ENG Key Terms (Diagnostic)

The intended readers, listeners, or viewers for a particular text. In planning a piece of writing, writers must take into account the purpose and ________ in choosing an appropriate form of writing.

• speech

• illustrators

• audience

• media

Non-verbal communication through gestures, facial expressions, and physical movement.

• oral communication

• drama

• appearance

• body language

The underlying logical connectedness of the parts of an oral, written, or visual text. A paragraph is this if all of its sentences are connected logically so that they are easy to follow. An essay is this if its paragraphs are logically connected.

• elaborate

• coherent

• obvious

• simple

A group of words that, through usage, has taken on a special meaning different from the literal meaning (e.g., It’s raining cats and dogs.).

• Phrase

• Poem

• Quote

• Idiom

The ability to understand and draw meaning from spoken, written, and visual communications in all media.

• comprehension

• test

• logic

• smarts

The capacity for a particular type of thinking that involves looking beyond the literal meaning of texts to observe what is present and what is missing, in order to analyse and evaluate the text’s complete meaning and the author’s intent.

• analytical literacy

• deep learning

• coherent thinking

• critical literacy

The way in which people live, think, and define themselves as a community.

• Identity

• Culture

• Group

• Country

The choice of words or phrases in speech or writing; the particular words chosen to express an idea.

• Syntax

• Diction

• Semantics

• Alliteration

A situation in which the significance of a character’s words or actions is clear to the audience or reader but unknown to the character.

• critical irony

• situational irony

• literary irony

• dramatic irony

The making of changes to the content, structure, and wording of drafts to improve the organization of ideas, eliminate awkward phrasing, correct grammatical and spelling errors, and generally ensure that the writing is clear, coherent, and correct.

• Brainstorming

• Drafting

• Outlining

• Editing