Unit 3 Vocabulary

The organization of a sentence in which the subject is performing the action of the verb.

• Active Voice

• Consistent Tense

• Argumentative Text

• Author's Claim

The use of the same verb tense throughout the sentence, paragraph or essay.

• Active Voice

• Consistent Tense

• Author's Choice

• Author's Claim

A statement supported by an argument; the subject or theme of a speech or written text.

• Citation

• Claim

• Consistent

• Controlling Idea/Thesis

The quality of being believable or trustworthy.

• Craft

• Credibility

• Development

• Convey

A stage in the writing process when written text is changed to make it correct in regards to punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.

• Editing

• Revising

• Drafting

• Brain Storming

A feature that gives meaning to a text.

• Genre Characteristics

• Graphic Features

• Effect

• Event

A text written to provide information such as expository, procedural or persuasive.

• Paraphrase

• Key Idea

• Introduction

• Informational Text

During a group project, Sophia, Liam, and Elijah are discussing the main point that will drive their presentation's message. What is this main point called?

• Key Idea

• Credibility

• Synthesize

• Text Structure

The structure an author uses to present controlling idea's and supporting details in a text.

• Organizational Pattern

• Paraphrase

• Summarize

• Opinion

To restate the meaning of an idea or concept using different words.

• Parantheses

• Summarize

• Organization

• Paraphrase