Vocab Quiz 8

What is the author's purpose in a text?

• The way that a text is organized

• The main subject of a text

• An appeal to emotion in the audience

• The author's reason or goal for writing

What does it mean if an idea develops in a text?

• It is absent from the text

• It grows and is added to

• It is represented by symbols

• It is disproven by evidence

What is the author's point of view in an informational text?

• First-person, third-person, and second-person

• The goal for an author when writing a text

• The author's opinion on the topic

• The main claim of a text

What is the thesis of a text?

• The main argument or central claim of an informational text

• Logical thinking to support a claim

• A statement that must be supported by evidence

• The most emotional and exciting part of a story

What is evidence?

• Statements in a text that must be proven to be true

• Facts or information that support a claim

• The way that information is organized in a text

• The act of thinking something through in a logical way