| A | B |
|---|
| author's purpose | the reason an author writes a passage |
| entertain | to create or do something for the enjoyment of others |
| inform | to provide information to someone |
| persuade | to convince someone to do or believe something |
| theme | an important lesson about life that the author presents through their writing |
| message | the information communicated to an audience |
| figurative language | a phrase where the meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words |
| simile | a type of figurative language where the author compares two things using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | a type of figurative language where the author makes a comparison between two things by saying that one thing is another |
| personification | a type of figurative language where the author gives non human things, human characteristics |
| idiom | a type of figurative language where the phrase has a different meaning than the actual words in the phrase |
| citation | a way to tell the reader where your information came from. |
| reference page | a place where the author writes all of the citations for their essay |
| research | to find information about a topic |
| elaboration | the strategies used to add details that support the topic sentence |
| anecdote | an elaboration strategy where the author tells a VERY short story that supports the topic sentence |
| quotation | an elaboration strategy where the author uses the exact words of an expert to support the topic sentence |
| facts and statistics | an elaboration strategy where the author uses actual data (numbers) to support the topic sentence |
| examples | an elaboration strategy where the author provides examples to support the topic sentence |
| definition | an elaboration strategy where the author defines words they know their audience will be unfamiliar with |
| description | an elaboration strategy where the author uses descriptive language and figurative language to bring the topic to life |
| timeline | a tool used to visually show the time in history that events occurred |
| civilization | A society with a developed knowledge of farming, trade, government, art, and science. |
| labyrinth | a maze |
| parchment | early paper made of animal skin |
| shrine | a place of worship |
