Lost Tools of Writing – Invention | Lost Tools of Writing – Arrangement | Lost Tools of Writing – Elocution | Grammar and Mechanics | Wild Card |
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What is Invention?
"solves the challenge of coming up with something to say" (31)
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What is outline?
An _________ allows you to process and organize your essay before drafting it.
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What is Simile?
The following sentence is an example of a __________: "The night was a as dark as a newly paved blacktop."
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What is a Sentence?
Express a complete thought
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What is Ethos?
logos, _______, pathos
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What is an ANI Chart?
This tools may help you to consider two sides to an issue as well as any interesting facts/observations.
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What is Thesis?
"Students should take notes in class because it helps their learning, aids their focus, and gives them something to review later on." This is an example of a __________ statement.
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What is Elocution?
"solves the challenge of expressing you thoughts appropriately" (31)
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What is Syntax?
Everyone else would say, "I am here," but Yoda would say, "Here, I am." His _______ is different.
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What is a Paragraph?
Unified around a central idea
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What are Similarities?
The Topic of Comparison can involve both _____________ and differences?
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What is Exordium?
The __________ opens an essay while the Amplification closes an essay.
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What are Strong Verbs?
He does not run but DASHES, does not cry but WAILS, does not eat but SCARFS.
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What are Conjunctions?
and, but, or, yet, because, since, , etc.
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What is MLA Header?
Aristotle
Professor Plato Philosophy 101 April 1, 470 A.D. |
What is an Issue?
"Whether I should go to sleep"
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What is Refutation?
In my essay, I make my argument as well as RESPOND to my opponents.
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What is Parallelism?
"I came; I saw; I conquered." (138)
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What are Citations?
_____________ point readers to your Works Cited and help "give credit where credit is due."
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What are Evidence, Quotations, Statistics, Facts?
These should be, as possible, included in the Proof(s) of an essay to support your argument. (Multiple possible answers; guess one.)
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What is Circumstance?
There are Five Common Topics: Comparison, Definition, ___________, Relation, and Testimony.
The missing one is ____________. |
What is Proof?
How do you show your argument is true?
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What is Antithesis?
"He lived in weakness but died in strength" is an example of _____________ (166).
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What is a Dependent Clause?
"When I wrote this, it was quite unique."
"When I wrote this" is a ________________. |
What is a Compound-Complex Sentence?
After I ran to the store, I found the flour, and I was able to make the cake after all.
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