Writing Vocabulary 1

a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion

• Counterargument

• Argumentative Text

• Genre

• Informational Text

intentional use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work

• Claim

• Author's Purpose

• Summarize

• Author's Craft

the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.)

• Text Structure

• Argumentative Text

• Author's Purpose

• Thesis

an assertion, position, or arguable thesis about a topic or issue

• Claim

• Thesis

• Author's Purpose

• Text Structure

the main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

• Summarize

• Thesis

• Text Structure

• Informational Text

is a viewpoint that opposes an author's thesis or claim.

• Genre

• Author's Craft

• Text Structure

• Counterargument

the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• Argumentative Text

• Author's Purpose

• Genre

• Counterargument

a text that presents information to explain, clarify, and/or educate

• Author's Purpose

• Informational Text

• Text Structure

• Summarize

to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea

• Genre

• Claim

• Counterargument

• Summarize

the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

• Author's Purpose

• Claim

• Informational Text

• Text Structure