Vocab
Argumentation
Speaking/Listening
Technical Writing
Trimesters 1 and 2
100
Definition: A slight fault, defect, or crack
Flaw
100
What are the three main persuasive techniques used in argumentations.
Logos, pathos, ethos
100
When listening, what should the audience be doing?
**Answers will vary**
100
How many pieces were you supposed to use in your technical writing Lego assignment?
50
100
What was the main character's name in "Out of the Dust"?
Billie Jo
200
Definition: To turn sharply
Swerve
200
What should you do with the oppositions claim in the argument?
Refute
200
What does the C stand for in CLEAR
Clarity
200
What did Ms. Rolstad use as an example of how specific things need to be when technical writing?
PB&J (Or Mustard and Jelly sandwich)
200
What does entrepreneur mean?
(n) a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business
300
Definition: To turn bottom side up
Capsize
300
If you are using a sad story in your argument to persuade the audience, what persuasive technique are you using?
Pathos
300
What does the L stand for in CLEAR?
Language
300
What is the difference between a heading and a subheading?
**Answers will vary**
300
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY** What does ACE stand for?
Answer, cite, explain
400
Definition: a self-contradictory statement that on closer examination proves true; a person or thing with seemingly contradictory qualities.
Paradox
400
If an advertisement contains a celebrity endorsement, what persuasive technique is being used?
Ethos
400
**DOUBLE JEOPARDY** What do the E and A stand for in CLEAR?
Eye contact and animation
400
What is chunking?
When you take a list and organize or chunk it into sections
400
Who is the author of "A Christmas Carol?"
Charles Dickens
500
Definition: Sad, Gloomy or Unhappy
Melancholy
500
If an argument contains facts and statistics, what persuasive technique are you using?
Logos
500
What does the R stand for in CLEAR?
Rehearsal
500
What is the name of Ms. Bray's son who let us borrow his legos?
Brodie
500
What does TPCASTT stand for?
Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Style, Theme, Title
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