Connotation and Denotation
Implied meaning of a word based on ideas or feelings
What is Connotation
A text that describes events in the order they happened uses
What is Chronological order
The three methods a speaker will use to persuade their audience
What is Logos, Ethos and Pathos
The most basic meaning of a word before adding an affix
What is the Root
To give credit to the source of your evidence properly
What is Cite/Citation
The words "assertive" and "aggressive" share a similar denotation. What is the linguistic term for words with the same basic meanings?
What are synonyms
A reader is using what, when they already know things about a topic to understand a word or situation.
Background Knowledge
What strategy is being used?
"If we don't take action now, our community will suffer irreversible damage."
What is Pathos
The process of forming new words by adding one of more affixes to the root
What is Deriviation
Information that is suggested but not directly stated
What is Implicit
"Kiana's voice was like a warm blanket on a cold winter morning"
What does the connotative meaning of "warm" suggest about Kiana's voice.
Comforting, soothing, soft or gentle
A signal word that would indicate cause/effect text structure?
What is because, therefore or as a result
A speaker cites her 20 years of experience as a nurse and shares a personal story about a patient to support her argument for healthcare reform
What two rhetorical appeals are being used?
What are Ethos and Pathos
Direct or indirect information from a text that supports an idea
What is Textual evidence
What are four examples of figurative language?
Hint: "Metaphor"
What are Metaphors, similes, alliterations, personification, hyperbole, idioms, etc.
An article presents the issue of plastic pollution, then outlines the steps that scientists will take to create biodegradable plastics, in the exact order the steps will occur.
Identify the 2 structures that are used.
What are problem/solution AND sequence
(I will also accept chronological for 50 points less)
How many morphemes are in the word "Disestablishmentarianism"
What is 5 morphemes
Dis-establish-ment-arian-ism
(I will accept 4 (combine -arianism) for -50 points)
Tina stared at the blurry grey stone as the rain fell hard around her, clutching freshly soaked flowers in her hand.
What can be inferred that is happening (list everything for all 400 points)?
Tina is standing in a graveyard, she is crying and it is raining.
All 3 things = 400 points
only 1-2 things = 200 points
A chapter begins with a vivid description of a coastline, explains how rising sea levels have reshaped it, compares past and present maps and ends by proposing a way to slow the change.
Identify all 4 of the structures used.
What are description, cause/effect, compare/contrast and problem/solution