vocab 1
This word means to outline or describe something precisely.
What is delineate?
The Greek root path (as in empathy or apathy) means this.
What is feeling or suffering?
In the sentence "The cake was baked by Sarah," this grammatical voice is being used.
What is the passive voice?
This is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning rather than an explicit statement.
What is an inference?
This term describes the brain's ability to change, grow, and reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life.
What is neuroplasticity?
his vocabulary word describes a chaotic, loud, and noisy uproar or confusion.
What is tumult or pandemonium?
his literary term refers to a warning or indication of a future event in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
his type of punctuation mark is used to introduce a list or a long quotation.
What is a colon?
This rhetorical appeal relies on the speaker's credibility, ethics, or trustworthiness
What is ethos?
Carol Dweck's concept that intelligence can be developed through hard work and dedication is known as this mindset.
What is a growth mindset?
When an argument or a person is clear, logical, and convincing, they are said to be this.
What is cogent?
The Latin root bene (as in benefit or benevolent) means this.
What is good or well?
Running down the street, my hat blew off." This sentence contains this type of error involving an isolated modifier.
What is a dangling modifier?
When an author uses an exaggeration so extreme that it isn't meant to be taken literally, they are using this rhetorical device.
What is a hyperbole?
hese are the tiny gaps between brain cells where chemical messages (neurotransmitters) are passed.
What are synapses?
To happen or take place as a result of something else.
What is to ensue?
A character who undergoes a deep internal change throughout a story is called this type of character.
What is a dynamic character?
This verb mood is used to express a wish, a demand, or a hypothetical situation (e.g., "I wish I were taller").
What is the subjunctive mood?
This rhetorical appeal targets the audience's logic, facts, and statistics.
What is logos?
This almond-shaped part of the brain is responsible for processing emotions like fear and stress, often interfering with focused learning.
What is the amygdala?
This word means stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action.
What is obdurate (or obstinate)?
This is a literary device where a part of something is used to represent the whole (e.g., "all hands on deck").
What is synecdoche?
Identify the type of clause highlighted here: "The student who won the award studied hard."
What is an adjective (or relative) clause?
his type of irony occurs when the audience knows a vital piece of information that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
When you repeat or practice a skill, a fatty substance called this coats your neural pathways to make the signal travel faster and more efficiently.
What is myelin?