American Lit Vocab-Week 3

Claim

• supporting ideas; often found in the topic sentence of each paragraph and/or the body paragraphs
• the intended group for a piece of writing; helps convey the purpose for writing and appropriate language choices
• primary message of a piece of writing; controlling idea
• specific reason for writing the text

subordinate ideas

• the intended group for a piece of writing; helps convey the purpose for writing and appropriate language choices
• helps convey complex ideas more clearly; writing structure depends on purpose and audience; transitions organize information
• helps convey complex ideas more clearly; writing structure depends on purpose and audience; transitions organize information
• supporting ideas; often found in the topic sentence of each paragraph and/or the body paragraphs

audience

• a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner
• the intended group for a piece of writing; helps convey the purpose for writing and appropriate language choices
• supports main and subordinate ideas; types of evidenced include facts, expert opinions, quotations, statistics, expressions of commonly accepted beliefs, extended definitions
• specific reason for writing the text

organization

• helps convey complex ideas more clearly; writing structure depends on purpose and audience; transitions organize information
• a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner
• a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner
• a statement that can be proven

evidence

• helps convey complex ideas more clearly; writing structure depends on purpose and audience; transitions organize information
• primary message of a piece of writing; controlling idea
• the intended group for a piece of writing; helps convey the purpose for writing and appropriate language choices
• supports main and subordinate ideas; types of evidenced include facts, expert opinions, quotations, statistics, expressions of commonly accepted beliefs, extended definitions

argumentative writing

• specific reason for writing the text
• supports main and subordinate ideas; types of evidenced include facts, expert opinions, quotations, statistics, expressions of commonly accepted beliefs, extended definitions
• a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner
• supporting ideas; often found in the topic sentence of each paragraph and/or the body paragraphs

fact

• uses reasoning to influence people's ideas or actions; includes editorials and opinion pieces, speeches, letters to the editor, job application letters, critical reviews, advertisements
• a statement that can be proven
• specific reason for writing the text
• states a writer's belief or judgment about something; a statement that cannot be proven

opinion

• states a writer's belief or judgment about something; a statement that cannot be proven
• a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner
• a statement that can be proven
• uses reasoning to influence people's ideas or actions; includes editorials and opinion pieces, speeches, letters to the editor, job application letters, critical reviews, advertisements

argumentation

• uses reasoning to influence people's ideas or actions; includes editorials and opinion pieces, speeches, letters to the editor, job application letters, critical reviews, advertisements
• a statement that can be proven
• specific reason for writing the text
• supports main and subordinate ideas; types of evidenced include facts, expert opinions, quotations, statistics, expressions of commonly accepted beliefs, extended definitions

author's purpose

• states a writer's belief or judgment about something; a statement that cannot be proven
• states a writer's belief or judgment about something; a statement that cannot be proven
• specific reason for writing the text
• uses reasoning to influence people's ideas or actions; includes editorials and opinion pieces, speeches, letters to the editor, job application letters, critical reviews, advertisements