RL.10.4-Vocabulary
This term means the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
What is mood?
In the sentence, "He was a rock during the crisis," what does rock mean?
What is a strong, dependable person?
This term means the dictionary definition.
What is diction?
Word choice is important in informational text because
What is word choice shapes meaning, tone, and clarity?
Her laughter was a melody.
What is metaphor?
The classroom was a zoo is an example of
What is a metaphor?
The meaning of the word "bias" in an informational article
What is an unfair or one-sided preference?
The effect that the author's word choice has on the reader when the author uses strong emotional language is
What is the author's word choice can persuade or influence the reader emotionally?
The term for a recurring idea, image, or concept in a literary work.
Motif
When a writer gives human traits to nonhuman things
What is personification?
In a science article, the word "precipitation" most likely refers to
What is rain, snow, sleet, or other forms of water falling from the sky?
In an informational text, jargon affects the reader's understanding
What is jargon can make texts harder for non- specialists?
In literature, this word means the author's choice of words.
What is diction?
In poetry, what does the phrase "time is a thief" suggest about time
What is time takes things from you?
What is time passes quickly?
In a news article about rising sea levels, the phrase "cause for alarm means
What is a reason to be worried?
An author might choose to use the word significant instead of big because
What is it conveys a stronger or more precise meaning?
This is the emotional association of a word beyond its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
Identify the meaning of, "He carried the weight of the world upon his shoulders."
What is he feels burdened by many responsibilities?
In the statement, "The company's profit plummeted last quater" plummeted means
What is dropped sharply?
In an editorial, the author calls a policy catostophic to reveal
What is the author strongly disapproves of the policy?