Unit 3 Literary Terms

Front

Claim

Back

A statement or assertion that is open to challenge and that requires support.

Front

Evidence

Back

Information or details from a text that support a claim or argument.

Front

Reasoning

Back

The process of thinking about something in a logical way in order to form a conclusion or judgment.

Front

Thesis

Back

A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved.

Front

Transitions

Back

Words or phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs.

Front

Chronological Order

Back

The arrangement of events by their order of occurrence.

Front

Problem/Solution Organization

Back

A method of organizing information in a text that identifies a problem and proposes one or more solutions.

Front

Perspective

Back

A particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

Front

Author’s Purpose

Back

The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic.

Front

Context Clues

Back

Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a book.