SpringBoard Unit 2 – Cultural Conversations

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

The act of combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea…

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These are employed by dramatists and directors to tell a story on stage. They include costumes, makeup, props, set, and acting choices…

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The voice assumed by a writer to express ideas or beliefs that may not be his or her own…

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A struggle that occurs when people with different cultural expectations or attitudes interact…

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The arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison…

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A form of writing that presents a particular opinion or idea and supports it with evidence…

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The quality of being amusing…

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A manner of writing that mixes a critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions…

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Use the next slides to check your understanding of the Academic Vocabulary for Unit 2.

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The act of combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea…

SYNTHESIS

These are employed by dramatists and directors to tell a story on stage. They include costumes, makeup, props, set, and acting choices…

THEATRICAL ELEMENTS

The voice assumed by a writer to express ideas or beliefs that may not be his or her own…

PERSONA

A struggle that occurs when people with different cultural expectations or attitudes interact…

CULTURAL CONFLICT

The arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison…

JUXTAPOSITION

A form of writing that presents a particular opinion or idea and supports it with evidence…

ARGUMENT

The quality of being amusing…

HUMOR

A manner of writing that mixes a critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions…

SATIRE

Take one of the words you labeled incorrectly from this PowerPoint presentation and create an illustration of the word and define it! For example…

Your Homework is…

Synthesis is the act of combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea.