Unit 0 Vocabulary

break down into components or essential features

• annotate

• analyze

• diction

• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

• annotate

• metaphor

• syntax

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

argument, the stance, or the main idea of the writing that is to follow

• symbolism

• evidence

• claim

• mood

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

The motive or reason for which an author writes, as to entertain, inform, or persuade

• mood

• tone

• theme

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The stylistic choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing

• diction

• syntax

• rhetoric

• evidence

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

Facts, figures, details, quotations, or other sources of data and information that provide support for claims or an analysis of the text and that can be evaluated by others

• metaphor

• simile

• evidence

• annotate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a conclusion you make from facts or evidence you already know

• metaphor

• simile

• inference

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A type of comparison in which a word or expression's literal usage and meaning is applied to a distinctly different thing

• inference

• metaphor

• simile

• analyze

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The emotion(s) expressed by an author or artist in the rhetoric, structure, and/or perspective of his or her work

• tone

• mood

• rhetoric

• syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The effective use of language in prose, verse, or oration to communicate with, inform, or persuade an audience

• syntax

• rhetoric

• mood

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D