Unit 1: Screen Time
Define: Arduous
Something along the lines of: "Extremely difficult to achieve"
Define: Autonomy
Something along the lines of: "State of being able to make personal choices and act on them"
Define: Incumbency
Something along the lines of: "State of currently occupying an office"
Define: Pluralism
Something along the lines of: "A state of society in which diverse groups participate"
Define: Veracity
Something along the lines of: "Truthfulness or accuracy"
Context Clues: What does "forlorn" mean in the sentence "I sighed as I thought to myself about how the endeavor was forlorn as soon as I saw how long it would take."
Something along the lines of: "unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled; hopeless"
What type of language do idiom, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, allusion, paradox, oxymoron, and imagery fall under.
Figurative Language
What is chronological order?
When events are arranged in the order in which they occurred over time.
What do the words unilateral, disassemble, and polysyllabic all have in common?
They all contain prefixes.
What are the four categories of sentences?
Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.
What is the proof for opinions, claims, and central ideas collectively known as?
Evidence
How are concrete and abstract word choice different?
Concrete word choice is serious and literal while abstract word choice is descriptive and colorful and relies on figurative language.
Why are formatting features and graphic aids important for readers?
They both guide the readers attention and help them focus on important information or ideas and helps them retain information specifically deemed as important.
What are the three categories of vocabulary?
Basic, academic, and domain-specific vocabulary.
What are the four main elements of works of public advocacy?
Purpose, task, audience, and themes.
What single element do objective tone and formal style primarily have in common?
They are both impartial.
Between popular informational websites and websites like Wikipedia, why are websites such as Wikipedia not viable as a credible source.
While both popular informational websites and websites like Wikipedia can be quickly updated to showcase new information, Wikipedia can be updated by just about any noncredible person instantly.
What are the rhetorical appeals?
Appeal to ethos, logos, pathos, and kairos.
Define: Jargon
Words that apply only in a specific field or area of expertise and are often used as shortcuts to express concepts readily known to experts in that area.
Presidential/political speeches, US court and Supreme Court cases, US foundational documents, and presidential/political letters.
What three criteria are important for evaluating evidence?
Relevance, sufficiency, and validity.
Define: Compound-Complex
Two independent clauses with at least one dependent clause
What three secondary pieces of information are given alongside a definition?
Part of speech, pronunciation, and etymology.
What are the seven rhetorical features?
Allusion, antithesis, diction, irony, parallelism, syntax, and understatement.
Out of the four examples, which has an incorrect use of hyphens, Fully equipped kitchen, tanks are steel- or armor-plated, a plan that is pay-as-you-go, or win-at-all-costs attitude?
"A plan that is pay-as-you-go"