Vocabulary I
to participate in a competition to practice the fighting skills used by a knight
Joust
deserving respect
Honorable
skill or cleverness that allows someone to create something or solve a problem
Ingenuity
Importance or value
Worth
includes the claim (opinion and three reasons)
What is the thesis statement?
A knight who spent time wandering and searching for adventure and romance
Knight in shining armor
fearless
Bold
to make someone believe something that is not true; trick or fool
Decieve
to clear up or deal with successfully
Resolve
begins with a transition word, claim, and the reason (ex. To begin, Don Quixote's good intentions do not justify his behavior because he interferes in other's business)
What is the topic sentence of a body paragraph?
to think in a sensible and logical way
Reason
to interfere in other people’s business in an unwanted way
Meddle
a type of fabric or cloth with raised designs in gold or silver thread
Brocade
to take or pull back
-Tract
What is the conclusion?
luck
Fortune
shocked or surprised
Dumbfounded
someone or something that is exceedingly idealistic and unrealistic
Quixotic
condition of state of being
-ness
Hook, Background Information, Thesis statement, and a transitional sentence
The four parts of an introduction
great or extreme
Monumental
unreturned; one-sided
Unrequited
very important
Instrumental
not
Claim+Reason+Context+Evidence+Elaboration
The parts of a body paragraph