Analyze Craft & Structure 1
What is the difference between direct characterization and indirect characterization?
Direct is where the author tells the reader what a person is like.
Indirect is where the reader needs to use inferences to figure out a person's personality.
What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
A fact is something that can be proved.
An opinion is a person's judgment or belief.
What is the difference between a noun and a pronoun?
A noun is used to name a person, place, or thing.
A pronoun is used to replace a noun in a sentence.
What is an independent clause?
A complete thought. Can stand by itself as a sentence.
The Old English suffix -ful means _________ or ________. Answer one of them.
"full of" or "having qualities of"
Is the following sentence an example of Direct or Indirect Characterization?
Everyone gathered around Gene has he told jokes and received a response of laughter and joy.
Indirect Characterization
What is the word that fits this definition: "In an argument the author makes a statement of a specific position, which is also known as a..."
Claim
Name three possessive pronouns.
My, your, its, their, his, her
Is the following clause a dependent clause or independent clause?
Because we procrastinate
Independent Clause
This Latin root means "law" or "fair and right"
-just-
What are the two logical fallacies we talked about in class?
Overgeneralization and Slippery Slope
Which logical fallacies does the below statement use?
Ben never comes to class on time.
Overgeneralization
Combine the two sentences to make a compound sentence.
The author opposes the new law.
Many people support it.
The author opposes the new law, but many people support it.
Fix the sentence to make it parallel.
Dress codes are less restrictive, less costly, and are not a controversial system.
Dress codes are less restrictive, less costly, and less controversial
Knowing that the Latin prefix ex- means "out" or "out from within", what is the definition of exhale?
To breathe out.
What is bias?
An unfair preference either for or against an idea, person, or group.
What is the difference between connotations and denotations?
A connotation is the positive or negative association towards a word.
A denotation is a word's dictionary definition.
Another name for a dependent clause is a...
Subordinate clause
What sentence structure does the following sentence use?
The author opposes the new law, which bans sales of large-size sweet drinks.
Complex Sentence
If I want to write a word that shows that communication was wrong, what prefix do I need to add to the beginning of "communication"?
Mis-
What are the five sensory details?
1. Sight
2. Hearing
3. Taste
4. Smell
5. Touch
Which persuasive technique the the following argument use?
According to the television repair man, you should unplug all your tvs before leaving for a trip.
Appeal to Authority
What are the three parts of speech that an adverb modifies?
1. A verb
2. An adjective
3. Another adverb
What are the three kinds of dependent clauses?
1. Adverb Clause
2. Relative Clause (Adjective Clause)
3. Noun Clause
The suffix -ly is used to change a _________ into an __________.
Adjective into an adverb.