It exists by itself, regardless of external factors.
What is per se?
100
The order that events happen
What is chronological order
100
To restate a writer's ideas in your own words.
What is paraphrase?
100
"As cool as a cucumber" is an example of a tired, overused one of these.
What is a cliches?
100
When a writer asserts to be true an idea that has not yet been proved to be true.
What is begging the question?
200
Something that keeps going forever.
What is ad infinitum?
200
Discusses similarities and differences between two subjects.
What is compare and contrast?
200
To write brief notations in the margins, noting important points, and circling unfamiliar words.
What is annotating?
200
Specialized language used by a particular group, like doctors and computer techs.
What is jargon?
200
Discussing an issue asif there are only two alternatives available, ignoring other possiblities.
What is either-or fallacy? (sometimes called false dilemma)
300
Giving Something for something.
What is quid pro quo?
300
An extended metaphor, in which the writer discusses the literal subject in terms of something else.
What is an analogy?
300
Reading between the lines.
What is an inference?
300
Language used to twist, to deceive, or to misrepresent the truth.
What is doublespeak?
300
When a speaker or writer evades or ignores the question by talking around it.
What is evasion?
400
Bring forth the body, a living person who is being held in prison.
What is habeas corpus?
400
When a paragraph begins with the main idea followed by supporting statements.
What is deductive order?
400
This kind of statement in a paragraph directly relates to and develops the main idea.
What is a major supporting statement?
400
Language that attempts to avoid insensitivity related to diversity, historical injustices, and racism.
What is politically correct language?
400
A self-serving but incorrect reason to justify one's position or bad behavior, using reasons that sound plausible but that are actually false or questionable.
What is rationalization?
500
Common in practice, but not established by law.
What is de facto?
500
The arrangements of details observed in an environment.
What is spacial order?
500
The reason a writer is writing, such as to tell a story,to show what something is like, to teach, and to persuade.
What is the author's purpose?
500
Words with strong negative, derogatory connotations.
What are sneer words?
500
This suggests that one step n the wrong directon will lead to a chain of increasingly dire events or to doom.