Unit 3 Vocabulary - Jim Roberts

Front

— the intended target group for a message

Back

Audience

Front

— the many tools the author uses to support a central idea or argument such as: intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work

Back

Author’s craft

Front

1. — the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g.,  to persuade, to 

entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.)

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1. Author’s purpose

Front

— the thesis or main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

Back

Controlling idea

Front

— 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

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Credibility

Front

— a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling

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Editing

Front

— picture or other image within a text

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Graphic feature

Front

— a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate

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Informational text

Front

— important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

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Key ideas

Front

— restate the meaning of something in different words.

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Paraphrase