Academic Language Notes Get out your SWAG folder and list the following terms on your ACADEMIC LANGUAGE sheet! Personification Simile Metaphor Structure Oxymoron Theme Rhyme Scheme Diction Tone Author’s Purpose

Warm Up – EOC #1 Match the word to the correct definition: 1.Personification 2.Simile 3.Metaphor 4.Structure 5.Oxymoron A.A comparison between two things B.A comparison using “like” or “as” C.The way an author sets up information in a text D.Giving non-human things, human characteristics E.Two contradictory terms in conjunction

Answer Key – Day One 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. E

Warm Up – EOC #2 Match the word to the correct definition: 1.Theme 2.Rhyme Scheme 3.Diction 4.Tone 5.Author’s purpose A.The author’s motivation for writing (inform, persuade, entertain) B.The author’s attitude in a passage C.Pattern of rhyme in a selection D.The overall message E.The author’s word choice

Answer Key – Day Two 1.D 2.C 3.E 4.B 5.A

Get out your SWAG folder and list the following terms on your ACADEMIC LANGUAGE sheet! Irony Central Idea Alliteration Repetition Significance Emphasize Effect Convey Clarify Enhance

Warm Up – EOC #3 Match the word to the correct definition: 1.Irony 2.Central idea 3.Alliteration 4.Repetition 5.Significance A.Using a word or phrase more than one time for emphasis B.When something means the opposite of what is said C.Repeated initial consonant sounds D.The main message/point of a passage E.Importance

Answer Key – Day Three 1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.E

Warm Up – EOC #4 Match the following terms to their definitions: 1.Emphasize 2.Effect 3.Convey 4.Clarify 5.Enhance A.To make known/understandable B.To focus on something or highlight it C.To make clearer D.The result or product of E.To improve or make better

Answer Key – Day 4 1.B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.E

Get out your SWAG folder and list the following terms on your ACADEMIC LANGUAGE sheet! Cultural Background Perception Imply Connotation Objective Summary Rhetorical Question Parallel Structure Assumptions

Warm Up – EOC #5 Match the following terms to their definitions: 1.Cultural background 2.Perception 3.Imply 4.Connotation A.The way someone views something B.What a word suggests C.To say indirectly D.A person’s experiences that affect their view

Warm Up – Day 5 1.D 2.A 3.C 4.B

Warm Up – EOC #6 Match the following terms to their definitions: 1.Objective summary 2.Rhetorical question 3.Parallel structure 4.Assumptions A.An inference about a topic B.Something that does not contain a right/wrong answer C.A brief overview of events without opinion D.Two passages that contain the same structure but different content

Answer Key – Day 6 1.C 2.B 3.D 4.A