Eng 1 - Unit 1 Vocabulary

Author's purpose is the reason an author writes about a particular topic. What are the reasons an author writes? The reasons need to be listed in alphabetical order. ​ ​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• entertain
• persuade
• mood
• tone
• inform

Answer explanation

The meaning of annotating is

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic.

• a reference to the author's name, title of work, and date published.

• marking a text with notes and/or comments.

• written/spoken explanations or interpretations that further develop an idea.

The meaning of citation is

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic.

• a reference to the author's name, title of work, and date published.

• marking a text with notes and/or comments.

• written/spoken explanations or interpretations that further develop an idea.

The meaning of commentary is

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic.

• a reference to the author's name, title of work, and date published.

• marking a text with notes and/or comments.

• written/spoken explanations or interpretations that further develop an idea.

Match the following vocabulary term to the correct definition.

• synthesize

• to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole.

• summarize

• paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader's claim,
  thought, inference, or analysis about the text

• text evidence

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main ideas.

What is a timeline that identifies the initial steps needed to find accurate, significant, and relevant sources to support the topic of inquiry or working thesis?

Match the following vocabulary term to the correct definition.

• note-taking

• restate the meaning of something in different words.

• paraphrase

• to present the ideas or words of another as one's own without crediting the source.

• plagiarize

• the study skill of outlining or summarizing the ideas of a lecture, a book, or another
  source of information to aid in the retention of ideas.

Who is the intended group for a message, regardless of the medium?

The meaning of bias is

• a particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or
  unreasoned.

• the process of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same
  thing wherein each member speaks, is heard, and takes ownership of the resulting product or activity.

• written/spoken explanations or interpretations that further develop an idea.

• a logical guess made by connecting bits of information.

The meaning of inference is

• a particular inclination, feeling, or opinion about a subject that is often preconceived or
  unreasoned.

• the process of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same
  thing wherein each member speaks, is heard, and takes ownership of the resulting product or activity.

• written/spoken explanations or interpretations that further develop an idea.

• a logical guess made by connecting bits of information.