quality of being determined or of holding fast
What is Tenacity?
state of currently occupying an office
What is incumbency?
in an intense or deeply felt manner
What is fervently?
protection against loss or damage
What is indemnity
state of being able to make personal choices and act on them
What is autonomy?
a text refers to printed, visual, auditory, digital, and multimedia texts that complement each standards-based
What is complex text?
A writer uses ________ structure to analyze an event or situation.
What is cause and effect structure?
it invites you to add a touch of your own perspective to these celebrated documents.
What is analyzing themes?
An argument is a logical approach to persuasion and rhetoric. It uses logos, rather than pathos or ethos.
What are the elements of an argument?
questions raised to make a point, rather than to prompt actual answers. Rhetorical questions can be used to create a sense of drama and urgency in the audience or to evoke emotions such as joy, anger, compassion, and sadness.
What are rhetorical questions?
in a text, consider its relevance, sufficiency, and validity in relation to its central ideas.
What is Validity in Evidence?
parts of a text that highlight or emphasize important content. They help to organize content and guide readers to main ideas.
What is formating features?
state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
What is a claim?
the first sentence or first few sentences of the introduction are the “hook” that engages your audience.
What is an attention grabber?
write continuously about whatever comes to mind regarding possible topics for your paper. Let your mind wander, and allow one thought to lead to another. Do not stop and edit your work, do not stop and think about what you are writing, and do not worry about grammar.
What is freewriting?
The information that authors provide as support or proof for their opinions, claims, or central ideas.
What is evidence?
One of the sources could describe a topic in detail using just text, while another source describes the same
What is comparing information?
sometimes referred to as rhetorical techniques or rhetorical devices—to strengthen their arguments.
What are rhetorical features?
A court’s legal decision must always be based on reasoning. Courts have established a formal process and system of reasoning commonly called the...
What is legal reasoning?
refers to specialized terms that relate to industrial, mechanical, scientific, medical, financial, and high-tech professional fields.
What is a technical vocabulary?
A detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.
Using a combination of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences can make your writing flow well and keep readers’ interest.
What is sentence variety?
they are claims that run counter—or in the opposite direction—to your stated position on the issue.
What are counterclaims?
Distracted driving, or any activity that diverts the driver’s attention and endangers the driver, passenger, and other drivers, includes the following activities: texting, eating, talking, grooming, reading maps, and using navigation systems.
What is an objective tone?
Skimming, scanning, paraphrasing, summarizing, using direct quotations, organizing is all part of...
What is efficient note-taking?