Argument
Argument Extreme
SPACECAT
APLAC Exam
Common Errors
100

In Classical Argument Structure, it is here that you establish context and relevancy.

What is NARRATION?

100

A thesis statement that contains the key points

What is a closed thesis statement?

100

S is not just this person, it is what they know

What is the SPEAKER?

100

The number of essays

What is three?

100

An error:  When the sun comes up over the lake at our campsite.

What is a fragment?

200

How we show qualify if support is thumbs up.

What is cupped hand, facing up?

200

4 types:  Are we polluting the world's oceans?

What is an argument of fact?

200

The first C in SPACECAT

What is CONTEXT?

200

The essays are scored by a rubric with this many points.

What is six?

200

An error:  We read "An American Childhood" by Annie Dillard.

What is quotation marks instead of italics?

300

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

What is rhetoric?

300

On the keyhole, this is true of the introduction and conclusion paragraphs.

What is mirror image or inversion?

300

A synonym for EXIGENCE

What is urgency, or what is now?

300

The middle band of the argument rubric  

What is evidence and commentary?

300

An error:  The nurse brought me to the examination room to wait I heard the doctor laughing in the room next to mine.

What is a run on sentence?

400

location of the thesis statement

What is last in the introduction?

400

a difference between argument and debate

What is no qualifying standpoint, or one is spoken and one written, or the use of the term resolution?

400

This word means the writer's attitude toward the subject.

What is TONE?

400

The amount of time suggested to write the argument essay on the APLAC Exam

What is 40 minutes?

400

An error:  One of these is misspelled:

incase

each other

high school

What is incase?  (should be in case)

500

Giving over something as true to the other side of the argument

What is a concession?

500

After the recess/break in the debate, this side starts the rebuttal.

What is the opposing?

500

The three APPEALS

What are logos, ethos, and pathos?

500
The amount of time to take the multiple choice portion of the exam

What is 60 minutes?

500
The meaning of "colloquialism"
What are the words we speak casually, but would not put in formal writing?
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