Lac2 Literature Unit 2

Front 1

active voice

Back 1

indicates the subject is performing the action

Front 2

audience

Back 2

the intended readers to whom the author is writing

Front 3

belief statement

Back 3

a sentence, usually in the introductory paragraph, that expresses the belief that the essay is about

Front 4

chronological order

Back 4

organizational pattern in which details are arranged in the order they occur

Front 5

conclusion

Back 5

the final paragraph of an essay

Front 6

dialogue

Back 6

a conversation between characters

Front 7

first-person point of view

Back 7

narration of a story by one of the characters, using the first-person pronouns I and me

Front 8

flashback

Back 8

a narrative technique that allows authors to introduce past events that have a direct effect on current events

Front 9

imagery

Back 9

language that creates a mental picture by appealing to the senses, that makes readers see, hear, smell, taste, or feel things in their imagination; for example, "the coal-black night," "the stinging cold," "the rapping and tapping of rain on the roof"

Front 10

level of language

Back 10

the formality or informality of the words and sentences in a piece of writing

Front 11

logical order

Back 11

organizational pattern in which details are grouped together such as in comparison and contrast, where the similarities or differences are grouped together

Front 12

order of importance

Back 12

organizational pattern in which details are presented from least important to most important or from most important to least important

Front 13

passive voice

Back 13

the form of a verb used in a sentence in which the subject is the receiver of the action

Front 14

purpose

Back 14

the reason for writing

Front 15

showing language

Back 15

words used to create pictures in the mind of a reader, rather than words that merely tell what happened

Front 16

slang

Back 16

very informal speech, consisting either of new words or of new definitions for old words, which usually stays in fashion only for a brief period of time

Front 17

spatial order

Back 17

organizational pattern in which details are arranged according to location

Front 18

supporting paragraphs (body)

Back 18

a series of paragraphs that gives information to support the thesis of an essay

Front 19

theme

Back 19

the main message that an author wants to communicate to a reader

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URL

Back 20

the Internet address of a website; stands for Uniform Resource Locator

Front 21

voice

Back 21

the way a piece of writing sounds