Five-Paragraph Essays
Persuasive Writing
Vocab
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History
100
You cannot have an essay without one of these.
What is a thesis?
100
The part of the rhetorical triangle referring to rational arguments.
What is logos?
100
The tip of something narrow, like a pen.
What is a nib?
100
In basketball, a triple double is usually double-digit numbers of _____, ______, and _______.
What are points, rebounds, and assists?
100
The American president who ended slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
Every paragraph needs one of these at the top.
What is a topic sentence?
200
"We will all suffer painfully if we do not act to stop climate change" is an example of this.
What is pathos?
200
A chemical that gives you energy.
What is a stimulant?
200
The longest river in Cameroon.
What is the Sanaga?
200
During WWII, airplanes from Douala bombed the airport at Libreville, in this country.
What is Gabon?
300
Two words you are never allowed to use in an academic essay.
What are "I" and "you"?
300
A piece of persuasive writing in a newspaper or on a news site is known by this name.
What is an editorial?
300
To argue about something small.
What is to squabble?
300
Ernie Pyle wrote about the line of personal belongings on the beach after this event.
What is D-Day / the Normandy landings.
300
The name for the attempt to eliminate a whole group of people (like Jews in the Holocaust).
What is genocide?
400
Even if your ideas are good, your essay is bad if it doesn't have any of these.
What are quotes from the book?
400
An example of ethos.
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400
To give up; to surrender.
What is to capitulate?
400
What is Somalia?
400
This French general, later President, spent time in Douala during World War II.
Who is Charles deGaulle?
500
All essays must be in __-point font, ________- spaced, with ____ ________ in the corners.
What is 12, double, and page numbers?
500
If you really want to be persuasive, you should consider and then respond to these.
What are counterarguments?
500
Use "fob off" correctly in a sentence.
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500
This man, who wrote Things Fall Apart, is maybe the most famous African novelist of all time.
Who is Chinua Achebe?
500
Nigeria suffered a civil war in the 1960s when this state attempted, Ambazonia-like, to form its own country.
What is Biafra?