Argumentative Essay
a type of writing that presents a clear stance on a debatable topic and supports it with evidence and reasoning.
What is an argumentative essay?
analyzes the similarities and differences between two or more subjects, such as texts, events, or concepts
What is a comparative essay?
Informal or Formal:
Apply for a job.
What is formal?
The meaning of three lines under a lower case letter.
What is it needs to be capitalized?
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
a credible or believable source. Some questions to evaluate credibility might be: Is the author a respected authority on the subject? Does the author support opinions with strong argumentation and reasoning? How current is the information?
What is a reliable source?
The first page of an essay which includes: the title, author, Class/ Period, and Date
What is a title page?
Formal or Informal:
"I was like super annoyed."
What is informal?
¶ indicates that...
What is new paragraph or indent?
A direct comparison.
What is a metaphor?
a logical guess made by connecting bits of information
What is Inference?
the intended group for a message, regardless of the medium
Who is the audience?
A paragraph of a topic that the writer is wanting to write about in their essay.
What is a proposal?
a horizontal line through the word or phrase, often with a loop or bracket around it
What is 'take-out'?
A comparison using like or as
What is a Simile?
The format for this citation is called:
Hasbrouck, Lucy.11,December,2024 “Homework Should Be Banned. Beaver Tales; casdbeavertales.org/27570/opinion/homework-should-be-banned/#:~:text=A%20study%20 from%20 Stanford%20University,allow%20this%20to%20 truly%20 decompress/.
What is APA formatting?
to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.
What is to summarize?
Written on a presentation, and is not intended to be read verbatim by the presenter.
What is informal writing?
What is 'insert period'?
Name the literary device:
"The wind whipped the trees."
What is personification?
a refutation or contradiction in a debate.
What is a rebuttal?
According to Aristotle, there are three fundamental appeals to convince a person: reason (logos), ethics (ethos), and emotion (pathos).
What are rhetorical devices?
a type of essay that investigates a topic, problem, or idea in a non-conclusive way, focusing on the process of inquiry and exploration rather than presenting a definitive argument or solution.
What is an exploratory essay?
The letters W.O. written above an abbreviation or contraction mean...
What is write out?
Combining contradictory terms for poetic effect.
What is an oxymoron?