Collection 4 Vocabulary

The intended readers of specific types of texts or the viewers of a program or performance.

• Audience

• Purpose

• Claim

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

The reason for writing; what the writer hopes to accomplish.

• Claim

• Reasons

• Valid

• Purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Facts or reasoning offered to support a position as being true.

• Counterclaim

• Argument

• Evidence

• Valid

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Reasoning or facts giving in opposition to an argument.

• Counterclaim

• Effect

• Credibility

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

A change that results from a specific action.

• Claim

• Homonym

• Effect

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Using language to signify the opposite meaning for effect; a literary technique in which the reader or audience understands something a character does not.

• Credibility

• Purpose

• Counterclaim

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

Facts, statistics, quotations, or anecdotes support each reason why a claim is valid.

• Text features

• Evidence

• Purpose

• Valid

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Explain a person's beliefs or actions; justify a writer's argument.

• Claim

• Reasons

• Homonym

• Thesis Statement

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Believable or truthful.

• Valid

• Irony

• Evidence

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

The quality of being trusted or believed.

• Audience

• Reasons

• Valid

• Credibility

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6