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What is a claim?

What is a writer's position on an issue or problem?

100

What is a direct quote?

What is the exact words of an author or speaker, placed inside quotation marks?

100

What is ethos?

What is the use of ethics?

100

What is a noun?

What is a person, place, thing, or idea?

100

What is an essay?

What is a work of non-fiction that deals with a single topic?

200

What does it mean to paraphrase?

What is pitting an author's idea into your own words while still fiving the author credit?

200

What is a transition?

What is a word or phrase that bridges ideas?

200

What is logos?

What is the use of logic?

200

What is a pronoun?

What is a word that replaces a noun in a sentence?

200

What is evidence?

What are specific pieces of information that supports (e.g. facts, quotes, or statistics)?

300

What is a source?

What is a book, statement, or person that supplied information?

300

What does it meant to cite something?

What is to refer a statement from an expert or authority as an example?

300

What is pathos?

What is the use of emotions?

300

What is a verb?

What is "shows action in a sentence"?

300

What is a claim?

What is a writer's position on a issue or a problem?

400

What is plagiarism? 

What is the taking of someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own?

400

What is an argument?

What is a text that takes a side about an issue or problem and supports it with reasoning and evidence?

400

What is the definition for the word inference?

What is making an educated guess using textual evidence and prior knowledge?

400

What is an adjective?

What is a word that describes nouns and other adjectives?

400

What is a counter claim?

What is an opposing position to a claim? 

500

What is elaborate?

What is adding detail or expanding on an idea or thought?

500

What is an informative text?

What is a text that provides information about a particular fact or circumstance?

500

What is the definion for the word characterization?

What is the act of creating and developing a character?

500

What is an adverb?

What is a word that describes verbs?

500

What is goal of this Jeopardy game?

What is to pass your ELA test today?

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