Unit 2 SB Vocabulary

text features-

• the elements of a text designed to help locate, understand, and organize information

• quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

• the voice of an unseen character in fi lm expressing his or her thoughts

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

credibility-

• the speed or rate of speaking

• the quality of being trusted or believed

• words or phrases that connect ideas, details, or events in writing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

primary source-

• an essay in which the writer explores the significance of an experience or observation

• accurate and careful about details

• an original document containing firsthand information about a subject

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

secondary source-

• discussion about or commentary on a primary source; the key feature of a secondary source is that it offers an interpretation of information gathered from primary sources

• a single word or short phrase used in a database search

• influenced by personal opinions or ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

claim-

• influenced by personal opinions or ideas

• a position statement (or thesis) that asserts an idea or makes an argument

• a perspective that can be debated

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

valid-

• believable or truthful

• a buyer; a person who acquires goods and services

• a position statement (or thesis) that asserts an idea or makes an argument

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

counterclaim-

• believable or truthful

• quotations, summaries, or paraphrases from text passages to support a position

• reasoning or facts given in opposition to an argument

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

explanatory writing-

• a form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform

• the quality of being trusted or believed

• a struggle between opposing forces.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

rhetoric-

• a genre of literature that is intended to be performed before an audience; a play

• events that give a reader background information needed to understand a story

• the art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

thesis statement-

• a sentence, in the introduction of an essay, that states the writer’s position or opinion on the topic of the essay

• a comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as

• the art of using words to persuade in writing or speaking

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D