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TEXT FEATURES TITLES SUBHEADING SIDEBARS GRAPHIC AIDS CAPTIONS BULLETED LIST

TITLES TITLES ARE THE NAMES OF THE BOOK, CHAPTER, OR ARTICLE THAT YOU ARE READING TITLES REVEAL THE OVERALL TOPIC OF THE TEXT

SUBHEADINGS SUBHEADINGS SATE THE MAIN IDEA OF EACH PARAGRAPH

SIDEBARS

GRAPHIC AIDS AIDS THAT ARE USED TO PRESENT DETAILED INFORMATION IN AN EASY-TO-READ FORMAT

CAPTIONS USED TO CLARIFY INFORMATION IN THE GRAPHIC AID

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TERMS COMPARE/CONTRAST CAUSE & EFFECT CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER CLASSIFICATION COUNTERARGUMENT BIAS AUTHOR’S POSITION MAIN IDEA FACT/OPINION IDIOM

COMPARE & CONTRAST IDENTIFY THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF TWO OR MORE SUBJECTS. COMPARE AND CONTRAST IS ALSO A PATTERN OF ORGANIZING AN ENTIRE PIECE OF WRITING

CAUSE & EFFECT TWO EVENTS ARE RELATED BY CAUSE AND EFFECT WHEN ONE EVENT BRINGS ABOUT, OR CAUSES, THE OTHER. THE EVENT THAT HAPPENS FIRST IS THE CAUSE; THE ONE THAT FOLLOWS IS THE EFFECT. CAUSE AND EFFECT IS ALSO A WAY OF ORGANIZING AN ENTIRE PIECE OF WRITING. IT HELPS WRITERS SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EVENTS OR IDEAS.

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER THE ARRANGEMENT OF EVENTS BY THEIR ORDER OF OCCURRENCE. THIS TYPE OF ORGANIZATION IS USED IN FICTIONAL NARRATIVES AND IN HISTORICAL WRITING, BIOGRAPHY, AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

CLASSIFICATION A PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION IN WHICH OBJECTS, IDEAS, AND/OR INFORMATION ARE PRESENTED IN GROUPS, OR CLASSES, BASED ON COMMON CHARACTERISTICS.

COUNTERARGUMENT AN ARGUMENT MADE TO OPPOSE ANOTHER ARGUMENT. A GOOD ARGUMENT ANTICIPATES OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS AND PROVIDES COUNTERARGUMENTS TO DISPROVE THEM.

BIAS IN A PIECE OF WRITING, THE AUTHOR’S BIAS IS THE SIDE OF AN ISSUE THAT HE OR SHE FAVORS. WORDS WITH EXTREMELY POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS ARE OFTEN A SIGNAL OF AN AUTHOR’S BIAS.

AUTHOR’S POSITION AN AUTHOR’S POSITION IS HIS OR HER OPINION ON AN ISSUE OR TOPIC.

MAIN IDEA THE MAIN IDEA, OR CENTRAL IDEA, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IDEA ABOUT A TOPIC THAT A WRITER OR SPEAKER CONVEYS. IT CAN BE THE CENTRAL IDEA OF AN ENTIRE WORK OR OF JUST A PARAGRAPH. OFTEN, THE MAIN IDEA OF A PARAGRAPH IS EXPRESSED IN A TOPIC SENTENCE. HOWEVER, A MAIN IDEA MAY JUST BE IMPLIED, OR SUGGESTED, BY DETAILS. A MAIN IDEA IS TYPICALLY SUPPORTED BY DETAILS.

FACT/OPINION A FACT IS A STATEMENT THAT CAN BE PROVED, OR VERIFIED. AN OPINION, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS A STATEMENT THAT CANNOT BE PROVED BECAUSE IT EXPRESSES A PERSON’S BELIEFS, FEELINGS, OR THOUGHTS.

IDIOM AN IDIOM IS AN EXPRESSION THAT HAS A MEANING DIFFERENT FROM THE MEANING OF ITS INDIVIDUAL WORDS. FOR EXAMPLE “TO GO TO THE DOGS” IS AN IDIOM MEANING “TO GO TO RUIN”.