Writing terms
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- Thesis
- The basic argument advanced by a speaker or writer who then attempts to prove it; the subject or major argument of a speech or composition.
- Tone
- The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous).
- Characterization:
- The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities.
- Point of view
- The way in which an author reveals characters, events and ideas in telling a story; the vantage point from which the story is told.
- Theme
- A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.
- Research
- A systematic inquiry into a subject or problem in order to discover, verify or revise relevant facts or principles having to do with that subject or problem.
- Sources Primary
- Text and/or artifacts that tell or show a first-hand account of an event; original works used when researching.
- Focus:
- The center of interest or attention.
- Secondary Sources
- Text and/or artifacts used when researching that are derived from something original.
- Style
- How an author writes; an author's use of language; its effects and appropriateness to the author's intent andtheme.
- Compare:
- Place together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections.
- Meter
- The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
- Voice
- The fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that makes it unique to the writer.
- Graphic organizer
- A diagram or pictorial device that shows relationships.
- Pattern book
- A book with a predictable language structure and often written with predictable text; also known as predictable book.
- Conventions of language:
- Mechanics, usage and sentence completeness.
- Satire
- A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness.
- Paraphrase
- Restate text or passage in other words, often to clarify meaning or show understanding.
- Narrative
- A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in writing.