Unit 1
A synonym for the word misconception
What is falsehood?
A synonym for the word exacerbate
What is intensify?
A synonym for the word succinct
What is terse?
A synonym for the word encroach
What is trespass?
A synonym for the word anarchy
What is chaos?
An overarching message or truth that is specific to a text
What is a central idea?
The person or people the author is trying to persuade—those who will receive the message
What is audience?
Combines sentences to provide introductory material or concluding material, a text’s body, and supporting details
What is a paragraph?
The central message or universal truth conveyed by a text
What is the theme?
The primary statement that is to be proved through the presentation of an argument
What is a claim?
The arrangement of words and phrases
What is syntax?
Sometimes also called clustering, webbing, or mind mapping
What is idea mapping?
Provides evidence and support for the thesis statement and the main ideas of your essay
What are body paragraphs?
A type of writing that emphasizes logic, specifically claims, reasons, evidence and, counterclaims
What is argument?
Include them in your thesis statement from least to most important to your audience.
What are because statements?
"What we found was that flight simulators had been proven over and over again to be far more effective when used in combination with real, in-flight training to train the pilots."
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What is textual evidence?
The cold sliced through my parka like a knife
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What is a simile?
Whether stringing streetlights too close together along a highway or brightening a building with midday cheer in the dead of night, practices like these can be both distracting and wasteful
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What is figurative language?
As long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will not be an age of terror; this will be an age of liberty, here and across the world
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What is antithesis?
In one day, a person might use inductive reasoning to conclude that she was probably feeling upset because
The driver of a car that ran a stop sign ahead of her possibly was texting, because distracted drivers tend to make more mistakes
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What is inductive reasoning?
Spiders are arachnids, which differ from insects in many ways. Arachnids have eight legs instead of six, they have two main body parts instead of three, and they never grow antennae. Spiders can be found on almost every continent on Earth
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What is informational writing style?
academic journals, newspapers & magazines, books & informational videos
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What is a credible source?
To understand the popularity of electric vehicles circa 1900, it is also important to understand the development of the personal vehicle and the other options available
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What is a topic sentence?
Vaccinations for children should be mandatory because they are safe. Those who are opposed to mandatory vaccines claim that the ingredients in vaccines can be harmful. Vaccines often contain aluminum, formaldehyde, thimerosal, and other ingredients that have negative side effects and can cause neurological and physiological harm.
the bolded sentence is an example of
What is a counterclaim?
Texting while driving needs to be banned across the United States because the variations in the current law from state to state confuse drivers, and because drivers cannot multitask.
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What is a thesis statement?