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Posted Announcement - correct answer In order to be effective these announcements needs to contain all the info the reader requires to act on the message ( What will they need to know in order to respond to the message) Classified Advertisement - correct answer C ad or ads Are used to sell or buy goods to make a business is to do countless other things an add usually begins with a word or a phrase indicating what is being sold or sought then listing will give brief description of product C ads often use abbreviations C Ads will then conclude by listing the price followed by the contact info Legend / Key Of A Map - correct answer Almost on maps contain a key or legend that defines the symbols used on the map for various landmarks *Usually place in the corner the map *Should contain listings for all important symbols Implications - correct answer Are things that the author does not state directly but readers can assume based on what the author does say Ex. I stepped outside and open my umbrella. By the time I got to work the cuffs of my pants were soaked. * In order to draw a solid conclusion readers should have multiple pieces of evidence Inferences - correct answer A piece of information that is implied but not written out right by the author * Readers should take great care to avoid using information beyond the provided passage before making inferences Topic & Summary Sentences - correct answer In some the author will place a topic or summary sentences at the beginning of each section as a means of preparing the reader for what is to come Memo (memorandum) - correct answer Is a common form of written communication. It is typical for a heading at the top indicating the author, date and recipient. * Below this information will be the body of the memo - They usually contain a plan of action, A request for information on a specific topic a or a response to such a request * Memos are considered to be official documents and so are usually written in a formal style. Many memos are organized w/ numbers or bullet points Supporting Details - correct answer Supporting details provide evidence and backing for the main point. Supporting details can be factual and correct yet may not be relevant but they can be ineffective because they are based on opinion or assertions that cannot be proven. Main Ideas - correct answer Is the most important being made by the author. The main idea often needs a full sentence to be completely defined. Topics - correct answer Topic is the subject of a text. The topic is usually expressed in a few words at most. * In most nonfiction writing the topic and the main idea will be stated directly and open appear in a sentence at the very beginning or end of the text. Paraphrase - correct answer One puts what they have read into their words by rephrasing what the author has written by including as many details as they can Identify The Logical Conclusion - correct answer Conclusions must be supported directly by text. Summarizing - correct answer Gets main idea across (does not have to explain in major detail) follow with most important ideas/arguments. * An effective summary should contain the same message as original text. fact - correct answer A fact can be subjected to analysis and can be either proved or disapprove Sequence - correct answer When the sequence is important to the author, the Text is indicated with signal words like first, then, next, however and last a sequence camping merely implied and must be noted by a reader EX. He walked through the garden and gave water and fertilizer to the plants. The implied sequence is that he first collected water, then he collected fertilizer, next he walked through the garden, and last to gave water or fertilizer as necessary to the pants. * Text do not always proceed in an orderly I sequence from first to last Opinion - correct answer Is the author's personal thoughts or feelings which may not be alterable by search for evidence * Opinion may be supported by facts Biases - correct answer A bais is evident whenever the author is unfair or inaccurate in his or her presentation. *Bias author may still be correct *One sided Bais may be intentional or unintentional and readers should be skeptical of the author's argument Stererotype - correct answer Js applied specifically to a group or place stereotyping in is considered to be particular abhorrent because the practice promotes negative generalizations about people Descriptive Text - correct answer Writing that helps a reader picture the scene or setting Comparison & Contrast - correct answer When an author describes the ways in which two things are alike he/she is comparing them when the author describes the ways in which two things are different he/she is contrasting them. Comparison signal words - both, same, like, too, and as well Contrast signal words- but, however, on the other hand, instead, and yet Cause & Effect - correct answer A cause is an act or event that makes something happen, and an effect is the thing that happens as a result of the cause Narrative Passages - correct answer The text must have a plot, second has to have characters (these characters could be people, animals, or even inanimate objects so long as they participate in the plot, third a narrative passage often contains figurative language which is meant to stimulate the imagination of readers by making comparisons and observations. Expository Passage - correct answer Aims to inform readers The goal of exposition is to teach, such a passage should be as clear as possible. Technical Passage - correct answer Often have clear headings and subheadings which are used to keep the reader oriented in the text. Additionally you will find that these passages divide sections up with numbers or letters (the amount of jargon or difficult vocabulary will vary in a technical passage depending on the intended audience Looks similar to an outline Passes on info Persuasive Passage - correct answer tries to get the reader to agree with the author figurative Language - correct answer These types of devices are called figurative language - language that goes beyond the literal meaning of a word or phrase. Descriptive language that evokes imagery in the reader's mind is one type of figurative language. Exaggeration is another type of figurative language Also when you compare two things you are using figurative language Similes & Metaphors are ways of comparing things & both are types of the figurative language commonly found and poetry. Metaphor - correct answer A comparison without using like or as Simile - correct answer A comparison using "like" or "as" Personification - correct answer the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea Denotative Meaning - correct answer The literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase Connotative Meaning - correct answer an emotional reaction that a word may invoke Purpose - correct answer One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing. Persuasive Writing - correct answer In a persuasive essay the author is attempting to change the readers mind or convince him or her or something that he or she did not believe previously Informative Text - correct answer Text that gives information or instructs Entertaining Texts - correct answer May either be fiction or non fiction and they may describe real or imagined people, places and events. Entertaining text are often narratives or poems. Position - correct answer when an author uses emotional language or clearly favors one side of the argument, his or her position is clear. however the author's position may be evident not only in what he or she writes, but also in and what he or she doesn't write Heading & Subheadings - correct answer A heading gives the topic that will be addressed in paragraphs below. Headings are meant to alert you about what is coming next. Subheadings give the topics of smaller sections. Heading - AMPHIBIANS Subheading- Frogs, Salamanders, and Newts. Footnotes & Endnotes - correct answer Footnotes is text that is listed at the bottom of the page which list where facts and figures within the document page were obtain. An Endnote is similar to a footnote but differs in the fact that it is listed at the end of the paragraphs and chapters of a document, instead of the bot