Nonfiction It's writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history. Paraphrase It shows you understand the source well enough to write it in your own words. Topic The general subject or purpose of a text. Textual Evidence Evidence or examples from a text to illustrate your own points in an essay or summary. Author A person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc. Objective Summary Focuses on the central ideas Is short – 4 to 5 sentences max Is written in your own words Omits minor details Does not contain opinions, stereotypes, or bias Transition Words & Phrases They are used to link words, phrases, or sentences & help the reader to progress from one idea to the next idea. Commas A punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. Analyze To break down and examine Gerunds Always function as a noun Title The name of a book, composition, or other artistic work. -ing The ending for gerunds & the present tense ending for participles. -ed, -d, - en, -n, - ne, & -t Past- tense Participles Subject The person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence. Adjectives It describes nouns and pronouns. Indirect Object indicates who, whom or what the action is directed toward Noun Person, place, or thing Homophones Words pronounced alike, but have different meaning or spelling. Predicate Nominative Follows linking verbs, answers what?, and compliments the subject Verb Words that show action Direct Object The thing that the subject acts upon; answer "the what" in the sentence. R.A.C.E.C.E. To write well- developed constructed responses: Restate, Answer, Cite Evidence, Explain. Central Idea It tells what the text is mainly about. Participles A verbal that is used as an adjective. Verbals Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives Supporting Details They contain facts, statements, examples-specifics which guide us to a full understanding of the central idea. Appositive Provides extra or non-existential information enclosed between commas Informational Text Examples: newspapers, textbooks, reference materials, and research papers Object of Preposition A noun that works with a preposition to form a prepositional phrase. Nonfiction It's writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history. Paraphrase It shows you understand the source well enough to write it in your own words. Topic The general subject or purpose of a text. Textual Evidence Evidence or examples from a text to illustrate your own points in an essay or summary. Author A person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc. Objective Summary Focuses on the central ideas Is short – 4 to 5 sentences max Is written in your own words Omits minor details Does not contain opinions, stereotypes, or bias Transition Words & Phrases They are used to link words, phrases, or sentences & help the reader to progress from one idea to the next idea. Commas A punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. Analyze To break down and examine Gerunds Always function as a noun Title The name of a book, composition, or other artistic work. -ing The ending for gerunds & the present tense ending for participles. -ed, -d, - en, -n, - ne, & -t Past- tense Participles Subject The person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence. Adjectives It describes nouns and pronouns. Indirect Object indicates who, whom or what the action is directed toward Noun Person, place, or thing Homophones Words pronounced alike, but have different meaning or spelling. Predicate Nominative Follows linking verbs, answers what?, and compliments the subject Verb Words that show action Direct Object The thing that the subject acts upon; answer "the what" in the sentence. R.A.C.E.C.E. To write well- developed constructed responses: Restate, Answer, Cite Evidence, Explain. Central Idea It tells what the text is mainly about. Participles A verbal that is used as an adjective. Verbals Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives Supporting Details They contain facts, statements, examples-specifics which guide us to a full understanding of the central idea. Appositive Provides extra or non-existential information enclosed between commas Informational Text Examples: newspapers, textbooks, reference materials, and research papers Object of Preposition A noun that works with a preposition to form a prepositional phrase.
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It's writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
It shows you understand the source well enough to write it in your own words.
The general subject or purpose of a text.
Evidence or examples from a text to illustrate your own points in an essay or summary.
A person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.
Focuses on the central ideas
Is short – 4 to 5 sentences max
Is written in your own words
Omits minor details
Does not contain opinions, stereotypes, or bias
They are used to link words, phrases, or sentences & help the reader to progress from one idea to the next
idea.
A punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence.
To break down and examine
Always function as a noun
The name of a book, composition, or other artistic work.
The ending for gerunds & the present tense ending for participles.
Past-tense Participles
The person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.
It describes nouns and pronouns.
indicates who, whom or what the action is directed toward
Person, place, or thing
Words pronounced alike, but have different meaning or spelling.
Follows linking verbs, answers what?, and compliments the subject
Words that show action
The thing that the subject acts upon; answer "the what" in the sentence.
To write well-developed constructed responses: Restate, Answer, Cite Evidence, Explain.
It tells what the text is mainly about.
A verbal that is used as an adjective.
Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives
They contain facts, statements, examples-specifics which guide us to a full understanding of the central idea.
Provides extra or non-existential information enclosed between commas
Examples: newspapers, textbooks, reference materials, and research papers
A noun that works with a preposition to form a prepositional phrase.
