Vocabulary

This is the dominant and controlling argument.

The ____ idea of a passage is the idea which is dealt with and recurs throughout the passage.

This is a type of real-world writing that presents material that is necessary or valuable to the reader.

This is the most important idea of reading passage or presentation

This is the restatement of a written work in one's own words that keeps the basic meaning of the original work.

To restate briefly is to ____.

These are the facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.

This is the message ,usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work.

The main point or central idea that a writer states and then endeavors to prove is called a ________.

This is the central message of a story, poem, novel, or play that many readers can apply to their own experiences, or to those of all people.