Unit 1
Extremely difficult to achieve
What is arduous?
To make more severe; to intensify
What is exacerbate?
State of currently occupying an office
What is incumbency?
A state of society in which diverse groups participate
What is pluralism?
Protection against loss or damage
What is indemnity?
Making an educated guess
What is making an inference?
How an informational text is written based on the writer's personality.
What is a writer's writing style?
How an informational text is presented
What is formatting?
How authors try to persuade their audience and strengthen their arguments by using persuasive language.
What are rhetorical features?
Using indicator words to identify if the author's stance is explicably stated.
What is identifying the premise?
Extracting key ideas and details by analyzing evidence
What is summarizing evidence?
Researching different types of sources that are credible and reliable.
What is finding evidence?
The process of refining the essays clarity, focus and flow.
What is revising?
Using examples, testimonies, anecdotes, and types of data to make your essay more credible
What is using evidence to support claims?
Stepping into the audience's shoes to see how your audience would see your writing.
What is a revision strategy?
Breaking down a title like "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" into individual ideas "The Lion", "The Witch", and "The Wardrobe".
What is analyzing complex texts?
Terms that are specific to certain groups like occupations and hobbies.
What is domain-specific vocabulary?
The author trying to persuade the audience using logical evidence and consistent ideas.
What is appealing to logos?
Referencing a widely known event, person, and literary work in your own literary work.
What is allusion?
Deciding if the reasoning that led to a legal decision was solid
What is evaluating legal reasoning?
Examining the relevance, validity, and accuracy of a text.
What is evaluating evidence?
Writing information you got from another source in your own words
What is paraphrasing?
The process of proofreading your work to find any mistakes in grammar, syntax, spelling, or formatting
What is editing?
When you write about a topic in order of the time events happened
What is chronological structure?
Submitting the final draft of your work for your audience to view
What is publishing?