The English Language
A word that indicates a person, place, or thing.
noun
The context of a rhetorical act, made up of six elements: speaker, subject, audience, medium, exigence, and purpose.
rhetorical situation
One letter only: A discrete rhetorical device, such as parallel structure, staccato sentences, repetition, metaphor, sensory details, language that verbs noun, and more.
Data that are not impacted by personal feelings or biases, often because they are directly observable or can be measured and quantified.
objective data
This is the maximum number of multiple choice questions you could be asked to answer.
55
a part of speech that connects any other two elements of the same part of speech. In English, "and" is the most common one of these to join nouns or entire sentences.
conjunction
the use of humor, ridicule, irony or exaggeration to make fun of, expose, and/or criticize the actions of a person or organization. The user of this rhetorical device is trying to convince their primary audience to take corrective action.
satire
The first sentence(s) of an essay introduction that present(s) a story relevant to the essay's central thesis and that helps the writer to introduce context and exigence.
anecdote hook
Reasoning that attacks a person's moral character or personal attributes in order to discredit their argument.
ad hominem
This kind of essay is Section II Question 2.
Rhetorical Analysis
A catch-all term in linguistics for articles and adjectives that appear directly before nouns and show either relationships between specific nouns or help to indicate the number, gender, or reference (which one?) of nouns. In English, these generally do not indicate grammatical gender. The most common examples in English are "the", "a", "an," "some," "this", "that", and possessives like "my", "your", and "his."
determiner
a change in mood, tone, or style, often sudden, in a text.
shift
one letter only: The local effect of a discrete rhetorical device in a rhetorical act. Often captured by rhetorical appeals—ethos, pathos, and logos—or by a rhetorical mode.
Y
Reasoning that makes a sweeping statement without considering all the facts or all the possible cases.
hasty generalization
This is the total number of minutes you will have to write all three essays
135
A sentence where the main idea appears at the beginning, and then details "accumulate" in the sentence after the main idea is already expressed.
cumulative sentence
a rhetorical mode in which an author furthers an argument by walking a reader or listener through the steps of completing a project or product.
process analysis
An argumentative essay thesis statement that presents a main claim or perspective, but does not indicate the evidence pieces or reasons for making that claim that would correspond to the body paragraphs. Ideal for an essay that develops thematically as opposed to providing and defending evidence and reasons.
open thesis statement
A syllogism that is condensed into one sentence, often leaving out one of the premises.
enthymeme
Consider the maximum number of sources a Synthesis essay could have, based on past tests. What would be the letter of that source?
H
Another word for "Old English," this hyphenated Germanic language spoken from the 5th to the 11th centuries in the British Isles forms the grammatical and syntatic basis of modern English.
Anglo-Saxon
The apparent attitude of the author on a particular subject. Also, the pitch inflection of a speaker's voice that reflects his/her/* attitude toward a person, place, idea, or action.
tone
An argumentative essay thesis statement that directly presents pieces of evidence, which each correspond to a body paragraph in the essay, that support an overall perspective.
evidence-based thesis statement
the cherry-picking of evidence (such as data) from a source to support one's argument, often in a way that ignores or misrepresents the larger idea, meaning, or purpose of the source; the seeking of a source or a pattern to fit a presumption.
Texas sharpshooter
According to the five-step synthesis writing process Mr. Reardon taught everyone earlier this semester, this is the step number that involves writing a thesis statement.