8th grade Springboard Unit 2 Vocabulary

A rhetorical strategy and method of organization and which a writer examines the similarities and differences between two people, objects, places, ideas or things.

• utopia
• compare/contrast
• universal
• seminar

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A real or imagined place considered to be ideal or perfect

• utopia
• dystopia
• antagonist
• controversy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a community or society, usually fictional, that is in some important way undesirable or frightening

• utopia
• seminar
• universal
• dystopia

a characteristic of all or the whole; it has a general application

• seminar
• Socratic
• universal
• utopia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a term used to describe a small group of students engaged in intensive study

• seminar
• argument
• controversy
• utopia

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an adjective formed from the name of the philosopher Socrates, who was famous for using the question-and-answer method in his search for truth and wisdom

• seminar
• argument
• Socrates
• dystopia

a logical appeal supported by reasons and evidence to persuade an audience to take an action or agree with a point of view

• utopia
• seminar
• argument
• research

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an informal or formal discussion in which opposing arguments are put forward

• debate
• research
• seminar
• search terms

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

occurs when there are two sides that disagree with each other

• research
• dystopia
• controversy
• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the process of locating information from a variety of sources

• utopia
• research
• dystopia
• debate

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D