Vocab I
(n.) a strong dislike, hostile feeling
What is antipathy?
(adj.) urgent, critical
What is exigent?
Read the following passage and identify the central argument of this passage is this.
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The upper classes lack the understanding and commitment to marriage that the lower classes possess. Societal order depends on the upper classes learning from the lower classes' approach to marriage.
This strategy involves crossing out obviously incorrect answers to narrow down the options and improve the chance of selecting the correct one.
What is the process of elimination?
What is a werewolf?
(adj.) intellectually convincing
What is cogent?
(v.) to criticize openly
What is decry?
Correctly identify the rhetorical appeals used in this passage?
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Ethos=status as part of the upper class Pathos=sympathy for those caught in the upper-class lifestyle
Logos=not much but the logical reasoning of contrasting the management of affairs in both classes
This strategy involves marking/commenting/noting the main topics of a passage to guide you in selecting more informed answers on MCQs
What is annotating?
This New Hampshire city holds the Guinness World Record for the most lit jack-o'-lanterns displayed in one place.
What is Keene?
(adj.) rambling, lacking order
What is discursive?
(adj.) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities; marked by rude or peremptory shortness
What is brusque?
Identify the term used for a writer's word choice and analyze this term in the passage.
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Formal and ironic via “great importance,” “lower orders,” and “upper echelons of society.” The use of terms like "lax," "commitment," and "sacred duty" reveals a critical perspective on societal norms and the perceived differences between social classes.
This strategy involves recording a second guess answer on the page to acknowledge the distractor, the appealing but incorrect answer, better know as this.
What is "dirty candy?"
This actress played Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's 1978 film “Halloween."
Who is Jaime Lee Curtis?
(adj.) (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.
What is acerbic?
(n.) keen insight
What is acumen?
Identify the term for the author's attitude towards the subject. Correctly examine this term in the passage.
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Tone
Sarcastic/ironic through exaggeration
This writing strategy encourages you to identify and address these, thereby strengthening your overall argument by recognizing and refuting distractors.
What is acknowledging counterarguments?
This ancient Greek goddess of witchcraft, crossroads, and ghosts was often honored with offerings at night.
Who is Hecate?
(n.) readiness to believe
What is credulity?
(adj.) loathsome, detestable
What is execrable?
Identify the term used for the varying structures of sentences, and analyze this term's choices in the passage.
What is syntax?
A mix of complex and compound sentences contribute to the rhythm.
Rhetorical question
Juxtaposition
Parallelism-"of commitment, of fidelity, and of creating a stable environment for their families"
SPACE CATs stands for this.
What is Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence--Choices, Appeals, Tone, (Shifts)
This 1922 silent film adaptation of Dracula featured a vampire named Count Orlok and was so close to Bram Stoker's novel that Stoker's estate sued the filmmakers.
What is Nosferatu?