Nonfiction Terms

an appeal to ethics and credibility (the quality of being trusted and believed in)

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

implied or suggested meaning

• summarizing

• explicit

• paraphrasing

• implicit

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

supports the claim; statements that back up

• logos

• pathos

• reason

• evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

the group of readers to whom the piece is directed

• audience

• occasion

• speaker

• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

the attitude a write takes toward the subject or character

• thesis

• claim

• tone

• subject

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

what the article/speech is about

• tone

• subject

• thesis

• claim

to rephrase a statement in your own words (synonyms)

• paraphrasing

• summarizing

• implicit

• explicit

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

dictionary meaning of a word

• denotation

• ethos

• diction

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience

• audience

• occasion

• speaker

• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

the context of the text

• rhetoric

• occasion

• speaker

• audience

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9