Unit 2 Vocabulary Words
Students have vocabulary quizzes over these words every Thursday.
Academic Language
Verbal communication: involves the written or spoken word
Nonverbal communication: involves movement, gestures, or facial expressions
Compare: to identify similarities between two or more ideas or objects
Contrast: to identify differences between two or more ideas or objects
Inference: making a logical guess or conclusion based on textual evidence
Prediction: a kind of inference since it is a logical guess or assumption about something that has not happened yet
Synthesize: to form by combining parts or elements into a single piece
Literary Terms
Topic Sentence: states the main idea of a paragraph (usually 1st sentence)
Commentary: writer’s statement about the importance of details (comments from the writer)
Conclusion: one or more paragraphs that bring the essay to a close and leave an impression with the reader
Fiction: writing that consists of imagined events
Imagery: refers to the descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures
Introduction: opening part of an essay, which should grab the reader’s attention using a hook.
Literary analysis: the study of a work of literature to evaluate and interpret elements that affect a reader’s understanding or opinion of the work.
Nonfiction: writing that is based on facts and actual events
Novel: a type of literary genre that tells a fictional story. It reveals its plot through the actions, speech, and thoughts of its characters.
Setting: a scene or story that includes both where and when the action takes place.
*Students will also have story-specific vocabulary words that vary from week to week*
Students have vocabulary quizzes over these words every Thursday.
Academic Language
Verbal communication: involves the written or spoken word
Nonverbal communication: involves movement, gestures, or facial expressions
Compare: to identify similarities between two or more ideas or objects
Contrast: to identify differences between two or more ideas or objects
Inference: making a logical guess or conclusion based on textual evidence
Prediction: a kind of inference since it is a logical guess or assumption about something that has not happened yet
Synthesize: to form by combining parts or elements into a single piece
Literary Terms
Topic Sentence: states the main idea of a paragraph (usually 1st sentence)
Commentary: writer’s statement about the importance of details (comments from the writer)
Conclusion: one or more paragraphs that bring the essay to a close and leave an impression with the reader
Fiction: writing that consists of imagined events
Imagery: refers to the descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures
Introduction: opening part of an essay, which should grab the reader’s attention using a hook.
Literary analysis: the study of a work of literature to evaluate and interpret elements that affect a reader’s understanding or opinion of the work.
Nonfiction: writing that is based on facts and actual events
Novel: a type of literary genre that tells a fictional story. It reveals its plot through the actions, speech, and thoughts of its characters.
Setting: a scene or story that includes both where and when the action takes place.
*Students will also have story-specific vocabulary words that vary from week to week*