Unit 1
To persuade into erroneous thinking
Delude
To make more severe
Exacerbate
State of currently occupying an office
Incumbency
To advance or intrude beyond set limits
Encroach
Protection against loss or damage
Indemnity
How should you analyze a complex test?
First, identify the central idea(s), then identify the evidence.
A platform for creating a relationship among three key components: the message, the author, and the audience
Rhetorical triangle
The author takes one item or object and covers all the points of comparison and contrast for that topic.
Block organization
Rhetorical feature of placing extreme opposites in close proximity.
Antithesis
Claim, reasons, evidence, anticipated counterclaim (or rebuttal), and warrant (or backing) are the components of the _____.
Toulmin Model of Argument
An objective summary must have what?
An objective and format style, and more generalized information.
What is a concise type of paradox in which seemingly contradictory words or phrases actually state a truth?
Oxymoron
An error in which independent clauses are joined together with only a comma between them
Comma splice
Is also called word choice; shows the author’s purpose in a small way
Diction
Predicting the response of someone who disagrees with the author's ideas is called?
Rebuttal
Read the excerpt from “Virtual Reality Gets Real.”
I recently spoke with scientists, psychologists, engineers, and developers about the possibilities for this emerging field. Where might it eventually take us—and will that be somewhere we want to go?
What conflict of ideas is implied in this passage?
That virtual reality might create unforeseen consequences.
Two independent clauses with at least one dependent clause
Compound-complex
Are located at the top of the page to indicate the starting and ending words on a specific page
Guide Words
From "Lincon's Second Inaugural Address"
The sentence "All dreaded it, all sought to avert it" is an example of _____.
Parallelism
Words like “given that,” “since,” “because,” and “assuming that” are examples of
Indicator words
The intended audience of a text determines what?
The use of jargon and precise language, or lack thereof
Authors use ___ to show instead of tell parts of their message
Imagery
Is this a run-on sentence?
"Dinner parties at my cousins’ home are always elegant affairs; they serve gourmet meals on fine china in their formal dining room".
No
Real-life examples, testimonies, anecdotes, facts, and statistics, you look for this evidence in?
Reputable, relevant, and credible published sources.
____ can indicate “connectedness” in a series of modifiers that might otherwise be confusing
Hyphens