Notes and Prompts
Speaker, Subject, and Audience
What are the parts of the Speaker's Triangle?
Things to consider when paraphrasing.
What is common knowledge?
Functions of the counterargument.
The hook
What do we use to draw the reader's attention?
Consider what you already know from your own personal experience.
What is Personal Schema?
A citation within parenthesis at the end of a sentence.
What is a parenthetical citation?
Counterargument signal phrases.
What is "some people say" or "Some object to"?
Structure of the introduction.
What is the hook, background information, and thesis?
When you have a conversation with the author.
What is annotation?
Large blocks of text from source.
What are block quotations?
First body paragraph.
Where should you place your counterargument?
Where the title comes from.
What is the last line of the essay?
Things each note card contains.
What are source information, title, notes, and page numbers?
Introductory signal phrases.
What gives background and establishes credibility?
A statement which is put forward as the premise.
What is a thesis statement?
Structure of the conclusion.
What is restatement of thesis, summary of most important, and final clincher?
Force you to be concise and easily manipulated.
What are the advantages of note cards?
Paragraph structure.
What is topic sentence, evidence, commentary, and clincher?
A common type of thesis statement.
What is a 3-prong thesis statement?
Paragraph hooks.
What are transitional phrases, word hook, and idea hook?