Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
Examples
Vocab Again
100
Evidence based on personal accounts of incidents
What is anecdotal evidence?
100
A reference made to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work
What is allusion?
100
An admission in an argument that the opposing side has valid points
What is concession?
100
"You may go to the movies if you are home by curfew," answered Mom.
What is direct dialogue?
100
An admission in an argument that the opposing side has valid points
What is concession?
200
Evidence based on experiences and direct observation through research
What is empirical evidence?
200
Evidence based on facts and a clear rationale
What is logical evidence?
200
The reasoning used to disprove an opposing point
What is refutation?
200
My mom said that I could go to the movies if I am home by curfew.
What is indirect dialogue?
200
The reasoning used to disprove an opposing point
What is refutation?
300
The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence; the way in which words are put together to make meaningful elements such as phrases, clauses, and sentences
What is syntax?
300
The act of combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea
What is synthesis?
300
The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of two or more clauses or lines
What is anaphora?
300
He screamed, she cried, they whispered
What is dialogue tag?
300
The voice assumed by a writer to express ideas or beliefs that may not be his or her own
What is persona?
400
The words spoken by characters in a narrative or film
What is direct dialogue?
400
Dialogue filtered through another character
What is indirect dialogue?
400
The phrases that attribute a quotation to the speaker, for example, she said or he bellowed
What is dialogue tags?
400
Just like the star crossed lovers in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
What is an allusion?
400
A false or misleading argument
What is fallacy?
500
A false or misleading argument
What is fallacy?
500
The voice assumed by a writer to express ideas or beliefs that may not be his or her own
What is persona?
500
The speed at which a narrative moves
What is narrative pacing?
500
It is my experience that most students who study do well on the mid-term test.
What is anecdotal evidence?
500
The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of two or more clauses or lines
What is anaphora?
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