Vocabulary
Reading Skill
Writing Skill
Application of Reading Skills
Application of Writing Skills
100

The meaning of tenacity.

What is the quality of being determined or of holding fast?

100

Implicit vs Explicit

What is implied vs. what is directly stated in the text? 

100

Irrelevant information

What is not important or related to the information?

100

Figurative Language & Nuance

What gives the power to expand meanings and to create vivid and meaningful notions in the minds of readers. 

100

Idea mapping 

What is a visual representation of ideas and the connections between them? 

200

The meaning of exacerbate. 

What is to make more severe?

200

Central Idea

What is the key point authors try to make in writing 

200

Thesis Statement 

What is the last sentence in the introductory to describe the the main points of an essay?

200

Syntax

What is the way words, phrases, and sentences are arranged to demonstrate authors meaning, purpose, and style the most effectively?

200

Objective summary

What is to inform with a formal tone and recognize the purpose of audience without bias?

300

The meaning of succinct.

What is expressed without unnecessary words?

300

Rhetoric

What is the art of persuasion in writing? 

300

Graphic Aids

What are different forms of media used to and further information/evidence/insight of topic in essay? 

300

Popular sovereignty

What is the constitutional principle that relates to individuals, rather than someone within the government, having the power to control their rights?

300

Neutral and unbiased

What is language in an argument that is not positive nor negative? 

400

The meaning of retaliation.  

What is the act of reprisal/getting revenge?

400

Theme

What is central message of universal truth conveyed by a text?

400

Argumentative Writing

What is a type of writing that emphasizes logic, specifically claims, reasons, evidence and counterclaims

400

Separation of powers

What is the constitutional principle of that states that government should divide power among three branches to limit the power of any individual branch?

400

Conclusion

What is the restatement of the thesis statement and additional closure elements 

500

The meaning of indemnity.

What is protection against loss or damage?

500

Denotation vs. Connotation

What is the emotional associations that a word carries, which adds a layer of meaning vs. what is a word’s literal dictionary definition? 

500

Components of style

What is tone, sentences, and vocabulary?

500

Checks and Balances

What is the belief that the power of government should be divided among the three branches of government—the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?

500

Counter-claim

What is a claim made to rebut a previous claim?

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