of a written work.

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Context

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This is the framework of meaning which surrounds a specific word, sentence, idea or passage.

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Contrast

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This is the method of relating how two or more elements or texts are DIFFERENT.

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Controlling

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The ___ idea of a passage is the idea which is dealt with and recurs throughout the passage.

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Counter Argumetn

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This is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument. It expresses the view of a person who disagrees with your position.

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Definition

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Usually found ina dictionary, this tells you the meaning of the word or phrase.

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Descriptive Text

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This type of text creates a clear picture through the use of vivid word choices. The purpose is to help a reader see, experience, or understand the selection by the use of sensory detail.

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Detail

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This is piece of information that is used to support a main idea.

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Diagram

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A general term for an illustration or visual representation of information. Types of these can include tables and graphs.

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Diction

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This is the writer's choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language.

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Digital

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A research resource is called ___ if it is located in the internet, on a CD, or some other place accessed by a computer or electronical device.

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Direct Quotation

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This is the exact repetition of someone's written or spoken words.

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Event

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This word means anything that happens to or is done by a character in a story.

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Evidence

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This information that supports a thought or belief.

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Example

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This type of context clue is used to help the reader infer the meaning of a vocabulary word or provides a supporting detail.

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Experience

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This is the name of what is gathered through the general process of living, or for the process itself.

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Expository Text

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This presents information, explains, or informs.

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Extended Metaphor

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An ___ ___ is a sustained comparison in which a subject is written or spoken of as if it were something else.

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Extraneous Detail

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These are pieces of information that are not necessary to the meaning or purpose of writing.

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Fact

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This is a statement that can be proved to be true or false. (It is not an opinion.)

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Falling Action

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This is the part of the plot where the conflict begins to be worked out and tension lessen.

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Figurative Language

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This goes beyond the literal meaning of words to create special effects or feelings.

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First-Person Point Of View

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This is a point of view in which the story is told by one of the characters.

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Formal Language

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This kind of language usually has longer sentences and a greater variety of words than everyday speech. Slang, Contractions, and jargon are avoided.

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Format

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This is the general plan of organization of a written work.

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Graphic

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A picture, image or visual representation of information or ideas.

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Graphic

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A visual piece of information

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Graphic

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A __ novel is a book in which the story is told using a series of pictures, with dialogue shown with them.

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Graphic Organizer

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This is a pictorial way of representing knowledge. It is used to help organize ideas and present information.

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Heading

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This is a title or subtitle at the beginning of a chapter, section, or unit of a text.

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Homonym

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This is a word that has multiple meanings and is spelled in the same way from both meanings.

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Homophones

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These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings.

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Hypothesis

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This is a term used in research and is a statement of what you anticipate your research will show.

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Illustration

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A drawing, painting, photograph or other visual representation made for explaining information or further understanding of an idea.

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Imagery

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This is the use of language that appeals to the five-senses (Touch, Taste, Smell, Hearing and Sight.)

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Imagery

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This uses sensory images to help readers to picture a person, place or an event.

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Imperative

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This is a command or a direct order.

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Imperative Sentence

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This is a sentence that gives a command to someone.

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In-Text Citation

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This phrase refers to the documentation of information withing the body of a paper: when you provide information about the source within your paper.

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Independent Clause

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This is a group of words that states the main thought of a sentence and is complete within itself.

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Indicative

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In this mood a verb describes an action which either is taking, will take, or has taken place.

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Informal Language

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This is what people use in everyday speech. It usually consists of fairly short sentences and simple vocabulary.

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Informal Text

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This is a type of real-world writing that presents material that is necessary or valuable to the reader.

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Internet

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This is the global system of interconnected computers and networks used to find the most recent information.

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Internet Search

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This is the process of entering one or more keywords into a special web page (Google. Yahoo!) in order to find other web pages containing specific information.

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Interrogative sentences

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This asks a question. It is easily identified because the end punctuation is a question mark (?)

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Introduction

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This is the beginning of a written work that explains what will be found in the main part.

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Introductory Paragraph

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This frames the position or approached of an essay and includes a clear thesis statement.

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Irrelevant

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These do not support the main idea of a paragraph. They do not focus on the main idea and may mislead or confuse the reader.

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Italics

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These should be used instead of underlining. Do this to most titles of printed material and names of airplanes, trains and automobiles.

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Jargon

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This refers to the language of a specialized type, usually dealing with a narrow area of study or knowledge. It has a slightly negative connotation, and can imply that the language is mere word play.

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Keyword

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This is a term entered into a search engine, or the search bar on a web page, which is meant to attract pages containing specific information.

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Letter

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This is a written communication or message addressed to a reader or readers that is usually sent by mail.

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Limited

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This is a point of view, in which the narrator is outside the story, reveals the thoughts of only one character, and yet refers to that character as 'he' or 'she'.

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Limited

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This is a point of view in which the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character, who is referred to as 'he' or 'she'.

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Literary Narrative

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This is a collection of events that tells a story, which may be true or not, placed in a particular order and recounted through either telling or writing.

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Logic

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This is the reasoning used to reach a decision based on a set of assumption, or it may be defined as the science of reasoning, proof, thinking, or inference.

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Logical Order

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This refers to the way that ideas and details are arranged in a piece of writing.

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Main Idea

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This is the central and most important idea of a reading passage or presentation.

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Media

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This is the main means of mass communication.

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Metaphor

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This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing.

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MLA

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These are the initials for the association which publishes a guide to writing research papers based on its prescribed documentation style. A work cited page is one feature in this documentation style that is common to many students.

