Unit 1 Vocabulary

What is annotation?

• Highlighting various sentences throughout a passage

• Marking a text with meaningful notes and/or comments

• Reading a text and writing a summary

• Searching for information about a particular subject or topic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is audience?

• The intended group for the message, regardless of the medium

• The person reading a book

• The author's publisher/editor

• People who are interested in what the author is writing about

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What are examples of author's purpose?

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

• To restate

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which definition describes context?

• The overall message in a story/what the author wants you to learn

• The rising action in a story

• The words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage.

• The setting of a story

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is correspondence?

• Marking a text with notes and/or comments

• An act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

• Important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, tone, etc.

• Any written or digital communication exchanged between two or more people in the form of an email, letter, fax, etc.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does it mean to plagiarize?

• Outlining or summarizing ideas of a lecture or book

• To present the ideas of words of another as one's own without crediting the source

• Restating the meaning of something in different words

• Combining elements and parts to form a coherent whole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the definition of synthesize?

• To combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• To copy someone else's work and pretend it's your own

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

• Restate the meaning of something in different words.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is paraphrasing?

• Making a logical guess to connect bits of information

• Combining elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• Restating the meaning of something in different words.

• Summarizing a text to include key ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is an inference?

• A logical guess made by connecting bits of information

• A proven fact
• A random assumption
• A wild guess without any evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the process of summarizing a text? (How do you write a summary?)

• To summarize a text, one must avoid reviewing for accuracy and just write down the main points.
• Summarizing a text requires skipping the main points and focusing on minor details.
• The process of reducing large sections of text to their essential points and main ideas

• The process of summarizing a text involves writing down every detail without condensing.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D