Performance Coach Terms
Academic Vocabulary >>> words used across many subjects
Act >>> the main division of a drama; may be further divided into scenes
Active Voice >>> the voice in which the subject performs the action
Affix >>> a letter or group of letters added to a word to create a new meaning
Alliteration >>> the repetition of an initial consonant sound
Allusion >>> a reference to a person, place, thing, or text
Analogy >>> an extended comparison that shows a relationship between two sets of things
Anecdote >>> a first-hand story or account of events
Antiquated Language >>> words and phrases that were once used but are no longer part of everyday
language
Antonyms >>> words with opposite meanings
Argument >>> a statement of opinion that is supported by logical reasoning and evidence, and is meant
to influence or persuade
Article >>> a nonfiction text that commonly appears online or in newspapers, magazines, or
encyclopedias
Aside >>> a statement to the audience of a play that is not heard by the other characters
Assonance >>> the repetition of a vowel sound
Audience >>> the intended readers of a text; also refers to the viewers of a film, play, or show
Author's Purpose >>> the main reason an author has for writing a text, most commonly to inform,
entertain, or persuade
Ballad >>> a poem that tells a story using stanzas of 2 to 4 lines and a refrain
Bandwagon Appeal >>> a persuasive technique that encourages the audience to do or believe in
something because others are doing or believing it
Bias >>> a preconceived and often unfair feeling that an author has for or against something
, Bibliography >>> a formal list of works used to write an informative text
Body >>> the main part of text that provides reasons, details, and evidence
Brochure >>> a pamphlet describing a place or product
Caption >>> text that provides additional information about a picture, an illustration, or another
graphic feature
Cast of Characters >>> a list of the characters or other performers in a drama
Claim >>> a statement of the writer's position on an issue or topic
Classifieds >>> advertisements sorted in to groups
Climax >>> the turning point of the story when tension is at its highest
Comma >>> the mark of punctuation used to separate or set off elements of a sentence; often used as
an indicator of a pause
Concise >>> brief and to the point
Conclusion >>> the end of a piece of writing in which the writer restates the main points and gives the
reader something to think about
Conditional Mood >>> the verb form used to indicate that an outcome depends on another thing
happening
Conflict >>> the main problem, or tension, in a story that the characters must resolve
Conflicting Information >>> facts or details that disagree within the same text or across texts
Connotation >>> the meaning suggested or implied by a word, separate from its dictionary meaning
Context Clue >>> a word or phrase near an unfamiliar term that helps the reader understand what the
unfamiliar term means
Counterargument >>> the opposite viewpoint of the one given in a text
Credible >>> reliable
Denotation >>> the dictionary definition of a word
Diagram >>> a drawing that labels the parts of something or shows how something works
Dialogue >>> the words that characters speak in a drama or text; a conversation between characters
Directions >>> instructions
Academic Vocabulary >>> words used across many subjects
Act >>> the main division of a drama; may be further divided into scenes
Active Voice >>> the voice in which the subject performs the action
Affix >>> a letter or group of letters added to a word to create a new meaning
Alliteration >>> the repetition of an initial consonant sound
Allusion >>> a reference to a person, place, thing, or text
Analogy >>> an extended comparison that shows a relationship between two sets of things
Anecdote >>> a first-hand story or account of events
Antiquated Language >>> words and phrases that were once used but are no longer part of everyday
language
Antonyms >>> words with opposite meanings
Argument >>> a statement of opinion that is supported by logical reasoning and evidence, and is meant
to influence or persuade
Article >>> a nonfiction text that commonly appears online or in newspapers, magazines, or
encyclopedias
Aside >>> a statement to the audience of a play that is not heard by the other characters
Assonance >>> the repetition of a vowel sound
Audience >>> the intended readers of a text; also refers to the viewers of a film, play, or show
Author's Purpose >>> the main reason an author has for writing a text, most commonly to inform,
entertain, or persuade
Ballad >>> a poem that tells a story using stanzas of 2 to 4 lines and a refrain
Bandwagon Appeal >>> a persuasive technique that encourages the audience to do or believe in
something because others are doing or believing it
Bias >>> a preconceived and often unfair feeling that an author has for or against something
, Bibliography >>> a formal list of works used to write an informative text
Body >>> the main part of text that provides reasons, details, and evidence
Brochure >>> a pamphlet describing a place or product
Caption >>> text that provides additional information about a picture, an illustration, or another
graphic feature
Cast of Characters >>> a list of the characters or other performers in a drama
Claim >>> a statement of the writer's position on an issue or topic
Classifieds >>> advertisements sorted in to groups
Climax >>> the turning point of the story when tension is at its highest
Comma >>> the mark of punctuation used to separate or set off elements of a sentence; often used as
an indicator of a pause
Concise >>> brief and to the point
Conclusion >>> the end of a piece of writing in which the writer restates the main points and gives the
reader something to think about
Conditional Mood >>> the verb form used to indicate that an outcome depends on another thing
happening
Conflict >>> the main problem, or tension, in a story that the characters must resolve
Conflicting Information >>> facts or details that disagree within the same text or across texts
Connotation >>> the meaning suggested or implied by a word, separate from its dictionary meaning
Context Clue >>> a word or phrase near an unfamiliar term that helps the reader understand what the
unfamiliar term means
Counterargument >>> the opposite viewpoint of the one given in a text
Credible >>> reliable
Denotation >>> the dictionary definition of a word
Diagram >>> a drawing that labels the parts of something or shows how something works
Dialogue >>> the words that characters speak in a drama or text; a conversation between characters
Directions >>> instructions
