Vocabulary
What does the vocabulary word tenacity mean?
Quality of being determined or holding fast
What is a central Ideas
A central idea is an overarching message or truth that is specific to a text. Central ideas are the key points authors make and the ones they want you to remember most. Central ideas may be directly stated in a text, but more often they are implied. This means you must sometimes use key supporting details in the text to infer central ideas. But remember: All central ideas are supported by relevant details and facts in the text.
What is evidence when writing?
The information that authors provide as support or proof for their opinions, claims, or central ideas is evidence. Readers of informational text can find evidence in various places. If the evidence is the author’s own information, it might be stated outright. An author can also supply information from other sources.
What structuer tools do you use for complex texts?
Problem-solution.
Statement-support.
Comparison/contrast
possible
What are different types of style and tone?
professional
formal
neutral
objective
What does the vocabulary word exacerbate mean?
To make more severe; to intensify
What are different types of figurative launage?
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
What is the purpose of an information essay and a research essay?
The purpose of an informational essay is, as its name suggests, to inform your readers. One purpose for informational essays is to identify problems in society and try to explain and describe them.
The purpose of a researched essay is to synthesize, interpret, and present information from a variety of credible (believable and convincing) sources. For this paper, you should use multiple print and digital sources that you have evaluated for accuracy and reliability.
What are the main parts of an informational essay?
Introduction/hook
body paragraph
conclusion
citation page
When writing an essay/ paper who is your audience?
Your instructor is often the primary evaluator, the audience should be considered more broadly to include classmates, other experts in the field, or even the general public.
What does the vocabulary word incumbency mean?
State of currently occupying an office
What are structure elements?
Structural elements are sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and sections, can help a reader to comprehend a text’s main idea or claim. Sentences are the basic building blocks of the text; they combine to make paragraphs, which build chapters and sections. Together these structural elements make a cohesive whole.
What is a thesis statement?
A concise sentence, usually found at the end of the introductory paragraph, that expresses the main argument or point of an essay.
Why is it important to edit and proofread?
to make sure your essay is producing clear, accurate, and engaging writing.
What are transitional Words and Phrases?
Used to bridge ideas and connect sentences and paragraphs in writing.
What does the vocabulary word retaliation mean?
Act of reprisal; getting revenge
What are the rhetorical appeals?
Ethos
pathos
Logos
What Is Argument?
Argument is a type of writing that emphasizes logic, specifically claims, reasons, evidence and, counterclaims.
What are rhetorical features?
Allusion
Antithesis
Diction
Irony
What are counterclaims?
A statement that disagrees with or contradicts the main argument (the claim) being presented.
What does the vocabulary word infraction mean?
Violation of a rule
What are types of reasoning?
Deductive reasoning
Analogical reasoning
Casual reasoning
What is an argumentative essay?
A type of essay that presents a specific stance on a debatable issue and attempts to persuade the reader to accept that viewpoint through logical reasoning and evidence.
What is plagiarism?
The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Do you have cite your work?
Yes you do if you don't you plagiarize.