Unit 7 Vocabulary

A short story that relates an interesting or amusing incident, usually in order to make or support a larger point

• Anecdote

• Claim

• Stereotype

• Evidence

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

• Informational Text

• Fictional Text

• Argumentative Text

• Poetry

the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• Stereotype

• Audience

• Facts

• Opinion

an assertion or position on a topic or issue

the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up-to-date information

• Claim

• Bibliography

• Anecdote

• Credibility

A point or statement that disagrees with a main argument

• counterargument/counterclaim

• Supporting Details

• Evidence

• Stereotype

specific details or facts that support an inference or idea

• Opinion

• Audience

• Evidence

• Claim

A persuasive technique in which the speaker/author grabs the audience/reader’s attention

• Introduction

• Hook

• Conclusion

• Thesis

an intentional and extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect (e.g., this book weighs a ton)

restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation.

• Paraphrase

• Evidence

• Audience

• Anecdote