Informational Key Terms and Vocabulary #4

1. Latin root meaning "to pledge" or "to promise"
5. Quote When you use someone else's exact words in your writing and enclose them in quotation marks.
6. Tone Writing that includes personal opinions, emotions, or interpretations, rather than just factual information.
8. Idea/Central Idea The most important concept or message in a passage, summarizing what the text is about.
11. This briefly restates the main ideas of a text and tells only the most important points so the reader can understand the overall meaning or message of the text.
14. Restating someone else's ideas or information in your own words while keeping the original meaning.
15. The general subject or focus of a nonfiction text, often expressed in a single word or short phrase.
17. The central argument or main point of a nonfiction work, usually stated clearly in an introduction and supported throughout the text.
18. Details Important pieces of information that support, explain, or clarify the main idea of a text.

2. Tone Writing that is based on facts, free from personal opinions, emotions, or biases.
3. The intended readers or listeners of a nonfiction work, which influences the author's tone, style, and content.
4. Suffix meaning "act," "process," or "result of"
7. A mathematical expression with two terms; a scientific name with two parts
9. Latin root meaning "empty"
10. A governing body responsible for making laws
12. Latin root meaning "different" or "changing"
13. Suffix meaning "relating to" or "characterized by"
16. Communication or exchange of letters; agreement or similarity between things