Unit 5 Vocabulary

Organizational Patterns

• The pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

• Restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation

• To reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Paraphrase

• Restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation

• To reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.

• To combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Summarize

• To reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.

• To combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Synthesize

• The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

• To combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• The author’s particular attitude, either stated or implied in writing

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Text Structure

• The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

• The author’s particular attitude, either stated or implied in writing

• The unique characteristics that describe a writer’s use of language; diction, syntax, sentence fluency, figurative language, and voice all contribute to a writer’s style

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Tone

• The author’s particular attitude, either stated or implied in writing

• The unique characteristics that describe a writer’s use of language; diction, syntax, sentence fluency, figurative language, and voice all contribute to a writer’s style

• The way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Style

• The unique characteristics that describe a writer’s use of language; diction, syntax, sentence fluency, figurative language, and voice all contribute to a writer’s style

• The author’s particular attitude, either stated or implied in writing

• The pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Audience

• The intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• Intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work: author’s craft may vary by genre

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Author's Craft

• Intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work: author’s craft may vary by genre

• The intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• The words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Author's Purpose

• The reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

• The words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage

• An electronic text read on a computer screen or other electronic device that may include images, sound, video, and other multimodal interactive and embedded elements

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D