Unit 2 Test Vocabulary

The way someone sees or understands things.

• Perspective

• Text Structure

• Drama

• Unbiased

How a piece of writing is organized.

• Author's Purpose

• Text Structure

• Point of View

• Thesis Statement

A short overview of someone's life.

• Essay

• Drama

• Biographical Sketch

• Summary

Text structure where writing is organizing in the time-order they happened.

• Chronological Order

• Cause and Effect

• Sequential Order

• Topic Sentence

Text structure where writing is ordered in a logical sequence (first, second, third...).

• Problem and Solution

• Prose

• Cause and Effect

• Sequential Order

Text structure where a problem is described in detail and possible solutions are offered.

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Sequential Order

• Essay

Text structure that shows how one thing makes another happen.

• Text Structure

• Sequential Order

• Cause and Effect

• Text Features

Text structure that describes how two or more things are similar or different.

• Compare and Contrast

• Opinion and Bias

• Problem and Solution

• Sequential Order

Expressive writing with rhythm, style and figurative language; organized into stanzas instead of paragraphs.

• Poetry

• Prose

• Narrative

• Drama

All ordinary written language organized in paragraphs.

• Prose

• Textbook

• Drama

• Novel