Plot
The point of the greatest suspense or interest.
Climax
Argumentative writing is meant to do what to the reader?
Persuade the reader to have the reader think similarly to the writer.
Who are the main characters in "The Brave Little Toaster"?
Mister Toussaint
LOONY GOONY
How does the author support his claim? What specific type of evidence?
Graphs and charts
The definition of chafe is...
to annoy or bother someone or something
This usually occurs at the beginning of the story. Characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main problem of the story.
Exposition
What is claim?
What the author is arguing.
What do the main character's want in the story?
Mister Toussaint wants to get rid of LOONY GOONY because he is messing with his normal procedures.
LOONY GOONY wants to play pranks/make things hard for Mister Toussaint.
What is the author's claim?
workers will have greater employment opportunities if their occupation undergoes some degree of computer automation
A word that is similar in meaning to another word
The correct order of the plot diagram is . . .
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Effective evidence usually contains which component?
Numbers, percentages, and statistics
What is the setting of "The Brave Little Toaster"?
Mister Toussaint's apartment, train station-- set in the near future
Is this Claim, Reason, or Evidence?
"Moreover, the computers are often more accurate than humans: In one study, software correctly found 95 percent of the relevant documents, while humans identified only 51 percent."
How do you know?
Evidence
Reintegrate means
to come together, as when similar materials are collected for recycling
This part of the story begins to develop the conflicts. A building of suspense or interest occurs.
Rising Action
This is an example of what part of writing argument:
"Moreover, the computers are often more accurate than humans: In one study software correctly found 95 percent of the relevant documents, while humans identified only 51 percent."
Evidence
Which two details from the story convey that “The Brave Little Toaster” belongs to the science fiction genre:
Advances in technology
The element of time travel
A setting on another world
A puzzling situation to solve
Non-humans having human traits
Advances in technology
Non-humans having human traits
Paradox means...
Contradictory statement
Predominantly means...
refers to the most important, obvious, or typical aspects of something
When Woody is introduced to Buzz Lightyear and the two characters do not get along. They are fighting for Andy's playtime.
An opposing view or claim is a statement that shows...
How other people think and prove why the writer's opinion
What is the theme of the story?
Technology can create more problems than it can solve.
yes, some jobs have to be eliminated to computers, however more people will have jobs because they need to manage the computer systems. (Graph on page 42)
The next day, Mister Toussaint came home and discovered that the overflowing rubbish was still sitting in its little bag under the sink.
Sitting