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Vocabulary
English 3 springboard vocabulary unit 1 and 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Primary sources | An original document or image created by someone how experiences an event first hand. |
| Tone | |
| Exemplification | To define by example by showing specific, relevant examples that fit the writer's definitio. |
| Classification | Explaning to what group or groups something belongs to. |
| Negation | the contradiction or denial of something. |
| Function | Showing what something does or how it operates in the world. |
| Imagery | A descriptive language authors use to create word pictures. |
| Structure | Refuse to the way a literary work is organized |
| Defend | To support a statement that has been made |
| Challenge | To oppose or refuse a statement that has been |
| Qualify | To consider to what extent a statement is true or untrue |
| Personification | A figure of speech used to describe an object as having human qualities |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa |
| Call to action | A restatement of the claim and what the writer wants the reader to do |
| Hook | An interesting quotation, anecodote, or example at the beginning of a piece of writing that grabs the reader's attention |
| Logos | A rehetorical appeals that used fractual evidence and logic to appeal to the audience sense of reason |
| Pathos | A rehetorical appeal to the readers or listener's senses or emotions |
| Ethos | A rehetorical appeal that focuses on ethics, or the character or qualifications of the speaker |
| concession/refutation | An admission in an argument that the opposing side has valid points |
| Foil | A chacater whose actions or thoughts are juxtaposed against those of a major chacater in order to highlight key attributes of the major chacacter |
| Subtext | an underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation |
| Motif | A recurrent image, symbol, theme, character, type, subject, or narrative detail that becomes a unifying element in an artistic work or text |
| Hysteria | exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people |
| Claim | A position statement or thesis that asserts an idea or makes an argument for a specific position |