Acquire and use Tier-2 Set 18 capstone/audience-awareness vocabulary (CCSS L.8.6; L.8.4.a-d)
Exercise Difficulty 1 ~4 min eng.g8.s.ex_39

Tier Two Recognition

Prompt

Circle the Tier-2 Set 18 word in each sentence. (1) 'Her gravitas commanded the room.' (2) 'The exordium opened the speech.' (3) 'The kairos for action is now.' (4) 'Sprezzatura makes craft look effortless.' (5) 'Decorum dictates context-appropriate behavior.'

Answer criteria
type classification
correct
  1. gravitas
  2. exordium
  3. kairos
  4. Sprezzatura
  5. Decorum
Hints
  1. Tier-2 Set 18 words are mostly classical (Greek/Latin/Italian).
  2. Look for the specialized rhetorical-craft word in each sentence.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Circles generic words instead of Tier-2 words.