Semester 1 Study Guide Flashcards
Explore an issue at a moral level
Ethical
Explore an issue using research based data related to experimental information
Scientific
Explore the customs and beliefs of a people and how they socially interact with others inside and outside of their circle
Cultural and Social
Explore how art expresses ideas about an issue and what philosophers think about the connection
Artistic and Philosophical
Explore an issue’s effect on government decisions
Political and Historical
Explore the effects on the environment in a specific region
Environmental
Explore the impact of an issue in a time period still to come
Futuristic
Explore the monetary impact on an issue
Economic
A statement made about an issue that asserts a perspective
Claim
The main issue/problem that the research serves to solve
Topic
A condition or exception
Qualifier
Arrangement of claims and evidence that lead to a conclusion
Line of Reasoning
Argument based question that presents a claim that is supported by multiple perspectives and scholarly sources
Research Question
Q
Question and Explore
U
Understand and Analyze
E
Evaluate Multiple Perspectives
S
Synthesize Ideas
T
Team, Transform, and Transmit
Challenge and expand the boundaries of your current knowledge.
Question and Explore
Contextualize arguments and comprehend the author’s claims.
Understand and Analyze
Consider individual perspectives and the larger conversation of varied points of view.
Evaluate Multiple Perspectives
Combine knowledge, ideas, and your own perspective into an argument.
Synthesize Ideas
Collaborate, reflect, and communicate your argument in a method suited to your audience
Team, Transform, and Transmit
S
Speaker
O
Occasion
A
Audience
P
Purpose
S
Subject
T
Tone
The voice who tells the story. Doesn’t have to be associated with the author.
Speaker
Time and place of the writing and the context surrounding the piece’s creation. The larger occasion is the broad environment that led to the creation, the immediate occasion is a particular event that triggered the creation.
Occasion
The person/people at which the piece is directed.
Audience
Why the piece was written and the reason it was created. Purpose should be considered when analyzing an argument and its reasoning.
Purpose
The topic the piece is about, can be about a variety of things. Should be able to be stated in a single phrase or a few words.
Subject
The language that the piece uses to convey the way the author wants the reader to feel (attitude of the author).
Tone
