6th Grade RLA: Unit 03 Flashcards

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What is the term for the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium?

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audience

Front

What is the term for the intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create an effective written work?

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author's craft

Front

What is the term for the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work?

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author's purpose

Front

What is the term for the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing that makes the reader ask a question that will be answered by reading more or helps the reader understand the author’s purpose for writing the paragraph or essay?

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controlling idea

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What is the term for the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up-to-date information?

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credibility

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Stage in the writing process when a text is prepared for an audience by correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling.

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editing

Front

What is the term for a picture or other image within a text?

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graphic feature

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What is the term for a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate?

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informational text

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What is the term for important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.?

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key idea

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Restating the meaning of something in different words, altering the exact wording of the source and transmitting its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation.

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paraphrase