ANALYZE Picture: Definition: Synonyms: ELA Unit 4 Grades 9-12 Unit 4 ANALYZE Definition: To examine  critically, so as to  bring out the  essential elements or give the  essence of: to analyze a poem. To examine  carefully and in  detail so as to  identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc. Picture: Synonyms: Break down  Explicate

DEFINES Picture: Definition: Synonyms: ELA Unit 4 State Name Describe Grades 9-12 Unit 4 DEFINES Definition: To state or set forth the meaning of. To explain or identify  the nature or essential qualities of. To fix or lay down  clearly and definitely. To determine or fix the boundaries or extent  of. To make clear the  outline or form of. Picture: Synonyms: State Name Describe Detail Enumerate

IMAGERY Picture: Definition: Synonyms: ELA Unit 4 Grades 9-12 Unit 4 IMAGERY Definition: Imagery is a noun to describe the way things or ideas seem in your mind or in art or literature. Picture: Synonyms: Imagination Imagining Mental imagery

IRONY Picture: Definition: Synonyms: ELA Unit 4 Grades 9-12 Unit 4 IRONY Definition: Reserve irony for situations where there's a gap between reality and expectations, especially when such a gap is created for dramatic or humorous effect. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn. Picture: Synonyms: Sarcasm Satire Caustic remark

AUDIENCE Definition: Picture: Synonym: ELA Unit 4 Consultation Grades 9-12 Unit 4 AUDIENCE Definition: An audience can be people watching a performance, or an opportunity to speak with someone important, like an audience with your favorite actor at a "meet and greet" event. Gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance. Picture: Synonym: Consultation Interview Hearing Readership

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE Picture: Definition: ELA Unit 4 Grades 9-12 Unit 4 Definition: Author's purpose is the reason or reasons an author has for writing a selection. If readers enjoyed what they read, one of the author's purposes may have been to entertain. If students learn while they are reading, one of the author's purposes may have been to inform. Picture: Why do author’s write? Persuade Inform Entertain

MOOD Picture: Definition: Synonyms: ELA Unit 4 Humor Temper Climate Grades 9-12 Unit 4 MOOD Definition: Are you feeling good or bad, cheerful or irritable right now? This is your mood. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. Picture: Synonyms: Humor Temper Climate Mode