MTEL- Communication and Literacy: Reading and Writing

A main idea is...

• spoken about occassionally troughout the text

• an overarching idea that runs through the entire text

• a theme

• a quote

A theme is...

• a message or lesson that can be applied outside of the text

• LOVE

• The central idea of the text

• The reader's opinion about the text

Antonym

• A word that means the same as another

• A Word that sounds like another but has a different meaning

• A word that is spelled the same as another but has a different meaning

• A word that means the opposite of another

When evaluating author's purpose, ask all of the following

• Is the author trying to persaude?

• Is the author only trying to inform?

• Is the author trying to entertain?

• Is the author trying to entertain?

In literature, tone refers to...

• The author's purpose

• The way the reader is made to feel when reading a text

• The feelings the author is conveying about the topic they are writing

• The use of visually appealing words

In literature, mood refers to...

• The author's purpose

• The way the reader is made to feel when reading a text

• The feelings the author is conveying about the topic they are writing

• The use of visually appealing words

Expository Texts..

• are Informational, with no opinion

• are an argument that takes a position

• are a narrative that tells a story

• are exclusively written by experts in the field

Argumentive texts do all of the following except...

• use evidence from other texts to prove a statement

• take a position with a claim

• offer an explanation of evidence and how it proves a claim

• summarize the main ideas of another text

A Narrative is...

• An argument

• An essay

• A personal or fictional story

• included with graphs and diagrams

Topic Sentences...

• should encompass the overarching ideas for a paragraph

• should only be located at the end of the paragraph

• must include the name of any literature you are writing about

• should always mirror the concluding sentence of a paragraph