Unit 1
What does carp Diem mean?
Carp Diem means to enjoy the present.
what does alienation mean?
Alienation means States of being isolated or withdrawn.
what does Succinct mean?
Succinct means briefly and clearly expressed
what does pluralism mean?
Pluralism means a condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority.
what does misnomer mean?
Misnomer means wrong or inaccurate name or designation.
what is the purpose?
The idea that the author is trying to get across.
What is background knowledge?
Relating self-experience to the text.
What is theme?
The main message of the text.
What is highligting?
Highlighting is seeing something you don't know.
What is annotating?
The summarization of paragraphs, seeing cause and effect and highlighting important things.
what is research?
Gathering data before writing.
What is a compound sentence?
A sentence that connects two thoughts.
What is a cluster?
An example of pre-writing activity.
What is proof reading?
Proof reading is what you do after you write your rough draft.
what is planning?
Organizing all your thoughts before writing.
What is pathos?
The author is using emotional langauge.
What is ethos?
The author is trying to convince me.
What is logos?
The author is trying to persuade me by reason.
what is highlighting and looking up?
To help choose what is right.
What is summarizing?
briefly tell what happened in what you read.
What is prewriting?
I have a lot of information and I don't know what to do with it.
who is the audience?
figuring out who I'm writing to.
What is revision?
To look for mistakes in my paper and fix them.
What is a thesaurus?
I found a better word.
What is citing?
I used someone else's words in my paper and now I'm telling where I got them from.