Unit 5 Vocabulary

Key ideas are important ideas throughout a work that support the central message, theme, ______, etc

AUDIENCE is

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes specific details, features, or devices in a work

• the intended target group for a message, regardless of the medium

• the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation.

Tone is

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

• the unique characteristics that describe a writer’s use of language; diction, syntax, sentence fluency, figurative language, and voice all contribute to a writer’s style

• restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation.

• the author’s particular attitude, either stated or implied in the writing

Paraphrase is to restate the ___________of something in different words

author’s craft is

• intentional use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, sentence structures, devices, and language to create an effective written work; author’s craft may vary by genre

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

• The strategic integration of two or more modes of communication to create meaning, including written and spoken texts, images, gestures, music, digital texts and media, and live performances

• the pattern an author constructs as he or she organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details. Examples of commonly used patterns are cause and effect, problem and solution, description, and order of importance.

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

• key idea

• digital text

• organizational pattern

• genre

__________ is the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

An electronic text read or heard on a computer or other electronic device that may include images, sound, video, and other multimodal interactive and embedded elements is

• style

• paraphrase

• multimodal text

• digital text

Text structure is

• to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea.

• the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text  

• the unique characteristics that describe a writer’s use of language; diction, syntax, sentence fluency, figurative language, and voice all contribute to a writer’s style

Synthesize is

• the pattern an author constructs as he or she organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details. Examples of commonly used patterns are cause and effect, problem and solution, description, and order of importance.

• restate the meaning of something in different words. Paraphrasing alters the exact wording of the source and transmits its ideas or information without evaluation or interpretation.

• the unique characteristics that describe a writer’s use of language; diction, syntax, sentence fluency, figurative language, and voice all contribute to a writer’s style

• to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole