American Dream
The idea that a person can accomplish material success in the US even if they are born into poverty
What is the traditional notion of the American Dream?
To persuade the audience toward strong points about complex sociopolitical issues with a single visual display
What is the primary purpose of political cartoons?
a complete thought or an independent clause
What are other names for a complete sentence?
The coordinating conjunction of this sentence:
Seño Melkonian should set up her blanket when she gets to the beach, or she will get sand in her food.
What is "or"?
A reason why you believe your position in an argument is correct
What is a claim?
America is a place where people from very different backgrounds can find commonality and community together.
What is the central message of “Gate A-4”?
his father was fluent in both English and Japanese and served as the block manager
What is the reason that George Takei and his family has special privileges during internment that other Japanese American internees did not?
a subject, a verb, and a complete thought
What are the three criteria that must be present for a group of words to be considered an independent clause?
The word, clause, or phrase modified by the italicized word in this sentence:
Shuri stepped cautiously over the puddle of melted ice cream.
What is "stepped"?
A reason why someone else might believe that your position in an argument is incorrect
What is a counterclaim?
It is important to recognize the strengths of your family’s culture even as you try to navigate the dominant culture.
What is the central message of “Fish Cheeks”?
how the governmental discrimination he experienced as a child internee at Camp Rohwer and the current discriminate that the United States government is perpetuating against Latin American at the current camps at the border.
What is the parallel that George Takei makes in his graphic novel memoir They Called Us Enemy between what he experienced as a child at Camp Rohwer and current events in the United States?
what NoRedInk would say is the correct version of the following sentence:
Miguel's friends is planning an elaborate party in his honor.
What is "Miguel's friends are planning an elaborate party in his honor."?
The word, phrase or clause that modifies the italicized word(s) in this sentence:
Trying to be healthy, Steph Curry added a handful of spinach to the milkshake in the blender.
What is "Trying to be healthy"?
A piece of evidence that supports the opposite position to yours
What is a counterclaim?
People are blocked from achieving the American Dream by systemic and institutional oppression.
What is the central message of “American Dream”?
no one was being systematically killed, there were no gas chambers, families were not always separated, children could attend school, they could organize political actions, some could leave for fun with the permission of the guards, their conditions were not atrocious, the Supreme Court at the time did not call them this
What are reasons why one could argue that Japanese internment camps were not concentration camps?
According to NoRedInk, the correctly punctuated version of the following sentence:
The crocodiles snakes and lizards at Seño Chemplavil’s petting zoo are all friendly.
What is "The crocodiles, snakes, and lizards at Seño Chemplavil’s petting zoo are all friendly."?
what NoRedInk would say is the correct version of the following sentence:
Yolanda goes to Coney Island with Jamal to ride the ferris wheel.
What is "no change"?
Or
What is "Yolanda goes to Coney Island with Jamal to ride the ferris wheel."
A reason why you believe that the opposing position is incorrect and that your position is correct
What is a rebuttal?
Black people are the targets of violence in the United States, even as their culture is celebrated and commodified.
What is the central message of “This is America”?
they were being held without trial and against their will, they were imprisoned for political reasons, their conditions were poor, the president at the time called the facilities this, the current Supreme Court calls them this
What are reasons why one could argue that Japanese internment camps were concentration camps?
The softball team
What is a sentence fragment?
or dependent clause or incomplete thought
The correct MLA format in-text citation for page 103 of George Takei's graphic novel memoir They Called Us Enemy.
What is (Takei 103)?
The side one takes in an argument which is supported by your claims, evidence, and rebuttal.
What is a position?