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What distinguishes a fact from an opinion in a text?
Answer: A fact can be verified; an opinion reflects a belief
Facts can be proven or verified, while opinions express personal beliefs or judgments.
The author's purpose in a persuasive passage is usually to do what?
Answer: Convince the reader to accept a viewpoint
Persuasive writing aims to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or take action.
What does a topic sentence typically do in a paragraph?
Answer: States the paragraph's main idea
A topic sentence introduces the main idea that the rest of the paragraph develops.
Comparing and contrasting two ideas in a passage means doing what?
Answer: Examining similarities and differences
Compare-and-contrast analysis identifies how ideas are alike and how they differ.
A cause-and-effect relationship in text shows what?
Answer: How one event leads to another
Cause and effect explains how one event or action produces a result.
Which of the following signals a sequence of events in a passage?
Answer: Words like first, next, and finally
Transition words such as first, next, and finally indicate the order of events.
When an author uses a metaphor, they are doing what?
Answer: Describing one thing as if it were another
A metaphor describes something by directly equating it with something else for effect.