Vocabulary
A thing or person's direct opposite would be its ____________.
What is antithesis?
This word means unoriginal, common, or boring.
What is banal?
This paragraph should not only summarize, but incorporate a theme or call to action for the reader.
What is a conclusion?
In the story "The Lottery," none of the characters consider the drawing unfair except Tessie Hutchinson, who protests for this reason.
What is knowing that as the winner, she gets stoned to death?
If a group of words cannot stand on its own as a sentence, it is known as this.
What is a dependent clause?
If only a small group of people can understand a joke, that joke would be ___________.
What is esoteric?
The word taciturn means _______.
What is reserved, uncommunicative, or saying little?
The main idea of a body paragraph is expressed through a topic sentence, while the main idea of the essay as a whole is expressed through the
What is the claim or thesis?
The villagers of "The Lottery" rush through the ceremony for this reason.
What is getting home on time for lunch?
The following sentence should be separated by this form of punctuation. Shannon was missing her phone she had to go back home to get it.
What is a semi-colon? ;
This word has two meanings: medically, it means non-cancerous; in literature, it means gentle or kind.
What is benign?
To lament means to _________.
What is to mourn?
Facts, expert testimony, and statistics are all examples of ______.
What is evidence?
Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" featured a theme that critiqued this bad habit of society.
What is conformity?
In the following sentence, "I do not know" is an example of an __________. I do not know that she's really a werewolf.
What is an independent clause?
This word means having more than what is needed of something.
What is superfluous?
This word from vocab 3 means boring or flavorless.
What is insipid?
This element of argumentative writing is composed of two parts: a concession (acknowledging the other side) and a refutation (proving the other side incorrect).
What is a counterclaim?
This type of tone comes off as personal--as if you were speaking directly to your audience like a friend--and may include colloquialisms like slang, figures of speech, broken syntax, or asides.
What is informal tone?
In the following sentence, "which has gone off four times in two weeks" is an example of an __________. The fire alarm, which has gone off four times in two weeks, has gotten on my nerves.
What is a dependent clause?
The word "altruistic" from vocab 1 means ______________
What is being generous or unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others?
The word "ambivalent" from vocab 1 means _________
What is having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas?
_________ is used to identify the sources of information included in an essay.
What is citing/citation?
When discussing formal vs. informal tone, #1 is an example of _______. 1. Yonatan had a brilliant idea for a documentary. He'd knock on doors. Just him. No camera crew, no nonsense. Just Yonatan, on his own, a small camera in hand, asking, "If you found a talking goldfish that granted you three wishes, what would you wish for?" 2. Yonatan had a brilliantly simple idea for a documentary. He would do all the filming himself, without a camera crew. Knocking on people's doors with a small hand-held camera, he would inquire of each person, "If you found a talking goldfish that granted you three wishes, what would you wish for?"
What is informal tone?
The term FANBOYS stands for these 7 coordinating conjunctions.
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?