Across
- 2. the side you choose to support in an argument
- 3. opinion; the position from which a story is told
- 5. words or phrases used to appeal to the senses of the reader
- 7. what the writer provides to refute and explain away a counterclaim
- 8. a type of writing used to convince
- 10. reliable, trustworthy, dependable
- 13. to briefly write or tell the main ideas of a text
- 14. to judge the worth or quality of
- 16. to quote another person's words and tell the source
- 17. the feeling that a writer creates for the reader
Down
- 1. the message the author is trying to teach the reader
- 2. the position taken by the opposite side
- 3. to put into your own words
- 4. words or pictures added to a piece of nonfiction to help the reader understand the content; ex. headings, captions, pictures, maps, charts
- 6. to give evidence to show that a statement is correct
- 7. information that is related to the matter at hand and appropriate to the purpose
- 9. statistics, facts, examples, definitions that are used to support a reason
- 11. a section taken from a longer piece of writing
- 12. what the writer gives to support a claim
- 15. wording used at the start of a writing piece to catch the interest of the reader