Vocabulary Level 8
Part of the Vocabulary skill progression -- 8 lessons, each building toward demonstrated mastery.
8 Lessons
What Your Child Will Learn
- 1
Rhetorical Vocabulary and Persuasion
Learn vocabulary for analyzing persuasive techniques and rhetorical strategies.
Objective: Students will learn vocabulary for analyzing rhetorical strategies and persuasive techniques in texts.45 minutes - 2
Rhetorical Devices: Sound and Repetition
Learn vocabulary for rhetorical devices that use sound and repetition for effect.
Objective: Students will identify and analyze rhetorical devices involving sound and repetition.45 minutes - 3
Rhetorical Devices: Comparison and Irony
Learn vocabulary for rhetorical devices involving comparison, exaggeration, and irony.
Objective: Students will identify and analyze rhetorical devices involving analogy, understatement, and irony.45 minutes - 4
Logical Fallacies: Part 1
Learn vocabulary for common logical fallacies to identify flawed arguments.
Objective: Students will learn vocabulary for common logical fallacies and identify them in arguments.45 minutes - 5
Logical Fallacies: Part 2
Learn additional logical fallacies including bandwagon, false dilemma, and slippery slope.
Objective: Students will learn vocabulary for additional logical fallacies and identify them in arguments.45 minutes - 6
Tone, Mood, and Voice
Learn vocabulary for analyzing tone, mood, and voice in texts.
Objective: Students will distinguish between tone, mood, and voice, and identify how word choice creates each.45 minutes - 7
Argument Structure Vocabulary
Learn vocabulary for analyzing argument structure including claims, evidence, reasoning, and counterarguments.
Objective: Students will learn vocabulary for analyzing and constructing arguments, including claims, evidence, reasoning, and counterarguments.45 minutes - 8
Advanced Vocabulary and Rhetorical Analysis Review
Integrate all VO-8 skills to analyze rhetoric, fallacies, and argument structure in complex texts.
Objective: Students will integrate all VO-8 skills to comprehensively analyze rhetoric, identify fallacies, and evaluate arguments.45 minutes
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