The Basics
Terms
Parts of Speech and Sentence Structures
Citations
Figurative Language
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How many sentences should be a substantial paragraph?
8-10 sentences
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What is critical thinking?
Thoroughly examining ideas, readings, or images by identifying weaknesses, strengths, connections, and implications. 
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What is an independent clause?
An independent clause contains a subject and predicate and can stand alone as a sentence.
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What is an in-text citation?

A citation where the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text and a complete reference should appear on the Works Cited page

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What is an analogy? 

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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What comes after the topic sentence?
The first supporting fact.
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What is logos?
Appeal to the readers' sense of logic; provide evidence to support a claim.
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What is a dependent clause?
A dependent clause contains a subject and a predicate but can't stand alone as a sentence.
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What is a parenthetical citation?
Citations at the end of a sentence with the author's name and page number, or article title that corresponds to your Work's Cited page.
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What is a metaphor?

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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What is paraphrasing?

To express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

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What is pathos?
Appeals to reader's emotions and motivations with vivid emotional language and sense details. 
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What is a prepositional phrase?

Starts with a preposition and acts as a modifier.

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What is a simile? 

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

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What is summarizing?

To give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

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What is ethos?
An ethical appeal to the authority or credibility of the writer.
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hat is personification?

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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What is inductive and deductive reasoning?
Inductive reasoning makes generalizations based on specific observations.


Deductive reasoning starts with a generalization and narrows it down to a logical conclusion. 

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What is my favorite book?
Trick question! I don't have one, but at this moment I'm going to say Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
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What is hyperbole?

xaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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