TFA Vocabulary and Informational Essays Expectations

an act or thing that causes disgust or hatred

• abomination

• tumult

• paradox

to bring under control

• ostracize

• deceive

• subdue

a lot (of something)

• copious

• audacious

• deceitful

to have the nerve to do or say something

• tumult

• audacity

• deceive

disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd, usually with uproar and confusion of voices

• abomination

• tumult

• audacity

the quality of being dishonest or misleading

• oracle

• albino

• deceit

expressing or causing contemptuous feeling or scorn

• copious

• tumultuous

• derisive

to exclude someone from a group; isolate; exile

• subdue

• annihilate

• ostracize

Number of points (out of 4) an informational essay earns for Organization and Development of Ideas if an introduction OR conclusion is missing

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

True or False: to earn full points for a prompt with two passages, an informational essay must have evidence from both texts.

• True

• False