Unit 05: Analyzing Texts across Genres Vocabulary List - 20 Word

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the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

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Audience

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intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work; it may vary by genre

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Author’s craft

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the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g.,  to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze,  etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

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Author’s purpose

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1. the words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage

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Context

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1. an electronic text read on a computer screen or other electronic device that may include images, sound, video, and other multimodal interactive and embedded elements

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Digital text

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

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Editing

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1.  paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader’s claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text

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Evidence

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1. the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

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Genre

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

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Key ideas

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1. the strategic integration of two or more modes of communication to create meaning, including written and spoken texts, images, gestures, music, digital texts and media, and live performances

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Multimodal texts