Unit 1
Tenacity
quality of being determined or of holding fast
Exacerbate
to make more severe; to intensify
Succinct
expressed without unnecessary words; brief and compact
Encroach
to advance or intrude beyond set limits
Misnomer
an incorrect term used to describe or designate something
Cental Ideas
A central idea is a main message or truth to a text.
Rhetoric and Purpose
Rhetoric is another name for the art of persuasion
Evaluating Sources
When reading sources or using sources for research, you need to determine if a source itself is appropriate to the task or topic
How to Determine Themes
The theme of a text can be determined from the text’s topic
What is reasons when it comes to writing
Reasons are the explicitly relevant ideas that an author uses to support their claim
Why is textual evidence important?
Whether you’re analyzing a text or trying to persuade your audience, you can make your points much more credible if you present textual evidence as support.
Research Question, Task, and Purpose
Remember that a research question directly influences the development of a thesis statement
Revising for Style
Revise your completed essay for style. Examine the overall tone, sentence variety, syntax, and word choice, and make your revisions as needed
What is an audience?
When you are writing an argument essay, you must first analyze your audience—whether you are writing for your instructor and classmates or for a more general audience
Items Not to Include in an Argumentive Essay
first-person pronouns like I and you, any sort of slang
What is evidence?
The information that authors provide as support or proof for their opinions, claims, or central ideas is evidence
Style and Content
The style of an informational text refers to how it is written. An author’s style, the way an author writes, is what makes a writer unique
Organizational Text Structures
The term text structure refers to how information is structured, or organized, overall in a text
Allusion
An allusion is an indirect reference to a person, object, event, or literary work that is widely recognized
Types of and Purposes for Seminal US Texts
A seminal United States text is a foundational document that provides readers with information that has some kind of historical impact or significance regarding the formation and development of the United States
Relevance, Sufficiency, and Validity in Evidence
As you examine evidence in a text, consider its relevance, sufficiency, and validity in relation to its central ideas.
Evaluating Sources and Evidence
Once you have developed your thesis statement and outline and after considering what information you need, you can begin evaluating sources and evidence
Editing and Proofreading
The final editing stage of the writing process focuses on English language conventions: grammar, usage, punctuation, and spelling
Turning a Claim into a Thesis Statement
It must be a statement that can prompt disagreement
What is a tone in an argumentive essay?
No matter who the audience is, the argument essay must have an objective tone