Informational Writing Vocab Review

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Define: Thesis

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States purpose and reason for writing an essay; found in introduction paragraph.

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Define: Text Evidence

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Words from the text that support your idea or answers

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Define: Summarize

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A short retelling in your own words of the main points of a text.

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Define: Topic Sentence

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The main idea sentence of a paragraph

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5 Stages of Writing

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Planning, drafting, editing, revising, publishing

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Define: Inference

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An idea from your experience and text evidence.

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Define: Analyze

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To break something down and examine further

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Define: Counterclaim

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A position taken by someone with an opposing viewpoint.

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Point of View

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The perspective the story is told in: 1st, 2nd, 3rd