Category 1
Content that is OUT of date and , as a result, inaccurate, as well as currently UNimportant to the situation, topic, or audience
Irrelevant
Suggest
What a text or situation is implying or indicating
an evidence-based review of a text or situation used to achieve a deeper understanding
What is an analysis?
a formal acknowledgement of a source of evidence
Citation
How specific information is understood by the listener.
What is Interpreted?
The author's main claim- is the central idea of the whole essay
What is a thesis statement?
What is a Distinction?
the differences between two or more things or ideas
What is Precise?
language that avoids wasted words, while at the same time, provides a clear and direct meaning to an audience
The point of view for academic writing
What is 3rd person point of view?
Information that deals with numbers
What are statistics?
a technique or idea that is successful in communicating to an audience
What is a effective?
a writer’s gradual building of an idea or concept for an audience that takes place within a text or work
What is Development?
The main concept about a topic that a writer conveys. Entire pieces of writing can be based around this and so can individual paragraphs.
What is a Central Idea?
words and phrases that take the audience from one piece of text to another; often connecting the process of thought
What are transition Words?
a comparison of two similar relationships
What is an analogy?
to present an audience with a precise concept or idea of what will be explored later in a text
Preview
the defense of a claim through the use of evidence (facts, relevant examples, statistics, expert testimonies (in the form of quotations)
What is Support?
words designed to both persuade an audience or evoke an intended reaction
Rhetoric
up to date, accurate, and currently important to the situation, topic, or audience
What is Relevant?
an author’s desired effect for their particular work or communication
What is intended?
A person’s educated guess or analysis of something NOT directly stated AFTER they have reviewed clues/ evidence
Inference
Logic that links an author’s ideas together.
What is Reasoning?
a statement that is given as support but is really an error in reasoning.
What is a logical fallacy?
a message that creates strong positive or negative feelings through the use of loaded language
What is an emotional appeal?
Content, such as: facts, statistics, or expert opinions (in the form of quotations) that are used as SUPPORT for a claim
What is Evidence?