Unit 1
What does arduous mean?
Extremely difficult to achieve.
What does autonomy mean?
state of being able to make personal choices and act on them.
What does incumbency mean?
State of currently occupying an office
What does candor mean?
frankness or honesty
What does veracity mean?
truthfulness or accuracy
What is a central idea?
A key point the author wants you to remember.
What is rhetoric?
the art of persuasion
What are structural elements?
Include sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and sections
What is an allusion?
an indirect reference to a person, object, event, or literary work that is widely recognized.
What are the four types of reasoning in an argument?
inductive, deductive, analogical, and causal.
What are the important factors to recognize when writing?
Task, purpose and audience
What are three brainstorming techniques?
Free writing, idea mapping and listing
What is the first sentence of an introductory paragraph?
The hook
What is developed from a claim?
Thesis statement
How many counterclaims should you have in an argumentative essay?
At least 1
What structure does this sentence follow? - If you dont know how to cook, you can look up videos and/or instructions on the internet.
Problem-solution
How can you fix this sentence? - I love playing sports, eating food, and getting to take naps.
I love playing sports, eating food, and taking naps.
If an author is persuading through emotional connection they are using...?
Appeal to ethos
What does syntax do?
help authors express their arguments, create drama, change pace or structure complicated ideas.
What element in the chain of legal reasoning involves the question of whether an actual rule, or law, was violated?
Issue
What should you avoid when writing a formal objective summary ?
Slang, opinions and any bias.
How do you evaluate sources?
Make sure sources are recent, relevant to the topic, unbiased and sufficient.
What should a conclusion do?
briefly summarize main ideas, restate the thesis statement, connect back to the introduction, include a call to action if applicable.
What are the three parts to a counterclaim paragraph?
Counterclaim, evidence, rebuttal.
What not to include in a conclusion
new information or any new claims.