Unit 1
Extremely difficult to achieve
What is arduous?
Having to do with the ability to think or reason
What is cognitive?
The state of currently occupying an office
What is incumbency?
To advance or intrude beyond set limits
What is encroach?
An incorrect term used to describe or designate something
What is misnomer?
An overarching message or truth that is specific to a text
What are central ideas?
A type of descriptive writing that does not follow a literal meaning.
What is figurative language?
Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Kairos
What are the rhetorical appeals?
The central message or universal truth conveyed by a text
What is theme?
The primary statement that is to be proved through the presentation of an argument
What is a claim?
A brief account of the facts of a text
What are objective summaries?
An essay that educates your reader on a topic
What is an informational essay?
The final paragraph of an essay that restates your thesis
What is a conclusion?
A type of essay that emphasizes logic, specifically claims, reasons, evidence and, counterclaims
What is an argument essay?
True or False: When writing an argument essay, you should still keep an objective tone
True
Some crabs cleverly disguise themselves by attaching pieces of sea plants and animals to their backs. What does disguise mean in this sentence?
What is camouflage?
Idiom, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification
What are types of figurative language?
Also called the ethical appeal or appeal to authority
What is the appeal to ethos?
True or False: Topic and Theme are the same thing
False
Claim, Reasons, Evidence, Anticipated Counterclaim (or Rebuttal), Warrant
What are the elements of an argument?
Name 3 things should you consider when writing an objective summary.
What are Task, Purpose, and Audience
Name three ways to generate ideas for an essay.
What are freewriting, listing, and idea mapping
True or False: You don't need to proofread your essay
False
True or False: A counterclaim states the opposite side of an argument
True
Explain the difference between an informational essay and an argument essay
Informational essays are to inform, while argumentative essays are to make and support a claim