Vocabulary
State of being able to make personal choices and act on them
What is autonomy?
two (or more) independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semicolon
What is a compound sentence?
The arrangement of words and phrases
What is a syntax?
Consists of an independent clause plus a dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
Information within a text that can help readers to infer the meanings of unknown words
What is a context clue?
To strive to imitate or approach equality with
What is emulate?
Consists of at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
The assignment or work that an author needs to do
What is the author's task?
Using letter-sound relationships to pronounce written words
What is decoding?
Where academics, educators, and laypersons disagree on formal writing
What is contested usage?
To make more severe or to intensify
What is exacerbate?
Using content to transition from the attention grabber to the thesis
What is flow?
The author states an opinion or judgment and offers support for it
What is a statement/support?
An overarching message or truth that is specific to a text
What is a central idea?
A toned used no matter what reading audience
What is an objective tone?
In a way that forms the basic nature of something
What in inherently?
Purpose and implications based on the presented information.
What is an ambiguous meaning?
An indirect reference to a person, object, historical event, or literary work
What is an allusion?
A small story from a person or history
What is an anecdote?
Statement that on the surface seems to be contradictory but in fact reveals an element of truth
What is a paradox?
Different from what is expected or seems correct
Adequate evidence to support the claim or point
A concise type of paradox in which seemingly contradictory words or phrases actually state a truth
What is an oxymoron?
Evidence that includes information that is not connected to an idea or point
What is irrelevant evidence?
A type of metaphor that gives human characteristics to nonliving items