ELA
Weekly Vocabulary Words
Ready New York pg 40-42 on L.L. Complete the answers as they are competed in class.
| 1. |
tone
|  | a sound with reference to its pitch, strength, or duration. |
| 2. |
mood
| | in grammar, a kind of verb inflection that indicates the way in which the speaker intends an utterance to be understood, whether as a wish or supposition, a demand, or a fact; mode. |
| 3. |
evidence
| | the basis for belief; that which constitutes proof of something. |
| 4. |
sufficient
| | enough; adequate. |
| 5. |
detail
| | to describe or tell with all the particulars. |
| 6. |
central
| | being the main point of contact and dominant influence for all parts of a system or organization. |
| 7. |
theme
| | the central topic of a speech, discourse, sermon, essay, or other literary work. |
| 8. |
poetry
| | poems collectively. |
| 9. |
irony
| | a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. __________ is often used as a literary technique, especially to produce humor or pathos. |
| 10. |
information
| | knowledge or facts that come from investigation, observation, or study. |
| 11. |
motivation
| | the act or process of motivating. |
