Testing Vocabulary -

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Informational texts

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passages that explain or inform

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Claim

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the main argument made by the author; will be supported by reasons and evidence

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Counterclaim

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a reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with another claim

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Tone

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the attitude of an author about a subject or an audience; revealed by their words or language

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Chronological order

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a passage that is arranged in order of time from the beginning to the end

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Cause and effect

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a relationship in which one thing causes another thing to happen

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Author’s purpose

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to persuade, inform, explain, or entertain.

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Argumentative Texts

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form of writing in which the writer makes a claim and supports that claim with reasons and evidence; the purpose of this writing is to persuade

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Narrator

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the person the writer chooses to tell a story; records the characters’ actions, words, and thoughts, and may or may not be a character in the story

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Dialogue

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used to show the reader the exact words the characters are saying; has quotation marks around it; each time a new character speaks, a new paragraph begins