Unit 3 Vocabulary

annotated bibliography (n)

• resembling the language or style of the Bible

• a list of sources used in research

  along with comments or summaries about each source

• a large African mammal with a very long neck and forelegs

• causing irritation or annoyance

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

synthesis (n) is a written piece combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

accurate (adj)

• favoring one side in a dispute above the other; biased.

• false or not correct

• correct; not containing errors

• exist or be found to be present in a place

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A caveat (n) is a cautionary detail or warning. It may be used to give an exception to a broader rule.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

call to action (n)

• Plausible response to a text

• an instance of speaking to someone on the phone

• the characteristic cry of a bird or other animal

• a restatement of the claim and what the writer wants the reader to do

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The tenor (n) is the the intent, tone, or attitude conveyed by a text.

• True

• False

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

infographic (n)

• a gray crystalline allotropic form of carbon

• the smallest meaningful contrastive unit in a writing system

• a picture that presents information, such as a chart or graph

• the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

elaborate (v)

• a part or aspect of something abstract

• a regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane

• a stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity

• to expand on or add information or detail about a point to develop further

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

Satire/satirist (n) is a manner of writing that mocks social conventions, actions, or attitudes with wit and humor

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

rhetorical strategies (n)

• an electron configuration

• particular ways of writing that authors use to make a point/create effect

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