Vocab. 1
Discern
To recognize or understand something that is not obvious.
Plausible
Believable or reasonable, though not proven.
Is this an example of inference?
He is preparing extra notes anonymously to leave for his struggling lab partner. Sam.
Yes.
Cognitive Brain
The part of the brain that helps you think clearly, Make good decisions and is the thinking part of the brain/frontal lobe.
Implicit
Implied or understood without being directly stated.
Subjective
Based on personal feelings or opinions rather than facts.
Semicolon
A character to use to join sentences without using a conjunction/fanboys.
This rhetoric technique relies on credibility and the speaker/author's strong moral character.
They rely on ethos, logos and pathos.
This lobe is where judgement and logic is generated.
Frontal Lobe
Explicit
Stated clearly and directly, leaving no room for confusion
Objective
Based on facts, not influenced by personal feelings.
An independent clause joined with an independent clause by a coordination conjunction.
A complex sentence.
Pathos
Emotions
This lobe generated our sense of well-being and the fight, flight or freeze response.
Temporal Lobe
Connotation
The feeling or idea a word suggests beyond its literal meaning.
Rhetoric
The art of using language effectively to persuade.
Logos
Logic
Adolesence
The time in your life when your brain starts to fully develop.
Denotation
The literal, dictionary definition of a word.
Ambiguous
Open to more than one interpretation; unclear.
What part of the brain develops between the ages of 10 and 25?
Frontal Lobe.