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Language Arts Vocab
| Term | Defintion |
|---|---|
| Abductive | Supporting a claim using incomplete observations to find the best conclusion |
| Ad Hominem | Attacking a person's character instead of their argument |
| Ad Populum | Claiming correctness based on widespread belief or popularity |
| Alliterative | Repetition of initial sounds in nearby words |
| Analyze | To study or examine something in detail |
| Annotation | Written note in a text for comment, question, or explanation |
| Antonym | Two words with opposite meanings |
| Argument | Series of reasons, statements, or facts supporting a point of view |
| Examples of Author's Purpose | To entertain, to persuade, to inform |
| Argumentative Writing | A type of writing where the author tries to persuade the reader |
| Author's Purpose | The goal of the author when writing a text |
| Bias | An attitude that favors one side or way of thinking over another |
| Caption | A short text near a graphic to explain its content |
| Cause and Effect | A text structure that shows the relationship between an event and its outcome |
| Central Idea | The main information the author wants you to know about the topic |
| Character | An individual in a story |
| Chart | Visual representation of data or information |
| Chronological | A text structure that presents facts, events, and details in the order that they happened |
| Circular Reasoning | Using the argument's conclusion to prove its correctness |
| Cite | Giving credit to the original source of a quote or idea |
| Claim | A statement asserting something is true |
| Clarify | To make something easier to understand |
| Climax | The highest point of action in a story |
| Compare and Contrast | A text structure that highlights the similarities and differences between topics |
| Comprehend | To fully understand |
| Conclusion | The end of a text where points are tied together |
| Conflict | The problem characters work to solve in a story |
| Connotation | Idea, image, or feeling connected to a word |
| Context | The text, ideas, or description surrounding a word that can affect the way the word is understood |
| Examples of Context Clues | Synonyms, antonyms, inferences, and word relationships all aid in word understanding |
| Context Clues | Elements around an unfamiliar word that help in decoding its meaning |
| Credible | Believable; something that can be trusted or believed |
| Deductive Reasoning | Drawing a specific conclusion from general or widely known truths |
| Definition | The meaning of a word or concept |
| Demonstrate | To show or make something clear |
| Denotation | The dictionary definition of a word or phrase |
| Description | A text structure that uses details to convey a message or develop literary elements |
| Develop | To bring out possibilities or present gradually |
| Dialogue | Conversation between characters; what a character says |
| Ethos | An appeal to credibility, ethics, or moral principles |
| Evaluate | To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something |
| Evidence | Source-based information used to support a claim |
| Example | A thing illustrating or showing a rule or point |
| Explain | To make clear; provide reasons for or cause of |
| Explicit | Clearly expressed, leaving no doubt about the meaning |
| Expository | Explaining or describing something |
| Expository Writing | Writing that conveys information to the reader |
| External Conflict | A character's struggle with an external force, |
| Facts | Known or proven information |
| Figurative Language | Language expressing deeper meanings beyond literal words |
| First Person | The narrator is a character in the story |
| Flashback | When the author describes events that happened before the main story actions |
| Foreshadow | Clues or hints the author gives for upcoming plot events |
| Formal | Following established form, custom, or rule |
| Glossary | Alphabetized list of terms with definitions. Normally located near the back of the text. |
| Graph | Visual representation of data |
| Heading | Title of a text section introducing its topic |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration not meant to be taken literally |
| Identify | Recognize or name someone or something |
| Illustration | Picture or diagram explaining or decorating |
| Imagery | Use of language to create mental images |
| Important Details | Information supporting the central idea in a text |
| Inductive Reasoning | Making broad conclusions from specific observations |
| Infer | Form an opinion or reach a conclusion based on evidence |
| Inference | Conclusion based on facts, data, or evidence |
| Internal Conflict | Character's conflict with their own thoughts or desires |
| Interpretation | Explanation or opinion of what something means |
| Introduce | Bring forward for discussion or consideration |
| Kairos | An appeal to time or place |
| Limited Narrator | Narrator limited to one character's thoughts, feelings, and actions |
| Logical | Following proper or reasonable thinking |
| Logical Fallacy | Error in logic or reasoning |
| Logos | Appeal to logic or reason |
| Metaphor | Comparison referring to one thing as another |
| Mood | The emotions the writer conveys to the reader with their language choices |
| Narrative | Detailed story or account of an event |
| Narrative Techniques | Methods writers use to convey a story or message |
| Narrator | The person telling the story |
| Omniscient Narrator | A narrator with access to all characters' thoughts and actions |
| Onomatopoeia | Words representing sounds |
| Organize | Arrange things in a specific order or structure |
| Paraphrase | Expressing someone else's words in different terms |
| Pathos | Appeal to emotion |
| Personification | Attributing human traits to nonhuman things |
| Perspective | Attitude or way of viewing something |
| Photograph | Image reflecting real objects, settings, or events |
| Plot | Main story plan or framework |
| Point of View | The type of narrator in a story |
| Problem and Solution | A text structure that reveals a problem and explains the possible solutions |
| Quote | Repeating or copying text that is not your own. Needs to be indicated with quotation marks. |
| Reason | Explanation that supports a claim |
| Reasoning | The process of thinking about something in a logical way in order to form a conclusion |
| Relationship | Connection between concepts, objects, or people |
| Rhetoric | Art of persuasive speaking or writing |
| Sequence | Order of related events or things |
| Setting | Time, place, and circumstances of a story |
| Simile | Comparison using 'like' or 'as' |
| Slippery Slope | Argument claiming an action leads to extreme consequences |
| Structure | Planning or organizing parts of something in a specific way to achieve a goal |
| Style | The way a writer creates voice |
| Summarize | Briefly express main points of a text |
| Support | Information and evidence proving supporting a point or information |
| Synonym | Words with similar meanings |
| Table of Contents | Outline of text chapters or sections with page numbers |
| Technique | Skillful way of performing an activity |
| Text Features | Components of a text excluding the main body |
| Text Structures | Ways of organizing information in a text |
| Theme | Main message or big idea of a story, book or poem; message, purpose, lesson |
| Tone | Author's viewpoint opinion on a subject |
| Topic | The subject of a piece of writing |
| Opposing | Disagreeing or disapproving |
| Examples of Narrative Techniques | Imagery, Figurative Language, Dialogue, Flashback, Foreshadowing |
| Examples of Text Features | Table of Content, Index, Glossary, Heading, Bold Words, Pictures, Captions, Diagrams |
| Examples of Text Structures | Problem and Solution, Sequence, Chronological, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, and Description |
| Examples of Logical Fallacies | Ad Hominem, Ad Populum, Hasty Generalization, Red Herring, Slippery Slope, Strawman, False Analogy, Circular Reasoning |
| Examples of Figurative Language | Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Hyperbole, Idiom |
| The Types of Narrator/Point of Views | First-Person Narrator, Third-Person Narrator, Limited Narrator, Omniscient Narrator |
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