Seeing at the Speed of Sound Quiz Review

The events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase, or piece of text that help explain its meaning.

• Figure of speech

• Context

• Context clues

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The author’s, speaker’s, or narrator’s attitude toward a subject, evident through diction and other style elements.

• Tone

• Style

• Claim

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A way of expressing something in writing or speech that is developed using various techniques.

• Tone

• Style

• Text Structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To examine the parts of something in detail.

• Identify

• Infer

• Analyze

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The literal or dictionary definition of a word.

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Word Choice

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A hint in the surrounding text that can help a reader infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word, phrase, or description.

• Context

• Context clue

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An idea or feeling that a word suggests in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

• Tone

• Connotation

• Denotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A means or form of communication, information, or entertainment such as television, the Internet, or radio.

• Media

• Medium

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The plural of medium; a means of sending a communication to an intended audience.

• Media

• Medium

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together

• Euphemism

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A