Unit 3 Test Review

What is a claim?

• The author's statement of their opinion or position in an argument.

• Facts and statistics that support the author's opinion.

• Logical explanations that state why the writer believes in his or her claim and why others should accept the claim.

What is evidence?

• Facts, statistics or numerical data, quotations, specific examples, and expert opinions that uphold and support the claim.

• Logical explanations that state why the writer believes in his or her claim and why others should accept the claim.

What is a words connotation?

• The dictionary definition of a word.

• The idea or feeling that a word suggests, or that our culture or our emotions give the word.

What is a word's denotation?

• The dictionary definition of a word.

• The idea or feeling that a word suggests, or that our culture or our emotions give the word.

What is an affix?

• the basic part of a word that gives the word its meaning

• word part that is added to a root and can change the word’s meaning or its part of speech

What is a transition?

• facts and statistics that support an author's claim and reasons

• an author's opinion

• connecting words, phrases, and clauses that writers use to clarify the relationships among ideas and details in a text