Support Material Flashcards
What are the two support categories?
Clarification support and improve support.
What is clarification support?
Clarification support is used to prevent confusion and misunderstanding.
What are some effective ways to provide clarification?
Definitions, examples, or additional information.
What is proof support?
Adds credibility, show something is true, and proves or supports a point.
What is meant by integrating sources?
Support material flows smoothly, and support material logically fits within the paper or speech.
What are the three guidelines for support material?
Support should be appropriate, support should be accurate, and support should give credit where credit is due.
What are the types of comparisons most frequently used?
Metaphor, contrast, and simile.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech used to compare two things.
What is contrast?
Contrast is used such as old vs. new. young vs. old
What is simile?
A simile is just like a metaphor but is less direct.
What are the two types of support most commonly associated with prove support?
Testimony and statistics.
What is testimony?
Testimony is information or expert back a mutation to support are writing.
What are the three methods of using testimony?
Direct quotation, quotation with omissions and paraphrase.
What is quotation with omission?
This is when we quote only part of what some one has said or written.
What is reasoning?
A process of drawing conclusions or influences from evidence.
