Unit 4 Vocab
Vaccines
Essay Writing
Year in Review
Quill/Proofreading
100

This word refers to your stance or position on a topic.

What is claim?

100

The first vaccine was meant to prevent this disease. 

What is smallpox?

100

This sentence states your main claim and belongs in your opening paragraph. 

What is a thesis statement? 

100

Okonkwo is the main character in this tragic novel set in Umoufia. 

What is Things Fall Apart? 

100
find the error in this sentence. 

Missing capital letter

200

This words means to add more detail or to fully explain.  

What is elaborate? 

200

When a majority of the population is vaccinated, the community gains this. 

What is herd immunity?

200
You must do this at the beginning of each paragraph to show your reader that you are starting a new paragraph. 

What is indent? 

200

Trevor Noah's book detailing his life story is called...(full title please!)

What is It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime- Stories from a South African childhood?

200

Find the error in this sentence

Missing period

300

When something has happened before, there is ____for it; sometimes used in court settings.

What is precedent? 

300

This doctor created the first true vaccine.

Who is Dr. Edward Jenner?

300
List 5 transition words or phrases. 

Answers vary but include: however, in addition, next, last, finally, most importantly, therefore etc. 

300

Okonkwo is this character archetype.

What is a tragic hero? 

300

Find the error in the following sentence: The design on the cup's was delicate. 

There should be no apostrophe. 
400

To copy something word for word without making any changes.

What is verbatim? 

400

This 1905 court case over vaccination mandates rested on the idea of the common good.

What is Jacobson v. Massachusetts? 

400

Your essay should be in this size, font and spacing. 

What is size 12, Times New Roman, double spaced? 

400

Unit 1 theme 

What is "The Power of Argument"?

400
Find the error: Their is no error in this sentence; or is there? They're going to be so confused. 

The first word should be "There."

500

This word is a warning of a specific limitation on something, placing a condition or a stipulation on something, an exception

What is caveat? 

500

The first vaccine was given to an 8 year old boy named this.

Who is James Phipps?

500
How do you properly cite a source in the body of an essay? 

(Author's last name page number). 

500

This author wrote "On Immunity"

Who is Eula Biss? 

500
Fix this sentence: I loved Things Fall Apart it was really long.

Add a period OR add a joining word.