Word Of The Day
This word means to strengthen or support an idea.
What is reinforce?
In SOAPST, the letters S (second s) and O stand for these two elements.
What are Speaker and Occasion?
Revision means improving a piece of writing by changing its ideas, organization, or clarity. It is different from this process, which corrects spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
What is editing?
These three persuasive appeals target credibility, emotions, and logic.
What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
Before asking to use the restroom, students must begin their assignment and complete at least this much of their work.
What is one-fourth (or 25%) of the assignment?
This word means the surrounding details that help readers understand a word, statement, or event.
What is context?
In FOCUS, the letters F and C stand for these two steps.
What is focus and relevance, and connections and transistions?
Choose the best transition: “School uniforms can reduce distractions. ___, they may help students focus on learning.” A. However B. For example C. Similarly D. Instead
What is C, similarly?
“According to a district survey, 78% of students said breakfast helped them concentrate.” This is this type of evidence.
What is Emprirical evidence? (statisics)
Unscramble this vocabulary word: NTOCEXT.
What is context?
An author’s specific choice of words is called this.
What is diction?
A student identifies that an article was written for parents who are worried about teenagers’ screen time. The student has identified this SOAPST element.
What is Audience?
Revise this sentence to remove repetition: “The author’s argument is convincing because the author uses convincing evidence.”
What is: “The author’s argument is convincing because she uses strong evidence”?
“Two students were late today, so teenagers are never responsible.” This argument uses this logical fallacy.
What is hasty generalization?
During the Do Now, students should follow this voice-level expectation.
What is working silently?
This word describes writing in which the ideas connect clearly and logically.
What is coherent?
Read the sentence: “Schools should provide free breakfast because hungry students struggle to concentrate.” The author’s main argument is this.
What is schools should provide free breakfast?
After including evidence from a text, a writer should add this to explain how the evidence supports the thesis or claim.
What is commentary or reasoning?
“Either students complete three hours of homework every night, or they do not care about their education.” This argument uses this fallacy.
What is either-or?
this is the passive resistance method Gandhi used in 1947
What is satyagahra?
This word describes a small or subtle difference in meaning, feeling, or expression. (Gray Area)
What is nuance?
Read the sentence: “According to the district’s report, attendance increased by 18% after free breakfast was introduced.” Under FOCUS, a student should use this detail to support the author’s claim.
What is Cite evidence?
Revise the sentence to make the relationship between the ideas clearer: “The author includes statistics. The argument is persuasive.”
What is: “The author makes the argument more persuasive by including statistics”?
A doctor explains that sleep deprivation damages the teenage brain. Identify the appeal and the type of evidence.
Double or nothing!
What are ethos and expert testimony?
This is where Ms. Sykes is from
(Double points for state AND city)
What is Smithfield, North Carolina?