OST VOCAB 3/9

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• Nuance

• Analogy

• Connotation

• Diction

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

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

• Revise

• Nuance

• Allignment

• Connotation

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

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

• Rhetoric

• Diction

• Rhetoric

• Allignment

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 degree of correspondence among or connection between parts, ideas, concepts, or constructs

• Analogy

• Alignment

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

• Rhetoric

• Revise

• Nuance

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

 re-examine and make alterations to (written or printed matter)

• Nuance

• Irony

• Analogy

• Revise

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound:

• Connotation

• Nuance

• Diction

• Irony

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 expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect:

• Analogy

• Irony

• Connotation

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

___________ is a rhetorical device that says one idea is similar to another idea, and then goes on to explain it. They’re often used by writers and speakers to explain a complex idea in terms of another idea that is simpler and more popularly known

• Rhetoric

• Analogy

• Diction

• Connoatation

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

The _______ of spiders is they are scary and creepy

• connotation

• rhetoric

• nuance

• alignment

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4