Part 1
The main goal of an introduction is ___
to get the audience interested and engaged in the topic and introduce them to the argument
What two elements are needed in an essay to defend and support the thesis statement?
Evidence and Commentary
What are 3 examples of comparison words and 3 examples of contrasting words?
Comparison: like, also, just as
Contrasting: contrast, unlike, instead
(not limited to these answer choices, these are simple examples of correct answers)
What term means an idea or concept that is similar or different from other related things?
Compare and Contrast
"Electric vehicles rely entirely on lithium-ion battery packs to store energy, whereas traditional gas-powered cars depend on an internal combustion engine fueled by gasoline."
What comparison word does the author use in the middle of this sentence to contrast the two types of vehicles?
Whereas
How does the parlor analogy relate to the introduction?
(Refer to page 191 if needed)
The introduction is like an invitation into the parlor (never ending conversation)
What jobs must the thesis do?
State your main points and give a preview of what you write about.
"According to recent national shelter surveys, over 65% of all unhoused individuals in major metropolitan areas are adults, whereas nearly 1.5 million public school children across the United States experience homelessness annually."
What structural flaw makes this comparison weak?
The two items are in different categories making the comparison weak
What is the reader's impression of the writer and subject that often includes the thesis
Introduction
”What do you do when you come across a homeless person begging for money? Do you give them money by assaulting them with drugs and alcohol?” What introduction strategy is used in this quote.
Question or Hook
Name 5 strategies that can be used in an introduction?
anecdotes, quotes, statements, questions, statistics or data, scenarios, contextualized information, examples
(any of these work)
Trailer : Movie :: ______ : Rhetorical Essay (A trailer is to a movie as a ____ is to a rhetorical essay)
Thesis statement
Description relies on?
sensory details/5 senses
What is the term that describes the claims an author makes in the thesis statement
Line of reasoning
“In ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail,’ Martin Luther King Jr. responds to his critics by embedding his immediate struggles within a larger human tradition of moral obligation. By weaving subtle historical allusions alongside extended metaphors, he subtly elevates a local legal dispute into an enduring question of moral conscience. Through these stylistic decisions, King quietly prompts his readers to reflect on their own passivity and reconsider what it truly means to act justly.”
What are the two rhetorical choices made in the introduction?
Historical Allusions and Extended Metaphors
What is a common mistake that individuals make while writing a conclusion?
Repeating or rephrasing what is said in the introduction
Thesis statements are compared to movie previews because both present the premise and suggest what overall feature of the argument?
The line of reasoning
The way an audience traces a writer's reasoning in an argument is known as?
Methods of development
What part of an essay reiterates key ideas from the arguments thesis?
Conclusion
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." What sentence is the thesis statement?
“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”
Name 5 strategies that can be used in a conclusion.
explain significance of the argument within a broader context, make connections to something beyond the essay, call audience to act, suggest a change in behavior or attitude, propose a solution, leave audience with compelling image, explain implications, summarize argument, connect to introduction
Though a thesis statement should preview the line of reasoning, it is not required to list what three things?
The points of the argument, aspects to be analyzed, and specific evidence.
What are the 3 types of ways writers structure their compare and contrast
Whole-by-Whole, Similarities vs. differences, Point-by- Point
What is the difference between thesis and thesis statement?
The thesis is the overarching argument of the entire essay, while the thesis statement is a specific sentence that describes the argument (usually at the end of the introduction paragraph)
“For many years, the federal government has attempted to determine the extent and nature of homelessness. As part of this effort [the departments of] Education, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban development have had systems in place that require service programs involved in the homelessness programs.” What introduction strategy does the professional text use?
Contextualized information