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100
What is the foreign phrase meaning "the existing state or condition?"
Status Quo
100
What organizational speech structure outlines the effects of a given problem? WORD POOL: cause/effect, compare/contrast, chronological, order of importance, organized by category, problem/solution, proposition/support, sequential
Cause/effect
100
To "interpret" or "draw a conclusion" from a remark or an action is called an ______________.
Inference
100
What is the purpose of transition words in writing?
They help the papers read more smoothly.
100
Name one of the production elements used to create effects in photographs and movies?
Font, color, layout, light, camera angle, OR stage directions
200
What foreign phrase refers to a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder?
Faux pas
200
What organizational speech structure lists events in some sort of order, usually time order? WORD POOL: cause/effect, compare/contrast, chronological, order of importance, organized by category, problem/solution, proposition/support, sequential
Sequential
200
Which mode of writing guides people to the adoption of an idea or an attitude? WORD POOL: Summary, explanation, description, persuasive, informational, literary analysis, creative expression
persuasive writing
200
Which persuasive technique relies on the idea that everyone is doing something and so should you?
Bandwagon
200
What is an allusion?
An allusion is a figure of speech that makes reference to a biblical, classical, cultural, historical, and/or literary person, place, or event.
300
What foreign phrase means, "Out of many, one?"
E pluribus unum
300
What organizational speech structure orders information from least to most important or from most to least important? WORD POOL: cause/effect, compare/contrast, chronological, order of importance, organized by category, problem/solution, proposition/support, sequential
Order of importance
300
Which mode of writing is a shortened version of the original? WORD POOL: summary, explanation, description, persuasion, informational, literary analysis, creative expression
Summary
300
Which persuasive technique involves a celebrity endorsement of a philosophy, movement, or candidate?
Testimonial
300
Name two of the four purposes of writing.
To inform To persuade To entertain To describe
400
What foreign phrase means "a mind not yet affected by experiences, impressions, etc.; anything existing undisturbed in its original pure state?"
tabula rasa
400
What organizational speech structure details how things occur or should occur in time, what happened, the order of events, or the steps we have to make? WORD POOL: cause/effect, compare/contrast, chronological, order of importance, organized by category, problem/solution, proposition/support, sequential
Chronological
400
Which mode of writing includes the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature? WORD POOL: summary, explanation, description, persuasion, informational, literary analysis, creative expression
literary analysis
400
One method of analyzing text is ___________. This is a more detailed restatement than a summary, which focuses concisely on a single main idea.
Paraphrase
400
Name the three types of irony.
Verbal (contrast between what is said and what is meant) Situational (contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens) Dramatic (contrast between what a character THINKS is true and what the audience KNOWS to be true)
500
What foreign phrase refers to "a delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living?"
Joie de vivre
500
What organizational speech structure separates factual and opinionated materials? WORD POOL: cause/effect, compare/contrast, chronological, order of importance, organized by category, problem/solution, proposition/support, sequential
Proposition/support
500
Words that change the meaning of other words are called _____________. (Examples would be adjectives or adverbs)
modifiers
500
There are two basic kinds of argument: inductive and deductive. Which one moves from the specific to the general?
Inductive
500
___________ is the central insight into life found in a work of literature. ex. Love is blind
Theme