allegory - story with two meanings - literal and symbolic; very important is the connection of the literal meaning with the symbolic meaning ("Allegory of the Cave")
amend - to rephrase;
anecdote - short, amusing story about a real person or incident;
annotate - to annotate is to make a note, underline or highlight main ideas of the text;
argument - is a reason given in proof;
article - a written composition, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic;
audience - in literature the audience would be the readers;
author - composer;
background information - it's reading up on the subject before you make too many decisions about how you are going to approach your work;
blog - is a type of a website or part of a website were one maintains it and posts regular comments or describes events;
cite -to quote;
claim - it's the author's position on any subject;
clue - anything that serves to guide;
coherent - sticking together, consistent;
collective -gathering
compare - to examine to determine the similarities or differences;
comparison - act of comparing;
composition - combining parts to form a whole;
consequence - outcome;
context (contextual) - the parts of a written or spoken statement that follow a specific word or passage;
contrast -to compare to show unlikeness, differences;
critical thinking - mental process of skillfully analyzing information to reach an answer or a conclusion;
data - representation of a fact;
depict - portray in words, describe;
details -important part of a whole;
direct quote - repeat of authors exact words
dystopia - opposite of utopia;
emulate - follo; copy;
effects - a result of something;
essay - piece of writing written from the authors personal point of view
evaluate -judge carefully;
evidence - proof;
example -representative of a group as a whole;
explain - to make something clear by describing it in detail;
fact - something known to exist or to have happened;
formula - a set of words that form a statement;
illustration - act of explaining;
in your own words - not quoting or copying someone elses words/text;
individual - single;
intention - purpose or goal;
introductory paragraph - introduces the topic of an essay;
irrational - not consistent with reason; doesn't make sense;
key ideas - main ideas;
key word - a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage;
link - to join;
list - meaningful grouping;
literal - primary or strict meaning
main ideas - main ideas lead to the main point like clues;
main point - writer's point of view, perspective, opinion, or argument about its subject;
natural - not altered;
opinion - a personal view;
outline - rough plan for our piece of writing
parable - a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle or moral lesson;
paragraph - sentences that elaborate an idea, reason or support a claim;
paraphrase - restatement of text to give the meaning in a different form;
personal experience -
perspective - point of view;
philosophy - investigations of the truths, being knowledge;
phrase - a sequence of words intended to have meaning;
point - sense of something;
pre-writing - first stage of writing followed by the drafting, revision, editing and publishing;
propose - to offer or suggest;
purpose - mean, aim, goal;
quotation - something that is quoted; a passage quoted from a book, speech,
quote - a repeat from a book or speech etc.
rational - consistent with reason; makes sense;
rationale - logic;
reading - the action or practice of a person who reads;
real - true, not imaginary;
reason -statement made to explain;
relevant - something connect to the main matter;
respond - answer;
revise (revision) - to change, modify;
sentence - a grammatical unit of one or more words;
simulation - imitation of something real;
source - a place from which something comes;
state - declare; to set forth in words;
story - a true or false narration shorter than a novel;
summarize - to summarize is to write in your own words about the main ideas of the text without giving your own opinion;
symbol (symbolic) - something that is used to represent something;
testimony -confession;
text - the words of something written or printed;
thesis - a claim with reasons;
topic - what something is written about;
topic sentence - introduces the main idea of the paragraph;
true - fact or reality;
unified - combined, merged;
utopia - ideal place or state;
virtual reality - a realistic simulation of an environment;
