Academic Vocabulary.
The act of combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea.
What is synthesis?
A writer's (or speaker's) distinctive use of language to express ideas as well as his or her persona.
What is voice?
A reference made to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work.
What is allusion?
The undergraduate degree offered by four-year colleges and universities.
What is a bachelor's degree?
Pink.
What is Ms. Ibarra's favorite color?
A form of writing that presents a particular claim or idea and supports it with evidence.
What is argument?
A struggle or problem in a story.
What is conflict?
The verbal expression of sensory experience; descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures; imagery is created by details that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
What is imagery?
These degrees are often designed to transfer to a four-year college.
What is an associate's degree?
Coffee.
What is Ms. Ibarra's favorite drink/fiend for?
A thesis statement describing the position the writer is taking on an issue.
What is claim?
A writer's central idea or main message.
What is theme?
The use of words to describe one thing in terms of another?
What is figurative language?
A student who has earned a bachelor’s degree and is pursuing an additional education in a specific field. This typically graduate school programs take 2 years to complete.
What is a graduate student?
Halloween.
What is Ms. Ibarra's favorite holiday?
A position taken by someone with an opposing viewpoint.
What is counterclaim?
The build-up in a story to the climax of the action. This keeps readers interested and creates a sense of suspense, tension and excitement as the various elements of the plot are revealed.
What is rising action?
The place of a story, which directly impacts its tone. This can be physical places, such as buildings or locations, or they can be abstract, such as a time period or historical social setting.
What is setting?
Money that is paid to a school for the right to study at the school.
What is tuition?
Rancho Verde High.
Where did Ms. Ibarra teach last year?
An admission in an argument that the opposing side has valid points.
What is concession?
Anything (object, animal, event, person, or place) that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level.
What is symbol?
An interpretive statement articulating the central meaning or message of text.
What is a thematic statement?
This free application must be filed every year to receive most forms of financial aid, including loans, grants, scholarships, and work study.
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA)?
MVC/RCC, CSUSB & UCR.
Where did Ms. Ibarra go to college?