| A | B |
|---|
| "I Have A Dream" | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| "Single Room, Earth View" | Sally Ride |
| "A Celebration of Grandfathers" | Rudolfo Anaya |
| from "The Perfect Storm" | Sebastian Junger |
| The words the author uses | diction |
| the arrangement of words in sentences | syntax |
| the author's attitude toward the audience or subject | tone |
| the central message | main idea |
| the pieces of evidence that a writer uses to prove the main idea | supporting details |
| a short piece of nonfiction that presents information or discusses ideas | expository essay |
| explaining the relationships between events, actions, or isituations by showing one can result in another | cause and effect |
| explains how things work | technical document |
| parallelism | repeating a grammatical structure or an arrangement of words to create a sense of rhythem and energy |
| restatement | expressing the same idea in different ways to clarify and stress important points |
| repetition | using the same words or images to strengthen and connect ideas |
| analogy | making a comparison that shows a similarity between unlike things |
