Unit 1
A word that means extremely difficult to achieve.
What is arduous?
The state of being isolated or withdrawn.
What is alienation?
The state of currently occupying an office.
What does incumbency mean?
To advance or intrude beyond set limits.
What does encroach mean?
A state of lawlessness and absence of government.
What does anarchy mean?
This is specific information found within a reading that is used to support claims and analysis of that text.
What is textual evidence?
A platform for creating a relationship among three key components: the message, the writer/speaker, and the audience.
What is the rhetorical triangle?
Chronological and sequential order are both _____.
What are some common text structures?
Determining a ______ from a topic involves the usage on contextual clues.
What is a theme?
The primary statement that is to be proved through the presentation of an argument.
What is a claim?
A concise and objective paragraph written to _____ an essay.
What is summarizing?
Freewriting, listing, and mapping are all ways to _____.
What are three ways to brainstorm an idea?
This should always be in an introduction paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
Writing that emphasizes focus on claims, facts and logic.
What is an argumentative essay?
These should never be included in an academic paper.
What are personal pronouns?
What the essay/paper is trying to portray to its auidence.
How do you determine central ideas?
Syntax, diction, tone, and voice are all _____.
What are the stylistic elements of a text?
By determining is a source is accurate, relevant, and credible, you are _____ it.
How do you evaluate a source?
This goes against a paper's topic to provide more emphasis and bring more attention.
What is an antithesis?
A foundational document that provides readers with information that has some kind of historical impact or significance regarding the formation and development of the United States.
What is a seminal United States text?
Using only the explicit facts, someone writes one of these as a sort of review as a paper/essay.
How do you write an objective summary?
Creating a bulleted list that has all the required pieces of an essay, including an introduction, conclusion, and three main points.
How do you write an outline?
This should always start an essay.
What is a hook?
An expert opinion on a specific topic.
What is testimony?
Never add anymore information to this.
What is a conclusion?