| A | B |
| Audience | The readers or listeners of a work of literature |
| Accountability | Taking responsibility for your own actions |
| Formal Tone | Helps establish the writer's respect for the audience. Suggests the writer is serious about the subject. Uses elevated language |
| Informal Tone | Similar to spoken conversation. May use slang, idioms or other figures of speech; personal tone |
| Tone | The attitude of the writer toward a subject or audience |
| Purpose | The reason a writer creates or writes a specific piece |
| Accountable Talk | Being responsible and responsive in your communication. |
| Literacy | The ability to read, write, listen, speak, and compute and think strategically and transfer those skills into new situations |