Reading Vocabulary Flashcards
Figurative Language
Language meant to create imagery, comparison, or an association for the reader; usually a metaphor, simile, personification
Metaphor
Comparison between unlike things without using “like or “as.”
Ex: Shanaya’s phone was a dinosaur, you are a clown (person is foolish), I’m drowning in work(helplessness), My mom has a heart of gold.
Simile
Comparison between unlike things using, “like” or “as.”
Ex: The hurdler cleared the barriers as gracefully as a gazelle. Clean as a whistle, As busy as a bee.
Personification
Giving human attributes to something nonhuman.
Ex: The gurney groaned under the weight of the injured wrestler. Alarm Clock yells, Door protested, the stars winked.
Hyperbole
Literary and rhetorical device that involves using exaggeration to create emphasis or effect.
Ex: Mile-high ice cream cone, He’s running faster than the speed of light, So hungry I could eat a horse, I told you people a million times.
Alliteration
Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words. Consonant in 2 or more neighboring words. Ex: “Sweet birds sang” “Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” “Leapin Lizards,” “Taco Tuesday” “She sells seashells by the seashore”.
Informative Writing
a type of nonfiction writing that aims to inform readers about a topic without expressing personal opinions or views. Includes facts, utilizes text features, does not give opinions.
Persuasive writing
Argues in favor of a position includes facts, opinions, can include a call to action, can use emotional, logical, ethical language.
Entertaining writing
Includes fiction or anectdotes can use action, drama, humor. Includes the elements of story telling: plot, conflict, setting, characterization, and theme.
Descriptive Writing
Uses sensory details to create vivid mental pictures for readers. Tells about people, places, things, and events of all kinds.
Expository Writing
Explains how to do something. Utilizes text features, particularly numbered steps. Is a type of writing that is used to explain, describe, and give information and uses evidence, details, and facts to support the topic. An example of expository writing is found in many news articles where the writer is presenting information without taking a side or giving their opinion.
Theme
A theme is a broad concept or universal concern that an author addresses through a given medium.
Ex: Theme is resilience can help one overcome challenges. Truth or message about life.
Social Commentary
Social commentary is the act of using rhetorical means to provide commentary on social, cultural, political, or economic issues in a society. This is often done with the idea of implementing or promoting change by informing the general populace about a given problem and appealing to people’s sense of justice. EX:Songs by Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Public Enemy, and Bob Marley are examples of social commentary music. She Said is a movie based on the true story of sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, which led to the #MeToo movement.
rhetorical devices
Appeals used in arguments to persuade readers emotionally, morally, and intellectually. Ex: Analogy, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Simile, Metaphor,
peer reviewed journal
Publish writings that have been analyzed by experts in the field.
Primary Source
firsthand document created at the time of an event or direct experience or created at that time. Ex: Letters, diaries, speeches, photographs, interviews, govt. documents.
Secondary Source
Secondhand account of events. Secondary source often created by someone who did not experience the events firsthand or participate in them. Ex: Document, image, text, books, essays, reviews, encyclopedia.
Tertiary source
Compilation of primary and secondary sources. Tertiary sources are collections of information that summarize and synthesize other sources, usually secondary sources. dictionaries and encyclopedias, almanacs, fact books, bibliographies, directories, guidebooks, manuals, handbooks, textbooks, and indexing and abstracting sources
Footnote
A comment at the bottom a page that refers to something within a text.
Search Term
Search terms are words used to find information via a search engine
anecdote
A short story that illustrates a concept or point and creates a connection between the author and the reader.
Authorial intent
the reason the author creates a text; also called the authors purpose.
connotation
An implied meaning of a word or idea is created by the emotions and assumptions attached to it.
denotation
An explicitly stated meaning of a word or idea
Delineate
Describe precisely or set forth accurately in detail.
implicit
Describes the idea subtly without specifically stating it.
index
A text feature usually found in the back of the book that includes an alphabetized list of key details and concepts and the page numbers where info can be found.
glossary
Text feature found in the back of the book that includes alphabetized list of key terms and their definitions
main idea
The thesis, claim, or message that an author states or expresses about the topic of a text; the central point of the paragraph.
query function
A feature in digital texts that allows readers to search for key words and topics within a text
superscript
Small characters, usually numbers set slightly above a line of text; used to refer readers to a footnote or endnote that provides additional info about a topic.
Side bar
Text feature that is set apart from the main body of a text, often includes additional info; charts, graphs, images
scale
ratio of distance . can be found on a legend or map
