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Qt.1 Vocabulary Review Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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The result of combining two simple sentences.

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Compound Sentence

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Three strategies used to persuade.

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Rhetorical Appeals

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Words that are similar in meaning

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Synonyms

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Hints and clues that help a reader with mystery words.

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Context Clues

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5
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Dependent clause begins with this

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Subordinating Conjunction

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Language used to persuade .

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Rhetoric

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7
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The ability to feel what others feel.

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Empathy

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A final statement in an argument, speech, essay, etc.

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Conclusion

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9
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A broad message about life that the author wants the reader to learn.

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Theme

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A paragraph in poetry

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Stanza

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Periods, commas, and question marks

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Punctuation

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12
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The positives and negatives

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Pros and Cons

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13
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A brief story

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Anecdote

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Any resource of internet based information, websites, social media sites, etc.

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Digital Media

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PIE: persuade, inform, entertain

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Author’s Purpose

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A conclusion based off of evidence and reasoning

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Inference

17
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The result of combining a dependent clause with an independent clause.

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Complex sentence

18
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No opinion allowed

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Objective

19
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To persuade using logic.

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Logos

20
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To persuade using authority.

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Ethos

21
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Important personality features

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Traits

22
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A statement sometimes written down

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Declaration

23
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Usually an unfair thought process that leads in favor or against something

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Bias

24
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The official statement of your opinion

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Claim

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Words and phrases that help organize thoughts and ideas

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Transitions

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Words that are opposite in meaning

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Antonyms

27
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To persuade using emotions.

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Pathos

28
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With opinion

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Subjective

29
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An attempt to convince

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Persuasive

30
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To investigate a topic in depth.

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Analyze

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Something used as proof

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Evidence

32
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FANBOYS.

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Coordinating Conjunctions

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