Unit 1
A conclusion that is incorrect because it is based on faulty reasoning or untruths
What is misconception?
To make more severe; to intensify
What does exacerbate mean?
Expressed without unnecessary words; brief and compact
What is succinct?
In an intense or deeply felt manner
What is fervently?
Protection against loss or damage
What is indemnity?
Overarching message or truth that is specific to a text
What is a central idea in informational text?
A message designed to persuade
What is rhetoric and purpose?
Sentences, paragraphs, chapters, and sections, can help a reader 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.
What is text structure?
The theme of a text can be determined from the text’s topic. Readers can first determine which topics are discussed in depth within a text. Those topics can then point readers toward what the themes are.
What are themes and purposes?
Claim, reasons, and evidence
What are elements of an argument?
A brief account of the facts of a text
What is an objective summary?
Before you start writing a research paper, you need to clearly understand the task, purpose, and audience for your paper
What is prewriting?
First sentence should have a hook. the intro paragraph should provide context and background about the topic, show the importance of the main idea, narrow the scope of information and lead to the thesis statement
How do you develop an intro paragraph?
A type of writing that emphasizes logic, specifically claims, reasons, evidence and, counterclaims
What is argument?
The minimum length is five typed, double-spaced pages. (Your Works Cited page is separate.) Follow MLA guidelines for formatting unless your instructor informs you otherwise.
What are argument essay requirements?
Informational texts range from extremely simple to very complex. One feature of texts that fall toward the challenging end seems to stick out: the complexity of ideas presented.
What is analyzing complex texts?
The words and phrases used in a text are intended to convey the authors' central ideas. Authors use various types of words and phrases that have the most impact on the audience while being appropriate to the situation.
What are key terms and specialized vocabulary?
These situations of persuasion concern the interaction of three elements: the message, the writer/speaker, and the audience.
What is a rhetorical triangle?
When authors juxtapose words or ideas, or place them in relation to each other
What is antithesis?
The issue of a case is the question of whether a rule, or law, was violated. The rule of a case is any existing law that is relevant to the issue. The facts of a case are the relevant details of what happened. The analysis of a case is the evaluation of how the facts fit the rule. The conclusion of a case is the legal judgment or decision that is the outcome.
What is legal reasoning?
Evaluating the relevance, sufficiency, and validity of evidence is crucial. Also sift through the text for central ideas and key details, use the author's style, tone, and language to extract the implicit and explicit meanings.
What is evaluating evidence?
Make sure your sources are recent (if applicable), relevant to your topic, unbiased, sufficient
How do you evaluate sources?
Is the thesis statement clear and focused?Does the thesis statement address all of the main ideas discussed in the paper?Do all of the main and supporting ideas connect back to the thesis statement?
How do you revise a thesis statement?
example: from history, from current events, from pop culture. testimony, opinion: from an expert, from an eyewitness. anecdote (small story): from history, from a person, from you. facts, statistics, data: from reputable, unbiased sources (university studies, scientific organizations)
What is evidence?
Your goal is to retain a formal style throughout the argument essay. To do that, check these aspects as you revise:tone, sentences, vocabulary
What is style in an argument essay?