English 3 - Unit 6 Vocabulary

a close examination and interpretation of a work to gain understanding of its meaning and features that extends beyond summary or description

• Analysis

• Citation

• Counterargument

• Graphic features

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

a specific subject, idea, or issue that is the focus of a discussion, essay, article, or other work

• Paraphrase

• Rhetorical situation

• Synthesize

• Topic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

marking a text with notes and/or comments

• Claim

• Annotating

• Diction

• Drawing conclusions

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

• Syntax

• Thesis

• Tone

• Style guide

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a logical guess made by connecting bits of information

• Logical appeal/logos

• Key ideas

• Informational text

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

to present the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source

• Reliable source

• Rebuttal

• Plagiarize

• Research plan

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a timeline created around the research process that identifies the initial steps needed to find accurate, significant, and relevant sources to support the topic of inquiry or working thesis, intermediary steps of reevaluating the research question and revising the thesis based on source analysis, and the final steps of drafting (or equivalent preparation), revision, editing, and presenting results in an appropriate mode of delivery (written, oral, or multimodal)

• Summarize

• Rhetorical analysis

• Research plan

• Text evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader’s claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text

• Paraphrase

• Thesis

• Text structure

• Text evidence

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.

• Paraphrase

• Summarize

• Syntax

• Reliable source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a credible or believable source. Some questions to evaluate credibility might be: Is the author a respected authority on the subject? Does the author support opinions with strong argumentation and reasoning? How current is the information?

• Red herring fallacy

• Reliable source

• Rhetorical device

• Synthesize

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D