Intriguing Readings
She is an Indigenous writer and a member of a Tribe in Washington State.
Who is Elissa Washuta?
Washuta’s essay is a personal essay; Kafka’s work is a novella; Kennedy’s text is this kind of persuasive text.
What is a speech?
This rhetorical appeal persuades by using logic, reason, and facts.
What is logos?
This genre best describes “How Much Indian Was I…” text.
What is a personal essay?
This term means “a student demonstrates exceptional skill when analyzing evidence in an essay."
What is prowess?
This Native American people members have lived in what is now Washington State for thousands of years.
Who are the Cowlitz?
This rhetorical appeal relies on a speaker’s or writer’s character, authority, or credibility.
What is ethos?
The thesis statement is usually composed of these two things.
What is opinion/claim and reasons?
This genre best describes Kafka’s The Metamorphosis.
What is a novella?
This word means “from a mountaintop, a student takes in a wide, panoramic view of the landscape.”
What is vista?
In an essay’s account, an author receives this kind of financial support for university.
What is a scholarship?
This literary term describes a confusing, illogical, nightmarish situation in which a person feels powerless.
What does “Kafkaesque” mean?
This literary term describes a story or poem in which characters and events represent deeper ideas.
What is an allegory?
This genre best describes Kennedy’s “We Choose to Go to the Moon”.
What is a persuasive speech?
Washuta’s reflections encourage readers to develop their understanding of identity over time. This vocabulary word is another word for the phrase "to develop over time."
What is cultivate?
This term means the study of human beings, including their cultures, societies, histories, and development.
What is anthropology?
This term describes a dreamlike style that blends ordinary details with strange or impossible events.
What is surrealism?
This word means a carved or scratched image or symbol on rock.
What is a petroglyph?
Name one major theme in The Metamorphosis reflected in Gregor’s situation.
What is alienation, isolation, economic pressure, powerlessness, or the gap between self-perception and how others see a person?
Kennedy’s nation began its ambitious effort to reach the Moon. This word means “to set out on such a course of action.”
What is embarked?
This period of political, economic, and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union shaped the race to space.
What is the Cold War?
Former President John F. Kennedy delivered the speech at this Texas university.
What is Rice University?
This word means the main character in a story.
What is protagonist?
In a debate or argumentative essay, this word means to describe, trace, or outline its parts.
What is delineate?
“Facts, examples, quotations, statistics, or expert opinions” are referred to by this word.
What is evidence?