English Drama Vocab

Extraneous -

• Irrelevant/unrelated to the subject being delt with

• Something that's extra

• Extra extra

• Being too extra

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Pertinent -

• An expression that can't be understood from the meanings of its separate words, but must be learned as a whole

• Relevant/applicable to a particular matter (opposite)

• A short statement of the main points in your own words

• A central unifying idea of authors work

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Symbolism -

• The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through literature

• A symbol that's used in texts

• The use of symbols to represent ideas/qualities

• emojis used in texts

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Tone -

• A way of stating something

• An unrelated idea

• A tone of voice

• The authors attitude toward a certain topic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Mood -

• A mood of the story

• The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through literature

• A symbol

• How you're feeling

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Idiom -

• An expression that can't be understood from the meanings of its separate words, but must be learned as a whole

• A figure of language that doesn't use like/as

• A fake story

• A meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Sarcasm -

• to be unserious about something

• To say something that's fake

• The use of words that mean the opposite of what the speaker really thinks in order to insult, show irritation/ to be funny

• to be funny

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Summary -

• A short statement of the main idea in your own words

• An idea summarized

• A paragraph in 5 sentences

• To state something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Paraphrase -

• to summarize something

• to put something in a short way

• A way of stating something again by giving the meaning in different words

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Plagiarizing -

• To steal & pass of the ideas/words of another as ones own w/o crediting the source

• to not credit anything/anyone

• to copy & paste

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6