Cycle One Assessment Study Guide

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

a speaker or writer's choice of words

• diction

• tone

• theme

• inference

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

an atmosphere created by writer’s diction and other details selected- how the audience or characters feel

• diction

• mood

• theme

• tone

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

the attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work

• diction

• mood

• theme

• tone

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

language used by writers to create images in the mind of the reader

• diction

• imagery

• theme

• point-of-view

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

the universal message about life that a writer wants to convey

• moral

• diction

• theme

• point-of-view

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

the vantage point from which the writer tells the story

• claim

• point-of-view

• theme

• diction

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

What you want your readers to believe; the “point” you hope to persuade your reader of

• claim

• evidence

• theme

• warrant

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

What you will use to support the claim; your “proof”

• warrant

• claim

• diction

• evidence

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

Explains why you think your evidence is relevant to your claim

• warrant

• claim

• diction

• evidence

CONTEXT CLUES: Identify the definition of the underlined word

There was a long hiatus in the television broadcast. This pause was caused by technical errors.

• noise

• break

• show

• announcement