Week 19 Vocabulary

anecdote

• • the choice and use of language; words and phrases chosen for their connotative, denotative, figurative, and rhetorical value

• • the arguer begins with specific observations. Then makes a conclusion based on the most likely scenario.

• •  a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

• • special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. Formal language.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

jargon

• • appeals to the popularity of a practice or concept as a method of persuasion

  
  

• •  special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand. Formal language.

• • a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

• • the arrangement of sentences (e.g. word order, sentence length, use of punctuation, etc.) and the associated grammatical rules

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Select the best example of legal jargon

Hint: legal means "of or related to the law"

• grand jury, evidence, lawsuit

• diction, syntax

• prescription, fracture, chronic illness

• simile, metaphor, hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Select the best example of medical jargon

Hint: medical means "of or related to the science of medicine"

• grand jury, evidence, lawsuit

• diction, syntax

• prescription, fracture, chronic illness

• simile, metaphor, hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Select the best scenario in which there is an example of anecdote

• A neuroscientist writes a book in which she shares stories about people's negative reactions when she tells them that she studies the adolescent brain.

• A president gives a speech at the end of his presidential term using strong inductive reasoning to encourage the American people to maintain peace.

• A suffragist gives a speech advocating for women's right to vote using deductive reasoning that contains logical fallacies.

• A poet writes a short story in which the narrator kills a man due to the beating of his heart. The narrator suffered from schizophrenia - a mental disease that affects a person's ability to think, feel, and behave clearly.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

-est

• water

• • half, partly, not fully

• under

•  the most

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

semi-

• one

• under

• •  half, partly, not fully

• • the most

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

sub-

• under

• the most

•  half, partly, not fully

• water

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

hydr-

• one

• the most

• water

• under

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

uni-

• under

• one

• water

• • half, partly, not fully

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B