Unit 2 Vocabulary & Definitions

Text features

• aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand, and organize information.
  
• a form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.
  

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Explanatory writing

• a form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform
• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
• aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand, and organize information.
  

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Credibility

• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• comes from the word credible, which means “believable or trustworthy.”
  

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Primary source

• aspects of a text designed to help you locate, understand, and organize information.
  
• an original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types of primary sources.
• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources
  
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.
  

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Secondary sources

• a form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform
  
• a sentence, usually in the uses to persuade an audience
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Thesis statement

• a sentence, usually in the introduction of an essay, that states the writer’s position or opinion on the topic of the essay. A thesis statement should go beyond telling the reader the topic of the essay. It should tell the reader what the writer thinks about the topic
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources
  

Claim

• n original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types of primary sources.
• comes from the word credible, which means “believable or trustworthy.”
  
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
  

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Valid

• they analyze, interpret, or critique primary sources. Textbooks, books about historical events, and words of criticism, such as movie and book reviews, are secondary sources
  
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• comes from the word credible, which means “believable or trustworthy.”
  
• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
  

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Rhetoric

• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making
  
• a statement that can be argued, such as whether a fact is true or not, a situation is good or bad, or one action is better than another
  
• the language a writer or speaker uses to persuade an audience
  
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.
  

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Counterclaim

• an original account or record created at the time of an event by someone who witnessed or was involved in it. Autobiographies, letters, and government records are types of primary sources.
• a claim made by someone with an opposing opinion on a given issue. When creating an argument, you must be able to argue against counterclaims.
  
• a sentence, usually in the introduction of an essay, that states the writer’s position or opinion on the topic of the essay. A thesis statement should go beyond telling the reader the topic of the essay. It should tell the reader what the writer thinks about the topic.
• facts and details that support the claim a writer is making