Argument Basics
You need this to prove your claim
What is evidence?
Who is Mrs. Levin?
The author of this essay
Who is Lane Wallace?
Unlike poems that rhyme and have meter, this poem is written in this
What is free verse?
This word refers to the author's attitude toward a subject
What is tone?
Putting a claim and evidence together results in this.
What is a mini-thesis/what is an argument?
The name of the foster family whose rules are infamous
Who are the Robinsons?
This man's reputation crumbled when he survived the sinking of the Titanic
Who is Ismay?
The poem has vivid, _______ imagery (images that are solid and exist in the real world)
What is concrete?
This term describes words and phrases that appeal to five senses
What is imagery?
You can argue about opinions, but you really shouldn't waste your time arguing about these
What are facts?
This is young Steve's favorite book
What is Watership Down?
"Is Survival Selfish?" asks the question: is survival just _______ or is something else going on?
What is instinct?
The backdrop for this poem is this major world conflict
What is World War II?
This word refers to a text's "vocabulary level" and involves how the writer chooses certain words
What is diction?
For many writers, a ____-point thesis is the gold standard of thesis statements
What is 3?
Mrs. Levin is ______, which cause the Robinsons and others to talk behind her back
What is Jewish?
Wallace gives examples of people in harrowing situations, perhaps none more vivid that the climber who had to ____________ in order to survive.
What is cut his friend loose?
This word describes a “paragraph” of poetry, a group of lines separated by spaces that often share a rhyme or idea.
What is a stanza?
This word refers to the ways words are arranged within a text
What is syntax?
Lane Wallace has several claims in her essays, which makes it this kind of essay (hint: it isn't informational(.
What is persuasive/argumentative?
The protagonist of Watership Down
Who is Hazel?
Most baffling, perhaps, are those who question the actions of people in ________ situations, which is also part of our essential question
What is crisis?
The poems ends with this scene
What is someone gazing up at clouds in the sky?
What is inverted syntax?