PRIMARY SOURCES An original text used largely for informational
purposes, as in research. (e.g., journals,
photographs, research data)
PROSE
A short, concise statement of widely accepted
louder than words.)
PUBLISH To prepare written material for presentation to
an audience
PURPOSE The goal a reader or writer seeks to attain
R
The part of writing and preparing written
audience
RHYME
RHYTHM
accents in a stream of speech sounds
RUBRIC
criteria and indicators of success
S
SECONDARY SOURCES A text used largely for informational purposes
that references, analyzes, interprets, or critiques
one or more primary sources, as in research
SENSORY LANGUAGE
the reader
The structure of the action of a story in its
chronological order
SETTINGS The general place, historical time, and social
circumstances in which action occurs in a story
or play
SIMILE
things indicated by the word “like” or “as”(e.g.,
quiet as a mouse)
SUFFIX
stem that changes the grammatical function
of the word (e.g., history - noun to historical -
Condensing a text to its general theme(s) and/
or major points
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