Unit One
extremely difficult to achieve
synonyms:
hard, difficult, rigorous
arduous
state of being able to make personal choices and act on them
synonyms:
choice, free will
autonomy
expressed without unnecessary words; brief and compact
synonyms:
brief, terse, concise
succinct
to advance or intrude beyond set limits
synonyms:
trespass, intrude, creep
encroach
protection against loss or damage
synonyms:
security, protection
indemnity
Discerning and describing the text's structure.
Analyzing Complex Texts
Seeking to understand how meaning in a text is shaped not only by the text itself but also the context.
Rhetoric and Purpose
Understanding that a text might present a main idea and details; a cause and then its effects; and/or different views of a topic.
Understanding Text Structure
Their wording is referenced in contemporary political debates, and their wisdom is interpreted and applied to difficult questions.
Theme and Purposes in US Documents
Evaluating a series of sequential, highly logical steps to determine the problem—how current law applies, what really happens, and what the law has to say about what happens.
Analyzing Legal Reasoning
A short statement or paragraph that tells what something is about but does not include irrelevant details or your opinions.
Objective Summary
Assessing the merits of others' arguments and to developing a convincing argument of one's own.
Evaluating Evidence
Opportunity to remove unnecessary text, rearrange paragraphs, or add sections/paragraphs. You may even find it necessary to do more research for a particular part of your paper.
Revising for Content
Refers to the larger parts of a piece of writing, although it also refers to how paragraphs and sentences are written.
Organizational Structure
Writing that focuses directly on a point and maximizes meaning with minimum wordiness tends to be both clear and concise.
Revising for Style
Helps identify the key point the author is trying to make in the writing
Central Ideas in Informational Text
Gives the power to expand meanings and to create vivid and meaningful notions in the minds of readers.
Figurative Language and Nuance
Increases credibility and reliability of the text.
Using Multiple Sources and Formats
Using figurative language in a highly professional way.
Presidential Rhetoric
Provides readers with information that has some kind of historical impact or significance regarding the formation and development of the United States.
Types of and Purposes for Seminal US Texts
Being able to consider whether the evidence presented in a text is sufficient and valid.
Observational Summary: Evaluating Evidence
Adds credibility and accuracy to your writing and can help support and develop your topic and ideas.
Using and Citing Sources
Helps go over and fix your writing to be academic: formal, professional, and objective.
Revising for Style
Helps determine the content that will appear in your writing.
Understanding Audience
Revising for Content