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Quarter 1 English
Quarter 1 English Terms
Term | Definition |
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Analyze | read/look closely - break down into parts/ideas |
Bias / Subjective | personal preference/feeling/opinion |
Connotation | added meaning/feeling associated with words |
Denotation | dictionary definition (literal meaning) |
Discrepancy | a break in a pattern |
Explicit | directly stated in the text (evidence) |
Figurative language/meaning | a symbolic meaning usually meant to describe something through comparison |
Hyperbole | exaggeration Example: I forgot to eat breakfast and I'm STARVING! |
Idiom | an expression that is commonly understood by a certain group of people (time, place, etc) "You are the apple of my eye!" |
Imagery | descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses |
Implicit | an idea that is not directly stated and is based on evidence in the text |
Inductive conclusion/reasoning | The process of forming an idea based on critical analysis of the explicit evidence in the text |
Inference | a conclusion based on information from the text and one's own knowledge/experience |
Literal meaning | "real" or directly stated meaning (denotation) |
Metaphor | comparison between two things without using like- as- than- or resembles Example: Ricardo was a beast on the field. |
Mood | the "feeling" or "atmosphere" IN a story or poem |
Narrator | the person who is telling the story (speaker in poetry) |
"notice" | when you read something that seems interesting or you think could be a piece of explicit evidence |
Objective / Unbiased | neutral |
Paraphrase | put in your own words |
Personification | giving non-human things human characteristics example |
Plot | structure of a story (exposition- conflict - rising action- climax- falling action- resolution) |
Simile | comparing 2 things to illustrate a similarity using like- as- than- or resembles example: school is like a prison |
Summary | a brief(shorter) version |
Symbol | something that represents a more complex idea example |
Synthesize | put together - connect to form a new idea |
Theme | the message or lesson about the topic that the author is trying to convey to the reader |
three levels of questioning | Different levels of thinking about the text 1- questions about explicit details in the text 2- questions about implicit ideas in the text or about the text 3- questions that extend, evaluate, or apply the ideas in the text |
Tone | the author's attitude TOWARD the topic |
Topic | the concepts that are addressed in the story/poem |