Academic Vocabulary

The reason an author wrote something...

• Evidence

• Purpose

• Idea

• Perspective

Read the sentence from paragraph 1 and answer the question below.

Paragraph 1 is an example of a

• Figurative Language

• Rhetorical Appeal

• Character

• Text Section

To communicate a message or information

• Convey

• Analyze

• Topic

• Support

Simile, Metaphor, Allusion, Personification, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia are examples of......

• Author's Purpose

• Figurative Language

• Text Features

• Facts

Rhetorical Devices are....

• A message communicated

• Main problem or struggle within a story

• Clearly expressed, no doubt

• Writing techniques used to persuade/influence the audience

What does it mean when an author "advance and appeal"

• Information and evidence used to prove or corroborate something

  
  

• Make an earnest request 

• To move forward in a purposeful way; make or cause to make progress

• To arouse a sympathetic response

The connotative mean of a word is the....

• suggested meaning

• literal meaning

• made up meaning

• opinion of the author

The denotative meaning of a word is....

• the suggested meaning

• the reader's definition

• the author's opinion

• the textbook definition

The author's most important message in a text is....

• the purpose

• the topic

• the central idea

• the author's mood

A picture is a text feature. What does it help do in a text?

• Show information to help reader understand topic

• Invalidate information author is discussing

• Conflict the purpose of the text

• Confuse the reader