Vocabulary, colloquial
Grammar
Class texts
Class concepts
Vocabulary, academic
100
Word used to describe a poor, potential high-crime neighborhood. Rodriguez uses it to describe the classroom he's teaching in.
What is ghetto
100
A sentence that isn't a complete thought and can't stand on its own
What is a fragment
100
Anzaldua defends this group of people, which she is proud to be a part of.
What is Chicano
100
One or two sentences which contain the main idea of your essay, and your specific argument.
What is a thesis statement
100
Knowledge that is gained from experience and observation (adjective)
What is empirical
200
Someone who is not obedient, likes to protest and go against rules (adjective)
What is rebellious
200
A word that is used to qualify a noun
What is Adjective
200
Rodriguez uses this term to describe himself, borrowing it from Hoggart
What is scholarship boy
200
The three elements of an introduction
What is hook, background, thesis
200
To present two things as opposed to each other; to build and either/or alternative
What is dichotomize
300
Another word for saying "broken" (adjective)
What is fractured
300
A sentence that contain multiple independent clauses, which aren't connected to each other, and could stand alone.
What is a run-on
300
Freire explains that the banking concept of education is used to control the way in which ...
What is the world enters the students
300
You need one for each paragraph. It indicates the direction in which the paragraph will be going
What is topic sentence
300
Being the perfect example of something (verb)
What is epitomize
400
You would use this expression if you're feeling a bit sick
What is under the weather
400
A word that is used to qualify a verb and/or an action
What is an adverb
400
Amy Tan considered her book a success because...
What is her mother found it easy to read
400
You need to do these three things every time you use a quote
What is contextualize, give credit, interpret
400
Related to the nature of being (adjective)
What is ontological
500
To grimace, to distort your face, usually as a sign of fear or pain (verb)
What is wince
500
Coordinating conjunctions (name at least 5)
What is and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet
500
Using the example of "nos otros" in Spanish, Anzaldua claims that language is
What is masculine
500
We practiced these for the TOEFL. They involved questions which ask you to deduct something that's implicit, based on the information you have
What is an inference question
500
Something that is in the process of coming into existence (adjective)
What is nascent
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