Argumentation
Vocabulary
Literary Devices
Writing Terms
Capitalization
100

A writer’s position or main point in an argument is called this.

What is a claim?

100

This is what the C in the acronym CER and if the first part of a complete argument.

What is a claim?

100

A hint about what will happen later in a story.

What is foreshadowing?

100

These words show when a writer moves from one idea to another and helps writing flow.

What are transitions?

100

Always capitalize the first word of a ______.

What is a sentence?

200

You have created a coherent _______ when you have a claim, evidence, and reasoning.

What is an argument?

200

This is what the R stands for in the acronym CER and comes at the end of a complete argument.

What is reasoning?

200

A struggle between two opposing forces in a story.  

What is conflict?

200

Repeating the same idea or word unnecessarily.

What is redundant?

200

Which days of the week must be capitalized? 

What is all of the days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)?

300

Information that is used to prove a claim is correct.

What is evidence?

300

A shortened selection from a longer text.

What is an excerpt?

300

The overall feeling or attitude of a passage.

What is tone?

300

A text that evaluates and comments on another text. This can point of what is good and bad about a text.

What is a critique?

300
Which words need to be capitalized in the following sentence?


tomorrow president trump will visit the great wall of china.

Tomorrow, President, Trump, Great, Wall, and China must be capitalized.
400

This means to prove that a claim is incorrect.

What is refute?

400

The process of asking questions to explore a topic.

What is an inquiry?

400

A part of a play that includes character actions, a location, and character dialogue.

What is a scene?

400

A visual representation of an idea or location or object that often includes labeled parts.

What is a diagram?

400

Which school subjects should be capitalized?

english
math
science
biology
french
art

English, Biology, and French are capitalized.

500

A persuasive technique where a question is asked without expecting an answer.

What is a rhetorical question?

500

Taking multiple sources and combining them into a coherent argument.

What does it mean to synthesize?

500

The exchange of ideas or conversation in writing.

What is discourse?

500

Speaking directly to the reader or audience.

What is direct address?

500

Which words should be capitalized:
“i went to paris in july to study french at the university of paris.”

I, Paris, July, French, University, and Paris should be capitalized.