Chapter 8 Flashcards
Define exemplification
Uses one or more examples to explain a general point.
List two examples of when a writer should use exemplification with writing assignments.
To explain and clarify. To add interest.
Identify four main issues of when a writer should use exemplification.
Developing thesis statement. Enough examples. Fair range of examples. Transitions.
What is the rule for using commas in a series.
Do not use a comma after the final element in a seires of three or more items.
Which question do you think is the most important from the revision checklist. Explain.
Does your essay have a clear thesis statement. This is becuase if the reader does not understand what your thesis is they will not understand any of the examples within the essay.
What is the thesis of “Food insecurity on Campus”
Thankfully, many colleges and universities are aware of this situation and have begun implementing strategies that will help those students who are experiencing food insecurity.
List two examples to support the thesis in “Food insecurity on campus”
Universities to create food pantries. Colleges encouraging students to sign up for SNAP.
List and explain one of the points for revision in “Food insecurity on Campus”
She did not work with enough sources she only looked at other essays online.
List two questions from the peer-editing worksheet for exemplification.
What is the essays thesis? Do the examples support it?
Do the examples add interest?
Create a thesis for the images on page 217
While the inventions do not look like much comapred to today’s standards, these were important in the advancement of technoplogy.
What is the thesis of “Should Driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian”
The answer revolves around ethical dilemmas and provides a very complicated outlook on the question.
List two examples Goldhill uses to support her thesis?
What if a pedestrian steps out into the road to cause the car to intentionally swereve.
Many believed that the car should avoid pedestrians.
What is the thesis of Brent Staples’ essay “Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space”
Black people in America are often percieved as dangerous based on their appearance.
What is the thesis of Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria”?
Latin women often face stereotyping in different forms because of myths surrounding them
List two examples Staples uses to support his thesis.
He speaks about a time a woman had a worried look when he was walking by her.
He says that black men have a firm place in New York mugging literature.
