TSIA2: Reading / Writing Flashcards 2023 with verified questions and answers

hyperbole extreme exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally counterargument an argument made in opposition to a claim presented in persuasive writing topic the subject of a piece of writing main idea the writer's interpretation of the subject of a piece of writing credibility the believability or trustworthiness an author creates with his or her audience active reading engaging with the text by taking notes, paraphrasing, questioning the text, or outlining the main ideas summarizing condensing the main ideas of a piece of writing down to the most basic components paraphrasing rewording a text into your own words without shortening it a. to entertain b. to persuade c. to describe d. to inform or explain the four main purposes an author may have in his or her writing pun a play on words that sound alike or have multiple meanings; they create a tone of humor or sarcasm mood describes the feelings aroused in an audience based on the tone set by the author alliteration the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or passage infer to read between the lines and piece together the clues given by an author in order to make a reasonable, educated guess and draw a logical conclusion narrative writing that tells a story supporting details provide evidence to back up an author's claims - they answer who, what, when, where, why and how for a reader emotional appeals / pathos appeals made to an audience's feelings comma splice the joining of two independent clauses using only a comma between them rhetoric the use of language to persuade or convince an audience dependent clause group of words containing a subject and a verb but which does not express a complete thought - cannot stand alone as a sentence modifier a word, phrase, or clause that describes or gives more information about a word in the sentence transition word or phrase that helps shift the reader from one idea to the next or from one sentence to the next in a piece of writing sentence fragment a group of words pretending to be a sentence, but missing a subject, verb, or a complete thought precision using exact words that give the reader a specific image or feeling to help make your point parallel structure / parallelism using the same pattern or words to help give equal levels of importance to multiple ideas in a sentence coherence everything in the sentence, paragraph, or essay is working together to create a unified whole