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States a position or opinion about a topic. The "thesis" of an argumentative essay.
What is claim?
100
Word choice.
What is diction?
100
Makes a point and explains it with details, reasons, textual evidence, and commentary.
What is an essay?
100
Intended readers of a text.
What is the audience?
100
Anything from text that can be used to support points or ideas.
What is textual evidence?
200
Public debate or dispute concering a matter of opinion.
What is a controversy?
200
Iambic pentameter is an example of this.
What is rhythm?
200
Giving credit to the author of source information.
What is cited or citation?
200
Topic of a piece of writing and what the author says about it.
What is main idea?
200
A. Taken word for word from text. B. Must use this to avoid plagiarism.
What is quotation? What are quotation marks?
300
Points that explain why the author makes a claim.
What are reasons?
300
Emphasis a speaker places on words through change in pitch or volume.
What is inflection?
300
You read a letter written by a soldier who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. This is an exampled of:
What is a primary source?
300
Support the main idea.
What are details?
300
5 lines A-A-B-B-A
What is a limerick?
400
Evidence that appeals to reasoning, logic, or thinking.
What is logos?
400
A writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject.
What is tone?
400
Statement that states the main idea of a whole essay.
What is a thesis statement?
400
Logical guess based on prior knowledge and textual evidence.
What is an inference?
400
Study of a work of literature for a specific purpose.
What is literary analysis?
500
Evidence that appeals to feelings or emotions.
What is pathos?
500
An independent clause joined with a dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
500
Restate in one's own words.
What is paraphrase?
500
The acronym PIE stands for.
What is author's purpose? Persuade Inform Entertain
500
Personal explanantion of facts, details, or examples in an essay. Often used to enhance and clarify information.
What is commentary?