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Informational Text. Nonfiction Writings based on fact. Objective (of a person or their judgment) Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts. Biased Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something; favoritism/perspective. Diction

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  1. Informational Text

  2. Nonfiction Writings based on fact

  3. Objective (of a person or their judgment) Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

  4. Biased Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something; favoritism/perspective

  5. Diction The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; style

  6. Syntax The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

  7. Imagery Visually descriptive or figurative language

  8. Classification Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood

  9. Tone Attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in piece of writing. A piece of writing has at least one theme, or central question about a topic, and how the theme is approached within the work is known as the tone.

  10. Valid (of an argument or point) Having a sound basis in logic or fact; reasonable

  11. Evaluate Drawing a conclusion, based on an analysis which can be supported by evidence

  12. Speaker Narrator

  13. Purpose The author’s point in writing a specific piece

  14. Audience Intended reader

  15. Subject What the piece of writing is about

  16. Ethos An appeal to ethics, and it is a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader (not an appeal to emotion or to logic)

  17. Chronological A record of eventsstarting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.

  18. Occasion Reason; cause

  19. Relevant Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

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