Cardinal Vocabulary Practice 1

major divisions in a play

• act

• point of greatest interest in a story

• a small piece of information

• express a position on a problem

author's message

• technique to persuade you to do something

• the author's main idea

• the reason WHY the author wrote the text (inform, persuade, entertain)

• position on a possible issue

a technique (strategy) that tries to persuade you to do something by convincing you that everyone is doing it.

• cause-effect

• author's purpose

• author's message

• bandwagon

Author's Purpose

• express a position on a problem and support it with reasons or evidence

• provides information about a graphic

• the reason WHY the author wrote the text.

climax

• the qualities shown by a character

• a struggle within a character

• the point of greatest interest in the story

provides information about a graphic

• analyze

• caption

• anecdote

The qualities (personality) shown by a character

• claim

• character trait

• anecdote

cause-effect

• struggle with another character or force

• separate or break into parts and examine

• the event that happens first and the event that follows

to separate or break into parts and examine.

• Analyze

• Anecdote

• argument

Arguments

• position on an issue or problem

• express a position on a problem and support it with reasons or evidence

• force working against the character