What is the definition of Author's Purpose?

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

• a statement that someone wants to discuss or prove

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

• two or more modes of communication to create meaning, including written and spoken texts, images, gestures, music, digital texts and media, and live performances

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the definition of Supporting Evidence/Text Evidence?

• paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader’s claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text

• the intended target group for a message, regardless of the way the message is delivered (text, print, video, online)

• any characteristic of the text outside the main body of the text that helps convey meaning such as titles, charts, photographs, timelines, footnotes, etc.

• a statement that someone wants to discuss or prove

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the definition of Informational Text?

• paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader’s claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text

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

• the intended target group for a message, regardless of the way the message is delivered (text, print, video, online)

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is the definition of Text Structure?

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

• a statement that someone wants to discuss or prove

• the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

• To restate the meaning of something in different words.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What the correct definition for the word claim?

• A document written for court proceedings.

• The statement of a specific position.

• The main points that support the thesis.

• Evidence used in the writing.

Which of the following is NOT a definition of counterclaim.

• A claim that disagrees with the claim

• Acknowledge the strongest opposing point(s)

• Facts that support your claim

• Should be found in the paragraph directly preceding the conclusion.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The part of the story that ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict the

• the climax

• the resolution

• the theme

• the introduction

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The story's time and place is the

• tone

• plot

• setting

• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

An person or animal in a story is called a

• setting

• plot

• narrator

• character

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The main idea, or message, in a literary work is the

• setting
• plot
• tone
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3