Vocab Round 1
A belief that certain events or practices have supernatural powers without reliable evidence.
What is superstition?
Treating people fairly and recognising that everyone deserves the same basic rights and respect.
What is equality?
The separation of people into different groups, particularly on the basis of race.
What is segregation?
The time and place in which a text's events occur.
What is setting?
The act of identifying similarities between two texts.
What is comparison?
The act of accepting something as true without sufficient evidence or questioning.
What is blind acceptance?
Information, awareness or understanding gained through learning and experience.
What is knowledge?
The unfair assumption that a person has certain qualities because they belong to a particular group.
What is prejudice?
The writer's or speaker's attitude towards a subject.
What is tone?
The act of identifying differences between two texts.
What is contrast?
The atmosphere or feeling that a reader experiences when engaging with a text.
What is mood?
The act of questioning or opposing an established belief, practice or system.
What is challenging?
A system in which unfair racial treatment is embedded in an organisation's policies and practices.
What is institutional racism?
A tone that expresses deep sadness about suffering, loss or hardship.
What is a somber tone?
A specific detail or quotation from a text used to support an argument.
What is evidence?
The use of new ideas, methods or devices to solve problems.
What is innovation?
The ability to recover, adapt or continue despite difficulties.
What is resilience?
The segregated facilities in Hidden Figures ______ the racial inequalities within NASA.
What is expose?
A tone that expresses strong anger or disapproval towards injustice.
What is an indignant tone?
A statement that presents the main argument of an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
The process of questioning information, evaluating evidence and making reasoned judgements.
What is critical thinking?
The removal of unfair barriers so that people have fair access to opportunities and resources.
What is equity?
The act of treating someone as less important or denying them opportunities because of their identity.
What is marginalisation?
A tone that questions the truth or validity of established beliefs.
What is a sceptical tone?
A sentence that connects an analytical point to the wider argument or central idea of an essay.
What is a link?