A note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram

A word opposite in meaning to another

The main argument of an essay

Arrive at a judgement or opinion by reasoning

Information, facts, date, and specific knowledge, offered to describe, explain, or justify something

Helps readers understand meanings by providing them with hints or clues in the surrounding text

To deny the truth of ( a statement)

Proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar

A claim made to contradict a previous claim

Able to be convinced; believable

A newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue

The process that helps to create more descriptive, engaging, or elaborate writing

A short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

A logical based guess based on evidence. Readers, by combining the information the writer provides with what they know from their own experience.

Combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole

The action of explaining the meaning of something

Show or prove to be right or reasonable

Disapprove of an attempt to prevent, especially in an argument :

The restatement of a text by readers in their own words or in another form :

The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and putting them off as one’s own :

1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person :

Exact, accurate, and careful about details :

Supporting evidence/ information that provides important details necessary to further illustrate the main point of a paragraph or essay :

Settle or find a solution to ( a problem, dispute, or contentious matter) :

To alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, or update :

Order of relevant information as it relates to understanding when, how, and why something takes place :

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse :

A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase :