ENG II EOC Vocab

Prejudice or inclination to one side regarding a topic, person, event, etc.

• Objective

• Bias

• Subjective

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a “black or white” type of thinking where there are only absolutes

• Either/Or

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the state of being strikingly different from something else

• analogy

• compare

• contrast

• analyze

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a statement that makes your main point

• claim

• counterclaim

• refutation

• concession

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

appeal to ethics; a means of convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast

• oxymoron

• paradox

• allusion

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Words that mean the same thing or almost the same thing (shut the door; close the door)

• alliteration

• antonym

• synonym

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An author’s reason for writing: to inform, to persuade, to narrate

• author's point of view

• author's craft/style

• author's perspective

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word. “It’s raining cats and dogs” or “We heard it through the grapevine.”

• Hyperbole

• idiom

• euphemism

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

All the meanings, associations, or emotions that have come to be attached to some words, in addition to their literal dictionary definition. School: Homework, bells, tests, prom, etc.

• denotation

• connotation

• context clue

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4