Profile Assignment Requirements
The amount of points the reflection is worth.
10 pts
The diagram used to show how to shape introductory paragraphs, going from a broad statement to the thesis.
Inverted triangle (or pyramid)
Memoirs are similar to...
narratives.
A group of people, united by a common interest or purpose, who all share a unique way of speaking and writing.
Discourse community
The reason you write.
Purpose
The two multimodal options for this assignment.
Audio and video
The two approaches to writing.
Persuasive and informative.
The word "memoir" shares a root word with the term...
"memory".
A form of language specific to a group or particular region.
Dialect
The acronym AAVE or AAE stands for..
African American Vernacular English
or
African American English
The overall amount of points for the Profile Project
100 pts
The last step in the writing process.
Editing/revision.
What was the name of the memoir we read.
Hint: It was also a blockbuster film with Michael B. Jordan.
Just Mercy.
A level of language determined by the level of formality or social context, and dictated by vocabulary and communicative purpose.
Hint: We talked about this and dialect at the same time.
Register.
The circumstances or event you write for in your projects.
Hint: You are given these situations in your assignment prompts and they include their own bolded subheading.
Rhetorical situation.
The three outcomes specifically included in this assignment.
Hint: They are included in the discussion board due tonight.
B, D, and E
The three Greek terms used in composition to help support/make arguments.
Ethos, pathos, logos.
The missing component that cost the majority of students a perfect grade in the Memoir Project.
Reflection
Discrimination based on how people speak, which can include their dialect or accent.
Language discrimination.
The outdated and offensive term that was previously used instead of "speech disorder".
Speech impediment.
The amount of questions you must consider in your reflections.
7
The thesis formula I gave you in Week 1 of class.
Although _____, a, b, and c show that (something that contradicts your previous statement).
Test your memory. Name or describe the story you read in groups that I gave as examples of a memoir or narrative.
The Passion
Bad Indians
Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
The Turquoise Ledge
What are creole languages derived from?
Pidgins
Related to language discrimination, but refers to an ableist form of discrimination in terms of people's ability to speak like speech disorders, blindness, deafness, etc.
Hint: The first word in this term also means the scientific study of language.
Linguistic discrimination.