8.6 Vocabulary

Analyze

• to critically examine the components of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole evidence.

• a narrator’s, writer’s, or speaker’s position with regard to the events of a narrative.

• how differences in the perspectives of the characters and the audience or reader create such effects as suspense or humor.

• To get really angry to the point that others can see it through your eyes.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Stanza

• the iambic pentameter of a verse.

• a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; ex: a verse.

• Another word for poem.

• The meter or rhythm of a poem.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Point of View

• A vista overlooking a valley or other beautiful scenery.

• The reader's opinion.

• a narrator’s, writer’s, or speaker’s position with regard to the events of a narrative.

• None of anyone else's business.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Inference

• Logical reasoning found in a text.

• A unit of heat produced by gases in the atmosphere.

• Evidence found in the text.

• a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Purpose

• the reason for which something exists.

• A highly intelligent mammal that lives in the water.

• Confused, not knowing what to do.

• Totally misunderstanding the question.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Respond

• To react to a question.

• to say, show, and/or act in response to a prompt which may be a question, an action or event, a claim or counterclaim

• To be visibly upset.

• anything that students can read, write, view, listen to, or explore, including books, photographs, films, articles, music, art, and more.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Significance

• having the quality of being meaningful, important.

• having the quality of not being meaningful, important.

• not being married but emotionally attached.

• trying to find the meaning of life.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

audiences

• a large group of people.

• the people who watch, listen to, view, and/or read something presented via an artistic medium.

• an appointment the devout make to see the Pope.

• To hurry up or to move quickly.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

emphasize

• to have extreme difficulty in breathing.

• to have emphysema.

• to give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing.

• to escalate a situaton.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

perspective

• the opposite point of view.

• to take an "I don't care" attitude.

• to hear a pin drop.

• an attitude toward or outlook on something.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D