Paper 1
Paper 1 and Paper 2
SPECS/LENSE
Vocabulary
Misc.
100

This gets the readers attention. 

What is a hook? 

100

The most important part of your body paragraph, it is what the readers are looking for from you. 

What is an explanation? 
100

The religion of a person. 

What is philosophy?

100

The definition of overdue. 

What is not having arrived, happened, or been done by the expected time? 

100

Definition of thesis. (Math Equation) 

What is Subject+Side A+Side B=Thesis? 

200

The most important part of an introduction. 

What is a thesis statement? 

200

The one thing every paragraph needs except the introduction. In the beginning and in the middle. 

What is a Transition Word? 

200

The BP Oil spill and its clean up. 

What is the Environment?

200

The word warranted. 

What is justify or necessitate?

200

The word limit for discursive essays. 

What is 600-700 words? 

300

Without this you are left with a blunt body paragraph and nothing to defend. 

What is a point? 

300

The length of a response in Paper 2 is the determined by this. 

What is the points of a question? 

300

The War in Ukraine and delivering tanks to Ukraine that can effectively detect obstacles. (Two) 

What is Government/Politics and Technology?

300

The definition of detrimental. 

What is tending to cause harm?

300

The thing we must leave behind in discursive writing. 

What is Bias? 

400

This must be specific and universal. 

What is Evidence?

400
This is the most important part of paper 2. 

What is your reasoning? 

400

A young man spends one thousand days picking up an underfunded public park in Los Angeles California documenting the experience for his YouTube subscribers. in an attempt to change their perspectives. (4 Lenses) 

What is Technology, Government, Culture/Society and Environment? 

400

The definition of mundane. 

What is lacking interest or excitement; dull?

400
The definition of discursive essay. 

What is it to present both sides of an argument? 

500

The focus of the essay, the constraints of the conversation. 

What is a Scope?

500

The connector of the essay, the secret to ensure the question is always answered.

What is a link?
500

The government has passed a new bill, the bill focuses on banning books that discusses history that may make some children feel uncomfortable and feel mental distress. This history includes American History and its roots in Slavery. The government is making an attempt at shaping the society it now rules over. (5 Lenses) 

What is Government, History, Literature, Society/Culture and Mental Health?

500

The definition of haranguing.

What is a lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner?

500

The examples must be from.

What is international, national and local?

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