Quarterly Review

Vocab

100

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

rescind

200

of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.

sentimental

300

showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

empathetic 

400

lacking in courage or confidence; easily frightened.

Timid 

500

(of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent.

Dire 

MITS

100

An _____ clause contains a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. It can stand as a sentence.

independent 💃

200

A _____ clause contains a subject and a verb, but it does not contain a complete thought. It cannot stand alone as a sentence.

dependent

300

A ______ is a word group that does not contain its own subject and verb. It cannot stand alone as a sentence.

Phrase

400

Name three fanboys

 for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

500

Name three AAAWWUBBIS

after, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since

Writing strong claims

100

This type of statement clearly expresses a writer's stance on a topic.

Claim 

200

This logical structure, often used in claims, involves outlining a reason followed by supporting evidence.

CER

300

When writing a claim, it’s important to back it up with this, which includes facts, statistics, or examples.

Evidence 

400

A strong claim should include this to explain why the claim is valid or important.

Reasoning

500

This term refers to the main idea or assertion a writer is trying to communicate in their work.

Thesis 

Embedding and citing evidence

100

This technique involves smoothly integrating quotes or data into your own writing to support a claim.

Embedding Evidence 

200

This term describes the details provided about the source of your evidence, which allows readers to find it.

Citation

300

This punctuation mark is used to indicate that you’re quoting someone directly.

quotation marks

400

If you want to shorten a long quote, you can use this symbol to indicate that part of the quote is missing.

ellipsis (...) 

500

What goes in parenthesis when citing.  

(Author's Last Name Page Number)

ACT Style Argument

100

If an argument gives good reasons is it Strong or Weak.

Strong 💪

200

This is an argument where the premises are weak or untrue. Is it weak or strong 🥺

Weak

300

This section of the essay addresses and refutes the opposite viewpoint.

counterargument

400

The ACT essay  you should write this many paragraph?

5

500

This is what you should do when you end your argument by reminding the reader of your main point.

What is restate your thesis?