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15 Cards in this Set
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draw a conclusion |
you, as a reader, take two pieces of information stated in a text to figure out something that is not stated |
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make an inference |
you, as a reader, use background or prior knowledge and text clues to make an assumption about the text |
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objective summary |
a summary that reports what the original writer intended, without opinions, bias, emotion, or unnecessary detail |
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main idea |
the most important piece of information about a topic that a writer conveys |
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passage |
a portion of a larger text |
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author’s purpose |
the reason that an author wrote his or her text such as persuade/argue, inform/explain, orentertain/narrate (PIE) |
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author’s perspective |
an author’s opinion of what he or she has written that is shown through his or her tone,word choice, information included, and information excluded |
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author’s bias |
an author’s personal opinion or prejudice for the side of an issue that he or she favors |
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author’s craft |
the specific techniques that an author uses such as figurative language, tone, flashback, imagery,irony, word choice, and dialogue |
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audience |
the specific person or group for whom a piece of writing is intended |
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point of view |
the perspective from which a literary work is told |
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first person |
a story told by a character using the pronouns “I” and “we” |
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second person |
used mostly in expository (informational or how to) texts; the narrator addresses the readerdirectly often using the implied subject “you” |
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third person limited |
a story told by a third person narrator who has limited knowledge |
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third person omniscient |
a story told by a third person narrator who is all knowing when it comes to the thoughts and feelings of the characters |
