QTR 3 9 Vocabulary

The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.

• Clarity
• Simplicity
• Precision
• Ambiguity

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To combine; to blend

• separate
• divide
• stir
• synthesize

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• Bias
• Favoritism
• Partiality
• Preference

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound

• substance
• tone
• element
• nuance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

• Dialectic
• Prose
• Rhetoric
• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a claim made to rebut a previous claim.

• Claim
• Counterclaim
• Assertion
• Affirmation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an assumption; the basis for a conclusion

• theory
• hypothesis
• conclusion
• premise

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person

• Abduction
• Generalization

• Syllogism
• Deduction

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

be of the same opinion; agree

• concur
• disagree
• dissent
• oppose

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument

• Fallacy
• Fact
• Truth
• Reality

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D