Unit 1 Vocabulary 7th Grade

Coherence

• the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay

• the stories, traditions, sayings, and customs of a culture or a society

• a type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident

• a category or type of literature- examples: short story, folktale, poetry, novel, play, comedy

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2C

CCSS.W.7.4

CCSS.W.7.1C

CCSS.W.7.2A

Connotation

• information in a story that appeals to the five senses

• the exact, literal meaning of a word

• a category or type of literature- examples: short story, folktale, poetry, novel, play, comedy

• the suggested/implied meaning or emotion associated with a word

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

Denotation

• a traditional story that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature

• the suggested/implied meaning or emotion associated with a word

• the exact, literal meaning of a word

• information in a story that appeals to the five senses

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

Effect

• an object, a person, or a place that represents something else

• the result of an event or action

• a traditional story that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature

• a type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.7.6

Internal Coherence

• orderly presentation and flow of words between sentences in a paragraph

• a type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident

• orderly presentation and flow from one paragraph to another in a story

• imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2C

CCSS.W.7.4

CCSS.W.7.3A

CCSS.W.7.3C

External Coherence

• imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally

• orderly presentation and flow of words between sentences in a paragraph

• the suggested/implied meaning or emotion associated with a word

• orderly presentation and flow from one paragraph to another in a story

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2C

CCSS.W.7.4

CCSS.W.7.3C

Genre

• a type of writing that tells a story or describes a sequence of events in an incident

• a category or type of literature- examples: short story, folktale, poetry, novel, play, comedy

• the suggested/implied meaning or emotion associated with a word

• information in a story that appeals to the five senses

Figurative Language

• the exact, literal meaning of a word

• information in a story that appeals to the five senses

• imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally

• the result of an event or action

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Sensory Details

• the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay

• information in a story that appeals to the five senses

• the result of an event or action

• an object, a person, or a place that represents something else

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3B

CCSS.W.7.3D

Folklore

• imaginative language that is not meant to be interpreted literally

• an object, a person, or a place that represents something else

• a traditional story that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature

• the stories, traditions, sayings, and customs of a culture or a society

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2