1:week 1 vocabulary

argument

• a reason for or against something
• The reason the author wrote what he/she did, usually to inform, entertain or persuade.
• To arrive at a solution
• a figure of speech where a word or phrase is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them (He was a bear instead He was angry)

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

author’s choice

• The decisions the author makes related to the story.
• To give credit for research, paraphrasing or quoting
• Something that provides proof
• To give the meaning of something in different words

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

author’s purpose

• The reason the author wrote what he/she did, usually to inform, entertain or persuade.
• To arrive at a solution
• a figure of speech where a word or phrase is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them (He was a bear instead He was angry)
• To win over to a belief; convince one to do or believe something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

cite

• To give credit for research, paraphrasing or quoting  
  
• Something that provides proof
• To give the meaning of something in different words
• To repeat a passage, word for word, from another source

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

decide

• To arrive at a solution
• Something that provides proof
• To give the meaning of something in different words
• To repeat a passage, word for word, from another source

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

evidence

• Something that provides proof
• To give the meaning of something in different words
  
• To repeat a passage, word for word, from another source
• a point of origin, where something is from

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

metaphor

• a figure of speech where a word or phrase is used in place of another to suggest a similarity between them (He was a bear instead He was angry)
• To win over to a belief; convince one to do or believe something
• a figure of speech in which things different are compared by the use of the word  or  (as in “cheeks like roses”)
• a reason for or against something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

paraphrase

• To give the meaning of something in different words
• To repeat a passage, word for word, from another source
• a point of origin, where something is from
• The decisions the author makes related to the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

persuade

• To win over to a belief; convince one to do or believe something
• a figure of speech in which things different are compared by the use of the word  or  (as in “cheeks like roses”)
• a reason for or against something
• The reason the author wrote what he/she did, usually to inform, entertain or persuade.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

quote

• To repeat a passage, word for word, from another source
• a figure of speech in which things different are compared by the use of the word  or  (as in “cheeks like roses”)
• The decisions the author makes related to the story.
• To give credit for research, paraphrasing or quoting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6