Workshop
Vocabulary
Cause and Effect
Parts of Speech
Argument Essay
100
How did Doogie get so smart?
He inherited some smart genes that were altered before he was born.
100
Having many parts
What is "complex"?
100
Because doctors experiment on mice... (CAUSE)
What is the experiments might be able to help humans who have memory loss and/or brain damage? (EFFECT)
100
Giving a positive feeling. (An adjective )
What is sensational?
100
The sentence that introduces the topic.
What is the introductory statement?
200
Mice brains and human brains have a ______________ structure.
What is similar?
200
Information
What is data?
200
Kaci needed months of speech therapy (EFFECT)....
What is because her speaking skills were diminished after the surgery? (CAUSE)
200
The state of being difficult. ( noun)
What is complexity?
200
This presents the writers claim or main idea about the topic.
What is the thesis statement?
300
How did the seizures impact Kaci?
What is "she was left almost paralyzed"?
300
a feeling or an awareness
What is sensation?
300
The muscles on the rights side of the body move. (EFFECT)
What is because of actions caused by the left hemisphere of the brain? ( CAUSE)
300
To be exact or detailed (verb)
What is specify?
300
Details should always be supported with___
What is reasons or evidence?
400
What are the three main parts of the brain?
What are the Brain Stem, the Cerebellum, and the Cerebrum?
400
very particular, exact, or detailed
What is specific?
400
Kaci was having up to 100 seizures a day and was almost paralyzed (CAUSE)
What is so her family decided that she should have half of her brain removed? (EFFECT)
400
To control or take over (verb)
What is dominate?
400
These are the items which introduce or connect ideas.
What are transition words or phrases?
500
Name two lobes of the cerebrum.
What are the frontal, parietal, temporal, or occipital lobes?
500
The way something is put together.
What is structure?
500
Eyes respond to light, ears respond to sound (EFFECT)
What is because information reaches the nervous system through sense organs.
500
Set up or organized (verb)
What is structured?
500
The conclusion of an essay should ________________
What is restate the main idea/thesis.
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