Vocabulary English 12: Lesson 6 6

a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay

• eulogy

• thesis

• topic sentence

• plagiarism

reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

• stygian

• sophistry

• carte blanche

• verbiage

a fight; an uproar

• exhume

• verbiage

• donnybrook

• carte blanche

dark and forbidding

• sophistry

• exhume

• procrustean

• stygian

strictly disregarding individual differences or circumstances

• procrustean

• carte blanche

• contemptuous

• exhume

a sentence appearing at the beginning of a paragraph announcing the main idea and uniting it with the thesis

• topic sentence

• thesis

• plagiarism

• rife

boundless authority; unlimited power to act

• rife

• carte blanche

• cosmopolitan

• verbiage

worldly; sophisticated

• contemptuous

• rife

• cosmopolitan

• nonchalant

a chant; a recited magical spell

• verdant

• verbiage

• incantation

• donnybrook

MLA in-text citation typically consisting of the source author's last name and a page number

• eulogy

• topic sentence

• plagiarism

• parenthetical citation