ACADEMIC VOCABULARY English 12 OBJECTIVE Learn essential academic

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY English 12

OBJECTIVE Learn essential academic vocabulary Collaborate Communicate effectively through writing

TASK You will create an anchor poster for an essential academic term. You must include concrete examples of your essential term on your poster. In a short presentation to the class, share your poster.

TERMS Content Tone Language Readers / Audience Author Context Marginalization Text Genre Conventions * Style & Composition*

CONTENT q. Any material, including text and images, that constitutes a publication or document. q. Everything that is inside something. q. In media production and publishing content includes information and experiences that may provide value for an end-user/audience.

TONE q. The attitude that an author takes towards his or her subject

LANGUAGE A body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural background. [Writing the State of the Union speech] OBAMA: So I’ll say the state of the union is. . . BIDEN: On fleek. Say it’s on fleek.

AUDIENCE / READERS The group or individual who reads or views a text An intended audience is the audience the author had in mind when writing or creating a text An unintended audience is a group or person that the author did not have in mind when creating a text

CON TEXT q. The time and place of the writing of a text. q The time and place of the reading of a text. q. Relevant context information can include biographical, historical, social and cultural norms

CONTEXT

MARGINALIZATION q. The exclusion or silencing of a social group within a text q. Begs the question: Which social group’s voice or perspective is silenced from this text and why?

WHICH GROUPS ARE SILENCED, IGNORED, OR MARGINALIZED BY INTERNET MEMES LIKE THIS ONE?

TEXT q. Anything that carries meaning q. Traditionally defined as a book, an article, a short story. q. For purposes of this class, includes but is not limited to: internet memes, twitter campaigns, film,

AUTHOR q. The person or persons who created a text

GENRE CONVENTIONS q. The common characteristics (conventions) of a genre

GENRE CONVENTIONS Screenwriting teacher Rob ert Mc. Kee defines genre conventions as the "specific settings, roles, events, and values that define individual genres and their subgenres".

LET’S PLAY, NAME THAT GENRE!

STYLE & Love is a s mad m oke e COMPOSITION w of sig ith the fume hs. In text, style is the unique and recognizable uses of language; it can include the arrangement of words, use of diction, or an approach that distinguishes the voice of that reader. u o y e g n e l l a h I would c t u b , s t i w f o e l t to a bat I see you are ed. m r a n u A fool thi nks hims elf to be wise, but a wis e man knows hi mself to b ea fool.

STYLE & COMPOSITION Imagery - In imagery, style means a distinctive appearance, this is determined by the principles of design used to create that image. These styles are often recognizable. Realism or naturalism

COMMON STYLES OF IMAGERY Surrealism Fantasy Urban or industrial Rural or pastoral Cartoonish Abstract

INSTRUCTIONS q Create a poster that includes: q The definition of your term q A concrete example – this can be taken from a text, or it can be a graphic that illustrates the term q Prepare a short presentation in which you: q Define your term q Explain your example

LIST OF TERMS Text Terms Genre Conventions Styles of Imagery 1. Text 1. Romance 1. Realism 2. Author 2. Horror 2. Surrealism 3. Reader / Audience 3. Crime 3. Fantasy 4. Comedy 4. Urban/Industrial 5. Action 5. Pastoral/rural 6. Context 6. Science Fiction 6. Abstract 7. Marginalization 7. Drama 7. Cartoonish 4. Content 5. Language Style & Composition 8. Tone