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STAAR Vocabulary #1
7th STAAR Vocab
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acronym | A word formed from the initial letter or letters in a set of words. |
analogy | A word of explaining something unfamiliar by using as comparison of similar more familiar things. |
appeal to authority | To call upon an individual or other sources as an expert to give credence to an argument made by an author of a work |
appeal to emotion | When a speaker or writer builds an argument using expressive language instead of presenting evidence. |
appeal to reason | To call upon a reader's ability to think in a rational way in order to cause a change in her or his thoughts. |
brainstorming | A prewriting technique in which students, either alone or in groups, jot down all words or phrases that come to mind. |
coherence | The quality of a piece of writing in which the ideas are clearly arranged so a reader can follow the progression from one idea to the next. |
compound sentence | A combination of two or more words that function as a single unit or meaning. e.g. shoelace |
concrete image | When a speaker or writer uses words that induce audiences to call up "pictures" in their minds by appealing to their sense of taste, smell, hearing, touch and smell |
connotation | The attitudes and feelings associated with a word as opposed to a word's literal meaning. |
counter-argument | A point or statement in opposition to the argument being made in written document or speech. |
credibility | The quality or state of offering reasonable grounds for being believed. |
persona | A voice or character representing a speaker or narrator of a literary work. |
denotation | The literal or "dictionary" meaning of a word. |
expository | A spoken or written composition intending to set forth or explain. |
fallacy | A typical error in reasoning that arises commonly in ordinary discourse and renders unsound the arguement in which it appears. |
figurative language | Language enriched by word images and figures of speech. |
flashback | The technique of stopping the chronological action in a story and shifting to an earlier period to introduce additional information. |
foreshadowing | The technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative. |
imagery | words and phrases that create vivid sensory experiences for the reader. |