Q2 Academic Vocabulary

Rhyme Scheme

• An author’s attitude toward a subject.

• Pattern of rhyme.

• The repetition of sounds at the ends of words which produces a musical quality and creates unity between ideas.

• Main reason for writing.

Text Structure

• Main reason for writing.

• The repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, or line to produce an effect that adds meaning. Provides extra emphasis.

• Determines how each part of a text supports and relates to others; brings meaning to the whole text. Refers to how the information within a written text is organized.

• An author’s attitude toward a subject.

Free Verse

• The repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, or line to produce an effect that adds meaning. Provides extra emphasis.

• Authors choose words and phrases to create the meaning (ideas) of a text.

• Groups of lines in a poem.

• The arrangement of lines is irregular, and there may be no pattern of rhyme at all.

Point of View

• Feelings and attitudes of a person involved in a text given away by actions, body language, and other clues.

• The repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, or line to produce an effect that adds meaning. Provides extra emphasis.

• Authors choose words and phrases to create the meaning (ideas) of a text.

• Main reason for writing.

Stanzas

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

• Groups of lines in a poem.

• The arrangement of lines is irregular, and there may be no pattern of rhyme at all.

• Pattern of rhyme.

Author's Purpose

• Feelings and attitudes of a person involved in a text given away by actions, body language, and other clues.

• An author’s attitude toward a subject.

• Main reason for writing.

• An imaginative comparison or a way to express ideas or experiences vividly. Not meant to be taken literally.

Assonance

• The repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, or line to produce an effect that adds meaning. Provides extra emphasis.

• The repetition of sounds at the ends of words which produces a musical quality and creates unity between ideas.

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

• The repetition of vowel sounds.

Connotative Meaning

• The feeling a word or phrase tends to produce (negative or positive).

• An imaginative comparison or a way to express ideas or experiences vividly. Not meant to be taken literally.

• Authors choose words and phrases to create the meaning (ideas) of a text.

• Feelings and attitudes of a person involved in a text given away by actions, body language, and other clues.

Tone

• The feeling a word or phrase tends to produce (negative or positive).

• Authors choose words and phrases to create the meaning (ideas) of a text.

• An author’s attitude toward a subject.

• Determines how each part of a text supports and relates to others; brings meaning to the whole text. Refers to how the information within a written text is organized.

Figurative Language

• An imaginative comparison or a way to express ideas or experiences vividly. Not meant to be taken literally.

• Main reason for writing.

• Feelings and attitudes of a person involved in a text given away by actions, body language, and other clues.

• The feeling a word or phrase tends to produce (negative or positive).