MSTEP Review-Vocabulary

What is a text written to persuade an audience with a claim (opinion), evidence, & reasoning?

• argument
• narrative
• explanatory
• test main idea

What is a word that means "in time order"?

• central idea
• clocked
• chronological
• setting

What is it called when a character is speaking in text, quotation marks are used?

• talking
• topic
• genre
• dialogue

What is the most important idea of the text; similar to "thesis," "central idea," or "claim" in writing?

• exposition
• main idea
• character
• passage

What is proof found in text that supports the topic / claim called?

• evidence
• resolution
• theme
• nonfiction

What is a STORY that did NOT happen in real life called?

• nonfiction
• fiction
• fake
• explanatory

What is the "hook" at the beginning of an introduction that grabs the reader's attention called?

• inference
• conclusion
• plagiarism
• lead

What is often the most exciting part of a story/plot that causes a change in action called?

• climax
• exposition
• resolution
• rising action

What is text that gives evidence to support a claim called?

• narrative
• source
• fiction
• dialogue

What is another way of saying "text" called?

• plagiarism
• narrator
• setting
• passage