Term 4 Exam Study Guide
Across
- 3. to help build up or prove an idea
- 4. to set up or start something
- 5. improve or develop an idea over the course of a text
- 9. a bond/link/tie between two ideas
- 11. also know as the main idea or key concept; the author's main point being communicated in their writing
- 13. the time and place in which a story occurs
- 14. without personal feelings or opinions
- 15. an arguable statement the author asks the reader to accept as truth
- 17. to decide or figure something out
- 19. grow to become more advanced or complicated
- 20. a lesson or moral that can be learned from many different pieces of literature (for example, many passages may teach you that true love conquers all, revenge only makes the problem worse, or hard work makes your dreams a reality)
Down
- 1. not enough evidence to support an idea
- 2. the reason one writes a text- most often it is to persuade, inform, or entertain
- 6. the emotions attached to a word (For example, stomped seems angry; marched seems professional/serious, but both are basically the same movement)
- 7. to influence something (certain word choices will influence the tone of your passage, for example)
- 8. an educated guess formed based on evidence from the text
- 10. to provide details about a topic or idea so that the reader can better understand it or visualize it
- 12. the author's attitude in the text
- 13. a picture that represents an idea (For example, hearts symbolize love; logos symbolize certain companies; etc.)
- 16. support from the text that proves an idea to be true
- 18. the emotions a text evokes in the reader