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ELA Vocab/Grammar
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ethos | Speaker is convincing, fair, and using correct speech |
| Logos | Speaker uses facts and stats to prove a point |
| Pathos | Words used emotionally involve audience and encourage action |
| Kairos | Doing the right action at the right time |
| Oratory | Formal speaking in public |
| Rhetoric | Art of effective and skillful speaking in writing |
| Rhetorical Question | Question asked for emphasis; an answer is not expected |
| Encode | Putting data into code |
| Decode | Assign meaning to someone else's words |
| Oral Primary Language | The language you first learned to use |
| Writing Secondary Language | Based on an attempt to describe speech sounds; can be used as a sub if speech does not work |
| Structure | The way different parts of language are arranged; one of the characteristics of oral language |
| Grammar | Basic rules that regulate use of language; one of the characteristics of oral language |
| Diction | Degree of clarity and distinctness in a person's speech |
| Articulation | Act of clearly and distinctively uttering the consonant sounds of a word |
| Omission | When people leave out sounds |
| Addition | When a person adds consonants |
| Substitution | Substitutes one constant sound |
| Slurring | When a speaker slides over a group of sounds |
| Enunciation | Act of clearly and distinctively uttering the vowel sounds of a word |
| Dialect | Unique combo of speech sounds |
| Diversity | Range of different things |
| Colloquialisms | Word or phrase that is not formal; used in normal conversation |
| Vocab | All word symbols that make up a particular language; one of the characteristics of oral language |
| Sound | Conveys meaning; one of the characteristics of language |
| Meaning | The definition or purpose of a word; one of the characteristics of language |
| Adverb | Tells how often where or when |
| Subject Complement | Refers back to the subject, uses a form of the verb or a linking verb |
| Direct Object | Answers the question who or what |
| Preposition | Shows relationship between noun or pronoun; tells where it is |
| Infinitive | Verb form that usually begins with to |
| Gerund | Verbal that ends in -ing and functions as noun |
| Participles | Verbal that is used as an adjective; often ends in -ing or -ed |
| Language | A system used for human communication |
| Antithesis | Two ideas that contrast or state the opposite of each other |
| Analogy | Comparison between two things based on similarity |
| Stress | Emphasis of a syllable |
| Foot | Basic unit of measurement in a syllabic meter |
| Iambic Pentameter | Common meter in poetry consisting of five iambic feet per line |
| Meter | Arrangement of words in regularly measured |
| Blank Verse | Unrhymed verse of iambic pentameter (Trademark form of Shakespeare) |
| Iamb | First syllable stressed, second unstressed |
| Dactyl | Metrical foot of three syllables |
| Trochee | Metric foot of two syllables where first syllable is stressed and second is unstressed |
| Pentameter | Rhythm with five metric feet per line |
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