Unit 2 Vocabulary Terms

Identifying a part of a piece of writing as being derived from a source.

• Cite

• Summarize

• Details

• Definition

To give a brief statement of the main points of something.

• Summarize

• Cite

• Quotation

• Main Idea

The important details in a story that supports the main idea

• Key Details

• Main Idea

• Definition

• Description

The author's central thought; the chief topic of a text expressed or implied in a word or phrase; the topic sentence of a paragraph

• Main Idea

• Key Details

• Definition

• Quotation

How the author feels about the subject

• Author's Perspective

• Author's Purpose

• Perspective

• Process

The reason the author has for writing; to inform, to persuade, to express, and to entertain.

• Author's Purpose

• Author's Perspective

• Analogy

• Allusion

The parts of a text that stand out such as diagram; table of contents; index; glossary; etc.

• Text Features

• Text Structures

• Perspective

• Details

Refers to how the information within a written text is organized such as: compare/contrast; cause/effect; classification/division; narration; etc.

• Text Structures

• Text Features

• Details

• Perspective

Point of View

• Perspective

• Details

• Main Idea

• Key Details

Using the right word, the best work, in the right place in context

• Precise Vocabulary

• Details

• Perspective

• Definition