Essays and their Parts

Question 1

Tells a story by presenting events in an orderly, logical sequence

Answer 1

Narration

Question 2

Tells readers about the physical characteristics of a person, place or thing

Answer 2

Description

Question 3

You focus on the object itself rather than on your personal reactions to it.

Answer 3

Objective Description

Question 4

Conveys your personal response to your subject.

Answer 4

Subjective Description

Question 5

Uses particular cases, or examples, to illustrate or explain a general point or an abstract concept.

Answer 5

Exemplification

Question 6

Explains how to do something or how something occurs

Answer 6

Process

Question 7

The purpose of ___________ is to enable readers to perform a process.

Answer 7

Instructions

Question 8

The purpose of a ____________ is not to enable readers to perform a process but rather to help them understand how it is carried out.

Answer 8

Process explanation

Question 9

Analyzes why something happens

Answer 9

Cause and Effect

Question 10

Another name for most important

Answer 10

Main cause

Question 11

Another name for less important

Answer 11

Contributory cause

Question 12

Closely precedes an effect and is therefore relatively easy to recognize

Answer 12

Immediate cause

Question 13

Is less obvious, perhaps because it involves something in the past or far away

Answer 13

Remote cause

Question 14

Where A causes B, B causes C, C causes D, and so on.

Answer 14

Casual Chain

Question 15

How two or more things are similar or different

Answer 15

Compare and Contrast

Question 16

You essentially write a separate section about each subject, and you discuss the same points for both subjects

Answer 16

Subject-by-Subject comparison (compare and contrast essay)

Question 17

You make a point about one subject and then follow it with a comparable point about the other.

Answer 17

Point-by-point comparison (compare and constant)

Question 18

Breaking the whole into parts

Answer 18

Division

Question 19

Sorting individual items into categories

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Classification

Question 20

What a term means and how it differs from other terms in its class

Answer 20

Definition

Question 21

Most people think definitions in terms of print or online dictionaries, which give brief, succinct explanations of what words mean. What type of definition is this?

Answer 21

Formal definition

Question 22

Sometimes a definition requires a paragraph, an essay, or even a whole book. These longer, more complex definitions are called __________.

Answer 22

Extended definitions

Question 23

Word with similar meanings

Answer 23

Synonyms

Question 24

Telling what it is not

Answer 24

Negation

Question 25

Identifying similarities between an unfamiliar term and something likely to be more familiar to readers.

Answer 25

Analogy

Question 26

Listing its characteristics

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Enumeration

Question 27

The word's derivation, original meaning, and usages.

Answer 27

Origin and development

Question 28

A process of reasoning that asserts the soundness of a debatable position, belief, or a conclusion.

Answer 28

Argumentation

Question 29

A general term that refers to how a writer influences an audience to adopt a belief or follow a course of action.

Answer 29

Persuasion

Question 30

Appeals based on emotion

Answer 30

Pathos

Question 31

Appeals based on logic

Answer 31

Logos

Question 32

Appeals based on the character reputation of the writer.

Answer 32

Ethos

Question 33

The appeal to reason (logos)

Answer 33

Argumentation

Question 34

Facts and opinions in support of your position

Answer 34

Evidence

Question 35

Statements that people generally agree are true and that can be verified independently.

Answer 35

Facts

Question 36

Judgements or beliefs that are not substantiated by proof.

Answer 36

Opinions

Question 37

Opinions of experts in a relevant field

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Expert opinions

Question 38

In the final analysis, what is important is not just the quality of the evidence but also the ___________ of the person offering it

Answer 38

Credibility

Question 39

You enter into a cooperative relationship with opponents instead of aggressively refuting opposing arguments, you emphasize points of agreement and try to find common ground.

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Rogerian argument

Question 40

A method to move from evidence to a conclusion. Proceeds from a general premise or assumption to a specific conclusion.

Answer 40

Deductive reasoning

Question 41

A method to move from evidence to a conclusion. Proceeds firm individual observations to a more general conclusion and uses no strict form.

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Inductive reasoning

Question 42

The basic form of a deductive argument

Answer 42

Syllogism

Question 43

A syllogism consists of a ___________, which is a general statement

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Major premise

Question 44

More specific statement and part of a syllogism

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Minor premise

Question 45

Part of a syllogism. Drawn from the major and minor premise's.

Answer 45

Conclusion

Question 46

The crucial step from evidence to conclusion.

Answer 46

Inductive step

Question 47

Another approach for structuring arguments. This method tries to describe how the argumentative strategies a writer uses lead readers to respond the way they do.

Answer 47

Toulmin logic

Question 48

The main point of the essay

Answer 48

Claim

Question 49

The material a writer uses to support the claim - can be evidence or appeals to the emotions of values of the audience.

Answer 49

Grounds

Question 50

The inference that connects the claim to the grounds.

Answer 50

Warrant