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English 2 Vocab
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High School English Vocabulary, used as a review or to front load your content.
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Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another.
Purpose
Claim
Objective
Bias
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A shift is ...
A word that describes a character.
A transition word that adds information.
A literary devise that allows us to visualize.
A transition word that connects ideas by changing the topic.
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Genre is...
A specific type of music, film, or writing.
A kind of signal word the author uses to connect ideas.
A genre is a word that describes different kinds of essays.
A category of artistic composition, as in literature.
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An Inference is...
The author's point of view.
A conversation between the characters.
An educated guess based on prior knowledge and new data.
A shift in the text.
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Author's Point of View is...
How the author describes the characters in the story.
A story element that refers to who is telling the story.
The perspective of the Author on an issue.
How the author builds the story.
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The following terms: Cause/Effect, Descriptive, Narrative, Compare/Contrast. Are examples of...
Fictional Texts
Essays
Non-fiction texts
Editorials
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A THEME is...
The central ideal of a piece of writing.
The way characters are described.
The title of the text.
A Universal truth.
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A literary device that helps the reader visualize while reading is...
Characterization.
Structure.
Imagery.
Senses.
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The meaning or definition of a word according to the dictionary is called...
Annotation
Denotation
Connotation
Information
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Perspective is...
Point of view.
Who is telling the story.
A literary term.
A particular attitude toward something.
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Persuade, Inform, Entertain and Evaluate are the four main...
types of Essays.
parts of a structure.
author's purpose.
types of Editorials.
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A specific word or phrase in the text that facilitates the movement from one idea to another...
Signal words
Lead words
Transition words
Descriptive words
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A kind of writing that does not reflect the author's opinions, feelings or biases.
Essay
Subjective
Editorial
Objective
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A kind of Essay that evaluates a specific issue using the factual information.
Compare and Contrast
Descriptive
Argumentative
Critical
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The structure of a text is...
The reason why it was written.
The plot of events in a story.
How the story was written.
How the author presented his claim.
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True events written in the form of a story is called...
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Narrative Non-fiction
Drama
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A conversation between characters in a story.
Chatting.
Theme
A talk.
Dialogue
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Author's Purpose is...
The author's opinions on an issue.
The author's point of view.
Because he/she needed to make some money.
The author's reasons for writing the text.
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The statement that states the author's position or stance on an issue is called...
A Claim
A Structure
A Perspective
An Inference
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Connotation is...
The overtones of meanings that a word might take on.
A synonym of denotation.
An antonym of annotation.
The definition of a word according to the dictionary.
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Information
or writing based on personal opinions, interpretations, POV, emotions and judgment.
Objective Summary
Objective
Newspapers and textbooks.
Subjective
