The Definition
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
Parts of an Essay
Prompt: Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
My thesis: No, the voting age should not be lowered to 16 as teens are sometimes not mature enough to make such large decisions.
Claim
Because of the smell, we had to leave the beach where the whale _______________ was. It's body was stinking up the whole place.
Carcass
The time and place of a story
Setting
Before the movie begins, there is a person telling us what is happening. That person is the ____________________
Narrator
The parts of a story that are spoken. Written exactly as a person would say it.
Dialogue
How would you describe the tone of the following example?
"Helping clients capture the aftermarket potential—the largest source of untapped value in aerospace and defense—by assessing the installed base opportunity, improving pricing, and optimizing operations."
Formal Tone
The flames were huge! The _______________ consumed the entire business as the fire raged.
Conflagration
The perspective from which a text is told
Point of View
Tone
How an author reveals details about a character's personality to the audience
Characterization
"Forget sad things," said George.
"I always do," said Hazel.
"That's my girl," said George. He winced. There was the sound of a riveting gun in his head.
"Gee - I could tell that one was a doozy," said Hazel.
"You can say that again," said George.
"Gee-" said Hazel, "I could tell that one was a doozy."
From what she says and does, we can determine that Hazel is well meaning, but she is not very bright. We can also infer that George is supportive of his wife based on how he responds.
Characterization
You might consider the Kardashians as ____________________ because they are not typically famous for good reasons.
Infamous/Infamy
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Inference
"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
Repetition
The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
Context
A detective or officer presenting a murder or theft case to his or her team of police would want to retrace the known events of the crime as they occurred rather than bouncing around the case — though the detective may decide to go in reverse ______________ from the act of the crime itself to the earlier detail of the crime scene, allowing the team of sleuths to piece together what data is missing (i.e., what happened between midnight and 12:05 am) as well as determine the likely cause-effect play-by-play that led to the crime in the first place.
Chronological Order/Organization
The commercial forced people to become __________________ about a new law. They were hoping to raise support for it.
Galvanized
To offset the effect of (something) by countering it with something of equal force.
Countervail
“The deep blue hues of twilight were reflected in the still water; the slight glint of moonlight peeked through the clouds just enough to make out the silhouette of a passing ship.”
Imagery
Marking the beginning of an institution, activity, or period of office.
Inaugural
The Volkswagen Beetle is an evil car because it was originally designed by Hitler's army.
Fallacious Reasoning
His skills with a rifle were ___________________ because there was just no one they could compare him to.
Unparalleled
The reasoning or intent behind why an author writes an essay, letter, speech, story, etc.
Author's Purpose
“Of course that doctor advocates vaccination—he probably owns stock in a pharmaceutical company.”
Fallacious Reasoning