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Quarter 3 Vocabulary
4th Quarter Extra Credit
Term | Definition |
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argument | debating over a topic |
citation | to give credit to a different source |
claim | what you believe to be true |
compare | to find similarities and differences between multiple things |
conditional mood | form of subjunctive. expresses under what conditions something will happen. It usually uses "IF" with cause and effect. |
contrast | finding differences between multiple things |
credibility | if something is trustworthy |
credible source | a source that is liable |
drama | the art of writing, acting, or producing plays |
explanatory | explaining or intending to explain |
informative | to teach or inform |
passive voice | a sentence that is inactive but acted upon |
plagiarism | to copy someone else's work |
poem | a piece of writing with a rhyme scheme and meter |
relevant/ irrelevant | on topic/ not on topic |
soliloquy | lines in a drama spoken by a character as if to himself or herself. |
sonnet | a poem normally of 14 lines in any of several rhyme schemes |
subjunctive mood | the verb form that is used to express suggestions, wishes, uncertainty, possibility, etc. (if, that) Usually found in complex sentences |
techniques | story structure, figurative language |
verb | a word that expresses action |