Unit One Vocabulary
Across
- 1. texts that communicate information and data
- 5. tells whom or what the sentence is about.
- 6. the order that shows where things are located
- 9. a prefix or suffix added to a root
- 10. The predicate tells something about the subject.
- 13. a particular order in which events or things follow each other
- 14. a list or general idea of what the writer will write about
- 16. indicates the time of action or state of being that is expressed by the verb
- 17. the attitude toward your subject
- 19. a text structure that shows how or why one thing leads to another
- 23. any organizational patterns that writers use to make their meaning clear
- 24. carries a word’s core meaning
- 26. a group of words that is punctuated like a declarative, exclamatory sentence, imperative sentence, or interrogative sentences. However, it does not express a complete thought. A sentence should contain a subject, a verb, and a complete thought which makes up an independent clause.
Down
- 2. a sentence or two that states the controlling idea of your paper
- 3. a method of organizing information by showing similarities and differences among various groups of details
- 4. writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history
- 6. added onto the end of a word or after a word root to form a new word
- 7. a general idea or notion described in detail
- 8. the arrangement of details in time order, that is, in the order in which they occurred
- 11. added onto the beginning of a word or in front of a root word to form a new word
- 12. any organizational patterns that writers use to make their meaning clear
- 15. writing used to persuade your reader to agree with your opinion
- 18. an opinion statement followed by a logical presentation of reasons and evidence that support and develop the opinion
- 20. explaining how a problem may be solved
- 21. something that can be verified or proved by direct observation or by checking a reliable reference
- 22. the beliefs, perceptions, relationships, attitudes, and written and unwritten rules that shape and influence every aspect of how a community functions
- 25. include all the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text. These include the table of contents, index, glossary, headings, bold words, sidebars, pictures and captions, and labeled diagrams