1st Quarter Academic Vocab Review

aesthetic impact is...

• The impact on the senses or emotions of the readers or viewers

• taking notes on what you read

An analogy is...

• what the author wishes to accomplish in their writing

• A saying that communicates a relationship between two things

To annotate means to...

• compare two things using figurative language

• take notes on what you read

The authors purpose is...

• the reason(s) the author is writing a piece of work

• How a piece of writing or entertainment makes the viewer or reader feel

What is cause and effect?

• the relationship between actions and outcomes

• the central message or main idea of a story

Central idea/Theme in literature is...

• the main point or lesson of a text

• how to dress for a fancy party

A character trait is a trait that relates to a character's...

• The overall trait/traits that a person consistently exhibits over time

• appearance or emotions

Characterization is...

• How a character is described only at the beginning of a story

• direct or indirect evidence of a character's development over the course of a piece of writing

Citing text evidence is...

• to quote or summarize parts of the text that best support an answer or line of thinking

• putting random song lyrics into your writing