Mid-Term Review Flashcards
as an educator for the past 17 years, I know there are components that good writing must possess, and I can help students learn how to learn those skills
ethos
relationship between the speaker and the audience?
the speaker must be credible or the audience won’t support their argument
He decides what activities we do because he always makes those sorts of decisions.
What type of fallacy is shown?
circular reasoning
If you don’t make a superfluous amount of money, your relationships, status, and overall happiness will be destroyed.
What type of fallacy is shown?
appeal to fear
Information tells about spending for space exploration.
Text ends: Space exploration is a waste of tax payers’ money, and it creates a tremendous amount of waste
What type of writing is the text?
deductive
My grandmother had her left eye poked by a pencil, so I don’t allow my students to throw pencils
anecdote
There is a cartoon sketch that attempts to mock the modern American family…
parody
X Trusting your style
i think that using different colored pencils helps me key in to one aspect
the author showed HOW…
warrant
Maya Angelou juxtaposes specific references ______________
of female scientists with male black athletes to describe a lack of opportunity for black women
Hughes crafts ______
figurative language
The author crafts __________ (the death of the moth)
metaphors
the author flashes back ___________
nostalgically
note
Douglas’s incorporation of dialogue enhances the idea that literacy is powerful
used to determine the SPEAKER
“one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of black America during the 1960s”
(learning to read by Malcom X)
figurative language like “new vistas… opened”
NOT used to determine characteristics of Speaker?
“Dumpster” is a proprietary word belonging to the Dempsey Dumpster company
(on dumpster diving by lars eighner)
“very pleased when I can turn up exactly the thing I most wanted to find”
Sanders employs _______ to convey the idea that life can be full of purpose
parallel structure
(aren’t i a woman by sojouner truth)
she does not expect answers to her questions; she poses them as thoughtful points
the author utilizes example to ___________
convey the idea that mass transportation isn’t as feasible in America
the author uses _________ to display the pride she feels for her, often maligned, heritage
parallel structure “I will”
the author incorporates figurative language ___________
to explore the significance of the label of “cripple”
claim: liu crafts figurative language into his convictions that assimilation into new cultures changes people
the author incorporates the allusion to help with his claim
the author crafts ______ to convey how women feel trapped into gender stereotypes
emotionally loaded language
