APPLICATION Effort Form filled out A program or piece of software

CLARIFY To free from confusion Make perfectly clear ? !

COMPOSITION Writing Essay

CONCEIVE Create a picture in your mind Imagine

CRITIQUE A positive or negative opinion Criticism given to a performance or composition

EVIDENCE Words or pictures used to prove your belief. Proof

INTERPRET Make sense of Explain

OUTLINE Main facts or steps in order List the steps

PERSUADE Lead someone to believe Convince

POINT OF VIEW A way of thinking Opinion

PROPOSE Offer an idea Suggest

RELEVANT Having to do with Related to something in some way school cars school

REVISE Improve Make corrections

THESIS Belief statement that is proven in an essay A statement to be proved

TONE Mood or Emotional Expression Vocal or Musical Sound

MEMOIR A record of events based on the writer’s personal experiences Autobiography

CLAIM Demand as a right Assert or maintain as a fact

Rhetorical The art of using language for effect Using language skillfully including figures of speech Questions that are not meant to be answered, but simply asked to make a statement

Subtitle Title that is secondary to the main title subtitle

Appositive Placing together Bringing into proximity Grammatical relationship between expressions Appositive

Argument An oral/written disagreement A process of reasoning A discussion involving different points of view

Footnote An explanatory note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page Examples of Footnotes

Epilogue A concluding part added to a literary work Speech given at the conclusion of a dramatic production

Structure The manner in which something is constructed The way in which the elements of something are organized or interrelated

Prologue A preface or introductory part of a speech, poem, novel, or dramatic production Introductory information that is necessary to give the reader background information before the action begins

Citation The act of quoting or making a quotation in reference to another’s body of work, otherwise known as a footnote. An award or commendation for exceptional military bravery.

Consistency Degree of density, firmness, fluidity, etc. Steadfast adherence to the same principles, course, form, etc. Agreement, harmony, or compatibility.

Proposal The act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance. A plan scheme An offer of marriage

Generalization An idea, principle, or proposal that asserts something to be true of all or many. A general statement idea or principle.

Allusion A passing or casual reference to something , either directly or implied.

Omniscient Having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding

Bias A particular tendency or inclination especially one that prevents impartial consideration of a question; a prejudice.

Symbolism The practice of representing things by symbols(things that represent something else). Investing things with a symbolic meaning.

Explicit fully revealed or expressed without vagueness leaving no question as to meaning or intent open in the depiction of

Anecdote a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

Denotation Meaning; especially a direct specific meaning that is distinct from an implied or associated idea A word’s explicit or literal definition

Connotation The suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes Something suggested by a word or thing ; implication

Media The means of communication such as newspaper, radio, television, and magazines with wide range and influence. The middle layer of an artery or lymphatic vessel. The longitudinal vein in the middle portion of a wing of an insect.

Credible Capable of being believed, trustworthy. Effective or reliable

Propaganda Purposefuly spreading Information or ideas to promote or injure a cause, movement, nation, etc. Positive or negative advertisements

Parody A humorous imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing. To imitate for the purpose of ridicule or satire

Flashback The insertion of an earlier event into the chronological structure of a novel, motion picture, play, etc.

Plagiarism The unauthorized use of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own.