Literary Terms:

• Antagonist
• Genre
• Paradox
• Vignette

Writing Terms

• Coherence
• Conceptual Map
• Graphic Organizers
• Conventions
• Dialectical Reading Journal
• Parallelism
• your evidence!
• Timed Writing - a paragraph or essay composed entirely during the class period. There is only one draft.
• Essay
  • Recursive Writing
  • Reflective Essay
  • Evaluative Essay
  • Autobiographical Essay
• Style
• Syntax
• Usage
• Voice - Students must write in their own voice. Just as you know the sound of your friend's voice, your writing also has voice. Voice includes:
  the words you choose
  the order you put them in
  the way you put your sentences together
  the things you choose to write about
  the order you chose to write them in
  the examples and descriptions you use to make your points
  the explanations you choose to explain your ideas
  the ideas you choose to write about
  the evidence you use to support your ideas

Reading Terms

• Denotative (dictionary) meaning - the dictionary definitions
• Connotative meaning - what words mean in real sentences, may or may not match denotative meanings exactly
• Dialect
• Idiom
• Historical Context
• Technical Vocabulary

Visual Literacy Terms

• Elements of Design
• Print Media
• Non-Print Media
• Range of Media
• Genre

Miscellaneous Terms

• Vague - makes the reader go "What does that mean?"
• Credibility
• Culture
• Ethical
• Valid
• Modify - changes the meaning of

Persuasive Terms

• Modes of Persuastion
  • Pathos
  • Ethos
  • Logos
• Logical Fallacies

Research-Related Terms

• Primary Sources
• Secondary Sources