PSSA ELA Vocab 3

Front

A person who composes a literary or informational text

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Author

Front

The position or claim the writer establishes

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Argument

Front

The author’s reason or intention for writing a text

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Audience (writing)

Front

Writing that supports a position on or a claim about a particular topic

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Argumentative writing

Front

A group of listeners or viewers at a public event; the people reached by a literary or informational text

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Audience (reading)

Front

The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic

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Bias

Front

A written account of another person’s life

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Biography

Front

The intended readers of a piece of writing

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Audience (writing)