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Mood

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This is the feeling that an author want readers to have while reading.

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Mystery

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This is a genre that often includes detectives and a crime that must be solved.

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Narrative Text

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This tells the events and actions of a story.

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Narrator

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This is the teller of the story.

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Non-literal

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This is when the meaning is NOT exact or word for word. It is figurative and it requires interpretation.

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Nonprint

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This is the category of information that includes digital, electronic, pictures, photographs, videos, and television to access information.

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Nonprint Information

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Materials that are not written are often called ___ resources.

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Notecard

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These are used to organize a research paper and include the topic, author, title, page number, and one single fact or thought.

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Objective

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A source that is free from the author's personal feelings about the subject is called _________

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Order of Importance

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This is used when details are organized by degree impact.

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Organization

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In writing, this is the process of ordering, structuring and presenting information. It is called the ____ of the text.

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Outline

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This is a tool to think about and organize your paper.

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Parallelism

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This is persuasive technique in which an author creates a BALANCED sentence by reusing the same word structure.

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Paraphrase

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This is the restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work.

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Persuasive Appeal

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This is a type of writing or speech that attempts to convince a reader to think or act in a particular manner.

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Persuasive Text

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This type of text attempts to convince a reader to adopt a particular opinion or course of action.

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Plagiarism

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This is the use of someone else ideas or statements as if they were your own and without giving proper credit.

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Plot

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This is the series of events that happen in a literary work.

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Point of view (P.O.V)

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This is the perspective from which a story is told. It is the way the author lets the reader see and hear the story; who tells the story.

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Precise Vocabulary

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This is a writing skill which assures that students choose words that exactly and accurately describe or reflect the writer's meaning.

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Primary Source

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This is an original document or first hand account.

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Print source

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This is the category of information including books, magazines, charts, graphs, diagrams, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases and thesauruses.

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Print style

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This is the type of size of font. It is the look and design of lettering

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Problem-solution

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This method of structuring text focuses on defining an issue, then gives a possible remedy for the issue.

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Purpose

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This is the authors intention, reason, or drive for writing the piece.

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Question & Answer

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This is a way to organize paragraph or composition structure in which the author poses a question then answers it.

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Questioning

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This is what active readers do, constantly thinking about the meaning of what they are reading.

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Quote

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if you repeat the words someone else has said or written, you ____ them.

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Rebuttal

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This is a verbal or oral response to an argument presenting an opposite viewpoint.

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Reference

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This is a source used to find information.

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Relevent

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When something closely relates to a subject it is called ____ to the subject.

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Reliability

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The _____ of a research source refers to the accuracy of the information contained in it.

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Research

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This is the process of gathering, evaluating, and organizing information.

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Resolution

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This is the part of the plot where the conflict is ended.

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Search engine

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This helps you locate websites when you enter categories, keywords, or questions. It is a program for the retrieval of data, files, or documents from a database or network on the internet.

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Secondary source

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This is a commentary on an original document or firsthand account.

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Semicolon

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This is a punctuation mark that is used between clauses of a compound sentence when a conjunction is not used, before conjunctive adverbs that join independent clauses, and in a series when the series already contains commas.

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Sensory Detail

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These are images to help the reader see or hear or feel things. These are details that appeal to the senses.

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Sentence Structure

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The way a sentence is formed is called its ______.

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Sequence

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This is the order in which things are told in a story.

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Sequencing

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This is arranging things in order so they can be numbered or related in a connected series.

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Setting

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This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.

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Simile

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This is a comparison of two unlike things using the terms "like" or "as"

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Slang

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This is vernacular speech that is no accepted as suitable for highly formal usage, but is much used in conversation.

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Source

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This is a person, book, document, website or record that provides information.

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Speech

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This is a talk or public address.

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Style

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This is the way an author expresses ideas through the use of kinds of words, literary devices, and sentence structure.

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Subjunctive mood

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This is the mood of a verb used in subordinate clauses to show a doubtful or non-factual condition.

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Support

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To strengthen or prove an argument or idea by providing facts, details, examples and other information.

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Supporting Evidence

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These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.

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Suspense

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This is a state of heightened anticipation and tension, which can arise from events in or the setting of a story.

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Syntax

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This refers to the ordering of elements in a sentence.

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Table

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A diagram made to organize data visually in rows and columns.

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Text features

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These are common parts of nonfiction texts and are often used to design and organize pages. They help readers navigate the information and make predictions about what will be read.

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Thesis

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The main point or central idea that a writer states and then endeavours to prove is called a ________.

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Third Person

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This is the point of view where the author uses pronouns like he and she in telling a story.

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Tone

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This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

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Topic

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This is the specific part of a subject that is dealt with in a research paper or in an essay.

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Transition

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These are words, phrases or sentences that link segments of writing.

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Transitional Devices

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These are connecting words used to link your sentences and paragraphs together smoothly.

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Validity

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This of a source means the accuracy of the information.

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Variety

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This is a writing skill which assures that students write sentences that differ in structure and length. It is called sentence _______.

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Verb

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This is a word that denotes action, occurrence or existence.

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Vivid language

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This is a kind of language that creates a strong impression on the reader, often through visual, sound, or emotional expression.

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Vocabulary

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All the words in a language; the words used for a specific content or task.

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Word choice

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This is another way of saying "diction". This can help reveal a.) the tone of the work. b.) Connotation of meaning, and/or his style of writing.

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Works cited

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This is a list with author, title and publication details of the works (The books, articles, etc) a researcher used to wrote a paper. This is an information list at the end of a research paper to credit sources.

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