Key Vocab & Notes Pg 2-23 | AICE Lang

Purpose: The intended function or goal of a text-such as to inform, persuade, entertain or instruct.
Mood: The overall feeling or atmosphere evoked in the reader by a text through word choice, imagery and style.
Tone: The attitude or stance conveyed by the writer or speaker towards the subject or audience, revealed through language and style.
Hybrid: A text that blends features of more than one mode or genre (for example, combining written prose with images or spoken elements).
Skim: To read quickly and superficially in order to gain a general overview of key ideas.
Scan: To read rapidly in search of specific information or keywords, ignoring other content.

Synonym: A word with the same or very similar meaning to another word in a particular context.
Context: The circumstances, background or environment (situational, cultural and linguistic) that shape how a text is produced and interpreted.
Audience: The person or group for whom a text is intended; their characteristics influence the writer's or speaker's choices.

Interpretation: The process of explaining or making sense of a text, drawing on analysis of linguistic features and contextual factors.
Connective: A word or phrase that links clauses, sentences or paragraphs, guiding the logical flow of ideas (e.g., however, therefore, after that).
Literal: Language that means exactly what it says, without metaphor or exaggeration.
Subject: The noun, noun phrase or pronoun that performs the action of a verb or is described by it.
Object: The noun, noun phrase or pronoun that receives the action of a verb or is affected by it.

Past perfect tense: A verb form indicating an action completed before another past event, formed with had + past participle (e.g., "She had left before I arrived").
Figurative (language?): Language that uses words or expressions in a non-literal way to create imagery or emphasis, such as metaphors, similes and personification.
Interpretation: The process of explaining or making sense of a text, drawing on analysis of linguistic features and contextual factors.
Connective: A word or phrase that links clauses, sentences or paragraphs, guiding the logical flow of ideas (e.g., however, therefore, after that).
Literal: Language that means exactly what it says, without metaphor or exaggeration.

Chronological: Organized in the order in which events occur over time, from first to last.
Prose: Ordinary written or spoken language without a formal metrical structure, as opposed to verse or poetry.
Directional speech: Language designed to give instructions or directions, often using imperatives (e.g., "Turn left") and second-person pronouns ("you").
Complex Sentences: Sentences containing one main (independent) clause and at least one subordinate (dependent) clause, showing relationships between ideas.
Prepositions: Words that link nouns, pronouns or phrases to other words, indicating relationships of time, place, direction or manner (e.g., in, on, before, through).

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