WRITING
READING
PERSUASION
VOCABULARY
VIETNAM
100
The basic unit of writing consisting of 8 sentences.
What is a paragraph?
100
A basic purpose of reading the first time
What is comprehension?
100
The thesis of a persuasive paper
What is the claim?
100
accentuate
What is to emphasize or to stress?
100
The United States fought against North Vietnam to stop the spread of this.
What is Communism?
200
The main idea of a composition, usually found as the last sentence of an introduction paragraph
What is a thesis statement?
200
Good readers make these in the margins or on another piece of paper.
What is annotations?
200
When the author wants to make the reader think about the reasons he uses these.
What are appeals to reason?
200
adept
What is skilled, able, or expert?
200
Kenneth Bagby refers to this fact of war in his letter to his parents.
What is Death of people?
300
Has a main idea and a controlling idea and sometimes echoes the thesis statement.
What is a topic sentence?
300
This has important quotes and these quotes written in the students own words.
What is a double entry journal?
300
If not reason, what else might an author appeal to?
What is the reader's emotions?
300
allure
What is attraction, charm, or charisma?
300
According to "The War Escalates," the incident in this gulf led to America's deeper involvement in the War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
400
An important step in the writing process that allows you to make adjustments and corrections to a rough draft.
What is revision?
400
This is like a double entry journal but includes a third column to explain what this means.
What is a Say, Mean, Matter journal?
400
This is located in the conclusion of a persuasive essay.
What is the call to action?
400
allay
What is to ease, or to alleviate?
400
Who raises questions about racial injustices in the United States in contrast to the expectations and demands in Vietnam?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
500
Some examples of this include webs, free writing, clusters, and outlines.
What is pre writing?
500
This is why we read a text multiple times.
What is because we read for multiple purposes?
500
These words have added meaning that make you feel positive or negative.
What are loaded words?
500
affront
What is to insult or to offend?
500
Martin Luther King Jr. tells African Americans that this is the only path to create change in racial relations in the United States.
What is non violent protest?
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