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ELA unit 4 vocab 7th
| Term | Definition | sentence |
|---|---|---|
| Corroborate | (v) - to support an idea, statement, or character's point of view by giving more evidence or proof. | We should corroborate. |
| Prevailing | (adj.) - the idea or feeling that is the strongest. | The prevailing feeling of dread approached me. |
| Indicate | (v) - to pick or point out. | He indicated the water. |
| Tone | (n) - the way authors express their personal opinions about themselves, the content, subject, and/or the audience. | The tone he spoke was rather concerning. |
| Mood | (n) - the emotions; a reader feels when reading the excerpt. | The mood was sickening. |
| Purpose | (n) - the reason the text exists. It is what the author or speaker hopes to accomplish by writing the text. | The purpose of the action was unknown. |
| Perspective | (n) - a way of thinking about and understanding something. | His perspective is very funy. |
| Audience | (n) - those who actively engage with texts, interpret the texts according to their own knowledge and experiences, and use the texts to accomplish their own purposes. | The audience was hushed. |
| Expository techniques | (n) - the elements an author uses that focus on central idea, provide evidence and examples, and present logical conclusions (ex.: facts, statistics, testimony, text, data, main ideas, etc.). | Use Expository techniques . |
| Stylistic | (adj.) - of or concerning style (usually used when discussing elements in writing, similar to techniques). | It was very stylistic. |
| Closure | (n) - a sense of resolution or conclusion. | The closure was approaching. |
| Suspense | (n) - a feeling of anxious curiosity, it often builds during the Rising Action of a story. | The author built the suspense with a cat. |
| Adaptation | (n) - a story or work that is based on an older story, they often include changes to the original story. | Adaptation can happen in the wild. |
| Parenthetical citations | (n) - Citations are brief references within the text that provide readers with the source of the information. Parenthetical means the information is included in parenthesis ( ). | Parenthetical citations use parenthesis ( ) |
| Works Cited | (n) - A Works Cited page is a list at the end of paper or text that shows all the sources that were used to find the information. It gives credit to the authors and helps readers know where the facts came from. | You should include Works cited. |
| Latin prefix uni- | on; single | Unicorn/ a horse with 1 horn - Pink fluffy unicorn dancing on rainbow! |
| Latin root -mittere- | to send out; release | dismiss/ send away -He was dismissed. |
| Emissions | (n) - the release, discharge, or sending out of something into the air or environment. | The co2 gas mission will kill us. |
| Emit | (v) - to produce and discharge something. | They emit the trash. |
| Activist | (n) - a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change. | He was an activist. |
| Blight | n- something that spoils, prevents growth or destroy | She is the blight of your life. |
| Maladies | n- illnesses or disease | He had a unique maladies. |
| Puzzled | adj - confused and unable to understand something | He was puzzled by the act. |
| Stricken | adj- very badly affected by trouble or illlnesses | She was stricken by grief. |
| Stillness | n- absence of noise or motion | He was shocked by the stillness of the body. |
| Deserted | adj- abandoned; empty | He was deserted by her. |