Unit 1
A word that means extremely difficult to achieve.
What is arduous?
A word that means able to withstand something bad that occurs and recover quickly from it.
What is resilient?
A word meaning an abundance of wealth.
What is affluence?
A word that means in an intense or deeply felt manner.
What is fervently?
A word meaning fair and impartial.
What is equitable?
The three keys to determining good evidence.
What are relevance, sufficiency and validity?
The 3 parts of the rhetorical triangle.
What are message, audience and speaker/writer?
Writing structure where the writer arranges the events in the order that they occurred over time.
What is a chronological structure?
In this type of writing structure the author discusses similarities and differences between two or more items, ideas, concepts, places, persons, or events and emphasizes superiority of one over others.
What is comparison/contrast?
Questions posed to make a point rather than to prompt an actual answer.
What are rhetorical questions?
The arrangements of words and phrases.
What is syntax?
Using someone’s research, writing, or ideas as your own without giving the source proper credit.
What is plagiarism?
The introduction of an essay should end with this.
What is a thesis statement?
An attention grabbing opening sentence that is a brief story that is relevant to your essay topic.
What is an anecdote?
A type of writing that emphasizes logic, specifically claims, reasons, evidence and, counterclaims.
What is argument?
An educated guess.
What is an inference?
The figure of speech used in this sentence: The sunset was the most gorgeous they'd ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
What is imagery?
These connect ideas in sentences and paragraphs.
What is transitional words and phrases?
The central message or universal truth conveyed by a text.
What is a theme?
Figurative language, imagery, and specialized and technical vocabulary help create this.
What is style?
This can be explicitly conveyed or implied within the text.
What is the central idea?
This type of text must be factual and without opinion or bias.
What is informational?
This focuses on proofreading for grammar and syntax, as well as checking punctuation, spelling, and formatting.
What is editing?
Additional paragraphs that are included in an argument essay.
What is the counterclaim and rebuttal paragraph?
Words and phrases that leave some room for the other side of the argument.
What are qualifiers?