English II State Test Practice Text Features Vocabulary

These are the words spoken by characters in a literary work.

• Dialect

• Dialogue

• Diction

• Connotation

This is the writer’s choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language.

• Diction

• Connotation

• Dialogue

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.L.7.5D

This is the emotional feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary definition of the word.

• Dialect

• Fluency

• Connotation

• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

This is the ability to speak, read, or write a language; automatic word recognition, decoding, and checking for meaning.

• Syntax

• Dialogue

• Formal Language

• Fluency

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.W.7.4

This is the form of language that is characteristic of a particular place or by a particular group of people.

• Dialect

• Quote

• Diction

• Lexicon

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

This is the version of the English Language that is regarded as the model in America for writers and speakers who are considered educated.

• Standard American English

• Oxford English Dictionary

• Standard North American English

• Webster

This is to speak or to write a passage from another source. It can also be the exact words that someone else has written or said.

• Fluency

• Claim

• Quote

• Syntax

This is used by writers of scholarly books. It usually has longer sentences and a greater variety of words than everyday speech.

• Objective Language

• Subjective Language

• Informal Language

• Formal Language

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

This is what people use in everyday speech. It usually consists of fairly short sentences and simple vocabulary.

• Formal Language

• Informal Language

• Objective

• Subjective

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

This is the way a word or language sounds when spoken.

• Fluency

• Syntax

• Pronunciation

• Diction