The Essay
Literary Devices
Argument
Annotations
Comprehension
100

The amount of paragraphs in an argumentative essay

5

100

When a character has a problem with another character

Person vs. Person Conflict

100

An debatable position I take based on a topic

Claim

100

This symbol + means

Evidence for SHOULD
100
The majority of evidence collected from the articles we read

Should

200

The amount of evidence you need to have in an argumentative essay

3

200

When a character does not like something within themselves

Person Vs. Self

200

The opposite side to my argument, based on evidence

Counterclaim

200

This symbol - means

SHOULD NOT

200

The place where many young voters are currently voting

School Board Elections

300

The highest score you can get on an argumentative essay based on the Regents Rubric

6

300

When a character has a problem with the systems in the world

Person vs. Society

300

Quote/ Quotes from the text

Evidence

300

Name each part of CUBE

Circle words I don't know, Underline important details, Box keywords, Explain what your marks mean in the margins

300

One reason voting benefits the youth

.... tell me but make it convincing

400

Proving something is untrue by offering a different viewpoint

Rebuttal

400

The main/ big takeaway from a text

Central Idea

400

I need at least 2 of these to support my claim

Reasons

400

The amount of texts you have to read on the Regents AND the amount of texts you need to quote from

4 texts provided. I need to quote from 3 of them.

400
Another reason why voting young benefits the youth

... tell me and make it convincing


500

An argument that produces evidence to prove something is untrue

Refutation

500

When you tell me the main points/ an overview of what you read or learned

Summary

500

The kind of evidence you need to provide to support an argument

Relevant and sufficient 

500
=  

This symbol, when annotating, means

Paraphrase

500

The word used when both Democrats and Republicans agree on a topic

Bipartisan 

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