Informational Writing
What is the purpose of Informational writing?
To inform
What is the author's purpose in Argument writing?
To persuade.
Name the three main rhetorical appeals
ethos, pathos, logos
A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
What room number is this?
609
What is a "good" question?
Something that can be answered with more than a simple yes/no. Something more thought provoking.
True or False: Argument writing is just yelling on paper.
False
In any paper where you have used outside sources, you will need one of these at the end, citing your sources.
Work(s) Cited page
Reusing a word or phrase to emphasize its importance.
Repetition
What strange item do I collect in my classroom?
Road reflectors
True or false: You are NOT allowed to include your own opinion in informational writing.
True.
True or false: The best arguments are led by emotions.
False
What is a thesis statement?
A topic sentence; what your essay is about.
An indirect reference to something else (usually a famous work of literature).
Allusion
twenty one pilots
What should you use in your writing to show facts/information?
Evidence
What do you need to use and cite in an Argument Essay?
Both/All articles provided.
What 2 things does a summary include?
The central idea of the text and key details from the text.
Two or more phrases with identical or similar constructions.
Example: "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
People walking slow in front of me!!!
What is the difference between a claim and a thesis? How is their purpose different?
Thesis= Informational
Claim=Argument.
A Thesis is the topic sentence or main idea of the essay and a Claim is the opinion that the author has on the topic of the essay.
What is a counterclaim
Acknowledging what the "other side" might say and arguing against it with evidence and logic.
Where would the in-text citation go? And what would it consist of?
According to the text, "Gatsby believed in the green light".
Author and page number
According to the text, "Gatsby believed in the green light" (Fitzgerald 105).
Opposing ideas in parallel structure.
Example: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Antithesis
What member of One Director was my favorite?
Louis Tomlinson