Exam Vocab Review

Tone

• The writer’s attitude towards the subject he/she is writing about
  
• The reason an author wrote a text (PIE: persuade, inform, entertain)
• Things an author adds to a text to help readers understand a topic/idea (pictures, charts/graphs, subheadings, etc.)
• The feelings and/or images associated with a word (What a reader thinks about or hears when they read a word)
  

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Author’s Purpose

• The words an author chooses to use in a text
• Logic someone uses to explain a point in an argument
• The reason an author wrote a text (PIE: persuade, inform, entertain)
• The feelings and/or images associated with a word (What a reader thinks about or hears when they read a word)

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Text Structure

• Things an author adds to a text to help readers understand a topic/idea (pictures, charts/graphs, subheadings, etc.)
  
• On-topic; fits with the point or argument being made
• The writer’s attitude towards the subject he/she is writing about
• How an author organized information in a text

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Text Features

• Things an author adds to a text to help readers understand a topic/idea (pictures, charts/graphs, subheadings, etc.)
  
• How an author organized information in a text
• The words an author chooses to use in a text
• Something clearly stated in a text (You can point to it on the page.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Diction/Word Choice

• The words an author chooses to use in a text
• A word’s deeper meaning; what a word represents
• A main point in an argument
• Things in a text that help a reader figure out the definition of an unknown word

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Connotation

• The words an author chooses to use in a text
• The feelings and/or images associated with a word (What a reader thinks about or hears when they read a word)
• A word’s deeper meaning; what a word represents
• Things in a text that help a reader figure out the definition of an unknown word

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Claim

• Logic someone uses to explain a point in an argument
  
• Reliable, can be trusted or believed
• A main point in an argument

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Relevant

• On-topic; fits with the point or argument being made
• Detailed
• Reliable, can be trusted or believed

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Inference

• Something clearly stated in a text (You can point to it on the page.)
• Using background knowledge plus evidence from a text to make a logical assumption about something that’s happening in a text
• The bigger message of a text

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Explicit Detail

• Something clearly stated in a text (You can point to it on the page.)
• The bigger message of a text
• A short retelling of key points in a text without the writer’s opinion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D