Academic Vocabulary English

What does the term 'Ineffable' best relate to?

• Something that is easily described in words

• Something that is not bound by time

• Something too great or extreme to be expressed in words

• Something that is not affected by external forces

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The focal statement of an essay revealing the purpose or argument of the text is the_______

• Main idea

• Claim

• Argument

• The thesis statement

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Rhetoric is defined as

• The use of ethos. logos, and pathos

• The art of speaking and writing effectively and persuasively

• Fancy writing

• Something Aristotle came up with 3,000 years ago

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

The relationship between the speaker, the audience, and the message is called the ____________

• use of ethos

• rhetorical triangle

• Socratic triangle

• use of pathos

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Using facts, statistics, and logical arguments is referred to as using the appeal to ________

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

• ethics

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Appealing to your audience's emotions, values, and beliefs in order to convince them your argument is correct is the_______

• appeal to pathos

• appeal to ethos

• appeal to logos

• appeal to ethics

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Building up a speaker's credibility on a message in order to convince the audience they should be trusted is called the _____

• appeal to pathos

• appeal to logos

• appeal to ethos

• appeal to authority

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When the audience must infer for themselves what the character is like through the character's thoughts, actions, and speech...

• Direct characterization

• Indirect characterization

• Regular characterization

• Round character

When what happens in a story is opposite of what a character or the audience is expecting....

• Plain irony

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When a character says one thing but means another....

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Plain irony

• Verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A