Unit 05: Analyzing Texts across Genres Vocabulary List - 20 Word

the way or pattern in which an author organizes ideas within a text

• Text structure

• Text format

• Text style

• Text organization

the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

• Author’s purpose

• Author’s intent

• Author’s theme

• Author’s style

intentional and deliberate use of organizational patterns, text and graphic features, syntax, devices, and diction to create an effective written work; it may vary by genre

• Author’s craft

• Literary devices

• Narrative structure

• Textual analysis

1. a method of literary analysis which focuses on the specific details of a passage or text in order to discern some deeper meaning

• Close Reading

• Textual Analysis

• Surface Reading

• Contextual Interpretation

the pattern an author constructs as he organizes his or her ideas and provides supporting details

• Organizational patterns

• Narrative structure

• Thematic development

• Character arcs

1. ways in which students can share their creative work with peers for constructive feedback and then use this feedback to revise and improve their work

• Peer Review

• Self-Assessment

• Group Discussion

• Teacher Evaluation

the strategic integration of two or more modes of communication to create meaning, including written and spoken texts, images, gestures, music, digital texts and media, and live performances

• Multimodal texts

• Unimodal texts

• Monomodal communication

• Single-mode texts

1.  paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader’s claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text

• Evidence

• Inference

• Analysis

• Conclusion

1. to combine elements and parts to form a coherent whole

• Synthesize

• Analyze

• Separate

• Dismantle

the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

• Genre

• Style

• Theme

• Medium