Unit 1
To persuade into erroneous thinking
What is Delude
State of being able to make personal choices and act on them
What is Autonomy
Basic framework of a system or organization
What is infrastructure
In an intense or deeply felt manner
What is fervently
A state of lawlessness and absence of government
What is anarchy
Overarching message or truth that is specific to a text
What is central idea
Art of persuasion
What is rhetoric
Terms specific to a content area or sphere of activity or knowledge
What is domain-specific vocabulary
Words and phrases that leave some room for the other side of the argument
What is qualifiers
Primary statement that is proved through the presentation of an argument
What is claim
Can be used as evidence to support or help explain a central idea
What is key details
Use of words to communicate ideas beyond the words' literal meaning
What is figurative language
The act of looking for key terms in a text
What is skimming
Combination of letters added to the beginning of a word, resulting a related word with a different meaning
What is prefix
Explicitly relevant ideas that authors use to support their claims
What is reasons
Information within a text that can help readers to infer the meanings of unknown words
What is context clue
An indirect reference to a person, object, historical event, or literary work that the audience is familiar with
What is allusion
To arrange events in the order in which they occurred over time
What is chronological structure
Combination of letters occurring at the end of a word, creating a derivative word
What is suffix
Last sentence in the introduction paragraph that prepares the audience for the body paragraphs
What is thesis statement
Similarities and differences between 2 or more items, ideas, concepts, places, persons, or events and emphasizes superiority of one over others
What is comparison and contrast
Informational text refers to how it was written
What is style
How clearly the author makes a point or claim
What is clarity
Author states the opposite of his or her actual argument
What is irony
Consists of 2 or more independent clauses and no dependent clauses
What is compound sentence