Exemplification

Key Terms

100

What are details backing a topic called?

Support

200

Name one of the types of support?

Brief and extended support

300

What is accuracy on information backing a topic?

Validity

400

What is an opinion or viewpoint on a topic?

Assertion

500

What is a topic expressed using only one side of the argument?

Non-Contradictory

Characteristics

100

What are concrete, straight-forward examples relating to your topic?

Brief Support

200

What is extra details and examples, used to uphold a topic?

Extended Support

300

What is key words or phrases used to introduce a topic?

Transition words

400

What is a style of writing used to convince on a topic? (It is often used in exemplification essays).

Persuasion

500

What is a key term to AVOID when convincing the audience on your side of a topic?

Ambiguity

Terms

100

What is examples, interacting with the senses, to get your point across?

Illustration

200

Name 2 of the three organizational patterns

a. Chronological b. Spatial c. Emphatic

300

Something for which a name or designation stands

Reference

400

Exemplification means … A) always using a positive approach, to please your audience, rather than dwelling on the negative aspects of a situation. B) wordiness in an essay, caused by unnecessarily long explanations. C) providing examples to support the thesis and topic sentences. D) a figure of speech, similar to personification

What is C

500

It is important to consider your audience, when writing an exemplification essay, because … A) knowing your audience helps you decide what language to use (what specific words to choose) and what tone to create (formal? informal?) B) depending on your audience’s knowledge, you may have to include more or less background information or explanations. C) different examples will be persuasive for different types of audiences. D) All of the above

d