Unit 3 Vocabulary - Jim Roberts

Front

— the intended target group for a message

Back

Audience

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

— the many tools the author uses to support a central idea or argument such as: intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work

Back

Author’s craft

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Front

1. — the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g.,  to persuade, to 

entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.)

Back

1. Author’s purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Front

— the thesis or main point or underlying direction of a piece of writing

Back

Controlling idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Front

— the quality of having reliable and trustworthy characteristics which may be influenced by an author having expertise on a topic, using unbiased and accurate reasoning, evidence, and sources to support ideas, and providing current and up-to-date information

Back

Credibility

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Front

— a stage in the writing process when a written text is prepared for an audience by attending to and correcting mechanics, grammar, and spelling

Back

Editing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Front

— picture or other image within a text

Back

Graphic feature

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

— a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate

Back

Informational text

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

— important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

Back

Key ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

— restate the meaning of something in different words.

Back

Paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2