Unit 1
An overarching message or truth that is specific to a text
What is a central idea
Another name for the art of persuasion
What is rhetoric
Elements that help readers comprehend the main idea
What is structural elements
A writers beliefs or values that create the implied connection between the claim and your because statements
What is warrant or assumption
No matter who the audience is, an argument essay must have this
What is objective tone
Three things to evaluate when writing an essay
What is relevance, sufficiency, and validity
These are developed one you have a topic for your writing
What is focus and scope
Parts of the rhetorical triangle
What is message, audience, writer/speaker
Types of evidence to consider
What is example, opinion, anecdotes, data
Restatement of the thesis and additional closure elements
What is requirements of the conclusion
Three ways to place evidence in a text
What is quotations, paraphrases, and summaries
Three ways to generate ideas
What is Free writing, Listing, idea mapping
Casual style, informal style, formal style
What is types of syntax
When writing an argument, two things you should focus on
What is presenting your claim and presenting the opposition to the claim
First person pronouns and any sort of slang
What is things you should not include in an argument essay
Three important factors for readers and writers
What is task, purpose, audience
Explains or clarifies one item in terms of another on a non-literal level
What is figurative language
Types of syntax errors
What is comma splice, run on sentences, and sentence fragments
You can divide vocabulary into these three categories
What is basic, general academic, and domain-specific
Simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
What is the 4 categories of sentence types
Specific information that is used to support claims and analysis of that text
What is textual evidence
Typically comes at the end of an introductory paragraph
What is a thesis statement
Things to determine when evaluating sources for writing
What is accuracy, relevance, and credibility
These are the rhetorical features
What is allusion, antithesis, diction, irony, parallelism, and syntax
The 5 primary components of the Toulmin model of argument
What is claim, reasons, evidence, rebuttal and backing