VOCAB
the act of adding greater value / abundance to
What is enrichment?
A verb tense that indicates something is / was / or will be ongoing.
What is progressive tense?
Reason is explanation for belief based on FACT,
example is a specific factual instance demonstrating a reason
A brief space at the beginning of a new paragraph.
What is an indent?
Mr. Ender's middle name
Who is Reese?
neutralize
what is the vocabulary word meaning "to render ineffective"?
What is the form of a verb, ending in -ing in English, which is used in forming continuous tenses?
Persuasive Essays vs. Opinion Piece
Persuasive essays based on fact,
opinion piece based primarily on opinion, less formal
General structure of a traditional 5-paragraph essay
What is Intro + 3 BP + Conclusion?
Difference between a metaphor and a simile.
What is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable?
What is a literary device using "like" or "as" to show similarities?
(n) a person who was ideas of perfectionism; a dreamer
What is an Idealist?
Gerund
What is an -ing verb that functions as a noun?
Concession
What is it called when a writer states the opposing viewpoint?
Words like "therefore," "for example," and "on the other hand" hel connect ideas smoothly.
what are transition words?
Three real-life crow behaviors
What are recognizing human faces, funerals, stealing, gifts, divebombing, etc?
Juxtaposition
What is a side-by-side comparison of two unlike things?
Transitive Verb
What is a verb that requires an object to complete its meaning?
A straw-man argument
A straw man argument is one that argues against a hyperbolic, inaccurate version of the opposition rather than their actual argument.
What is the main idea or argument of an essay, usually found at the beginning or end of the introduction?
What is a thesis statement?
A human-like component of dog body language
What is a sigh?
Spell <the restoration of friendly relations> (N)
What is r-e-c-o-n-c-i-l-i-a-t-i-o-n?
Forming past-progressive tense
What is using the past-tense form of "to be" (was/were) + present participle + concurrent event;
"will" often used?
The three (or four) types of rhetoric in a persuasive essay
Logos, Pathos, Ethos, MAYBE Kairos
3 types of narrative hooks
What are startling, introductory, conversational, action-packed, and descriptive?
The year the Titanic sank
When was 1912?