English 101 Final

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Homonyms

Words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.

False Analogy

Wrongly implies that because two things share some characteristics, they are therefore alike in all respects.

Parenthetical Reference

A brief note in parenthesis interested into the text after borrowed material.

Summary

A condensation of a larger work.

Metaphor

A figure of speech that states or impllies that two things being compared are alike.

Deductive Reasoning

A form of logical thinking in which a general premise is applied to specific situations or cases.

Run-on

A fused sentence.

Major Premise

A general statement about an entire group.

False

A metaphor is an explicit comparison.

True

A paraphrase retells the information in roughly the same number of words as the original source.

Attribution

A phrase or sentence that identifies a source and helps incorporate source material into an essay.

Red Herring

A ploy to deflect attention from the matter being discussed.

Long (Block) Quotation

A quotation longer than four lines.

False

A simile is an implied comparison.

Subject

A singular noun.

Secondary Source

A source whose ideas come to you only through another source.

Minor Premise

A statement about an individual within a group.

Flashback

A technique that disrupts chronology in a narrative.

Syllogism

A three- step form of reasoning that moves from general to specific.

Quotation

A word-for-word reproduction of what is stated in a source.

Verbs

Acknowledges, argues insists, reveals and speculates are examples of these.

Extended definition

Allows you to apply a personal interpretation to a word.

True

An analogy is an imaginative comparison that delves beneath the surface diffferences of subjects in order to expose their significance and often unsuspected similarities or difference.

Toulmin Method

An approach for strengthening the connection between evidence and thesis consisting of data, claim, and warrant.

Toulmin Method

An approach for strengthening the connection between evidence and thesis.

True

An argument consisting of the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion is known as a syllogism.

True

Analogies draw comparisons between items that appear to have little in common.

False

Argumentation involves emotional language and dramatic appeals, while persuasion involves clear thinking and logic.

True

Classification brings two or more related items together and categorizes them acoording to type or kind.

True

Concrete nouns refer to immediate, often sensory experiences and to physical objects.

False

Connotation is the neutral dictionary meaning of the word.

False

Consider using the first- or third- person point of view for directional analysis, and the second-person point of view for informational analysis.

False

Denotation is the emotional association that goes beyond the literal meaning of the word.

True

Directional analysis is used for step by step instuctions, and informational analysis is used to explain how something happens or has happened.

Characteristics

Distinguishes a term from other members of its class.

True

Dramatic license allows you to reshape events to suit your narrative point.

Correlative Conjunctions

Either...or, and neither...nor, follows this.

True

Extended definition allows you to apply a personal interpretation to a word, to make a case for a revisionist view of a commonly accepted meaning, to analyze the words representing complex or controversial issue.

Dangling Modifier

Fails to refer logically to any word in a sentence.

False

For most college research, a source older than five years in considered outdated unless it was the first to present key concepts in a field.

False

In an in text-citation, titiles of articles and other short works are italicized; titles of books are placed in quotation marks.

True

In cause-effect writing, arrrange detials in chronological or emphatic order.

False

In emphatic order, the most compelling evidence is presented first.

DOI

Insert this if an online source as a permanent Internet address.

Et al.

Latin for "and others."

False

MLA style was created for researchers in the social studies.

True

Process analysis is a technique that explains the steps or sequence involved in doing something.

Collective Noun

Refers to a group that acts as a unit.

Ethos

Refers to a writer's credibility or character.

Logos

Refers to absolute or authoritative information (facts, statistics, etc.) to support your argument.

Logos

Refers to absolute or authoritative information to support your argument.

Pathos

Refers to arguments based on emotion and feeling.

Stipulative Definition

Refers to special restrictions on a term.

Inference

Refers to the term for a conclusion based on inductive reasoning.

Pronoun

Replaces or substitutes the noun or noun phrase in a sentence.

Circulatory

Saying the same thing twice and therefore defining nothing.

Patterns of Development

Strategies for generating, developing, and organizing ideas for essays.

Patterns of development

Strategies for generating, developing, and organizing ideas for essays.

Accession Number

The abbreviation at the end of the entry which indicates the permanent number for the source on the database.

False

The analytic thinking that occurs during division-classification often leads to predicable insights.

Data

The evidence used to convince readers of the claim's validity.

Etymology

The linguistic origin of a word.

Works Cited

The list of sources that were used/acknowledged in your paper.

As qtd. In

The parenthetical documentation when a secondary source is quoted.

True

The post hoc fallacy is when you assume that simply because one event followed another, the first event caused the second.

Paraphrase

The reconstruction of the material using roughly the same number of words and retaining the same level of detail as the original.

MLA

The system developed by the Modern Language Association for citing sources in a paper.

Proposition

The thesis of an argumentation-persuasion paper.

Claim

The thesis, proposition, or conclusion.

Warrant

The underlying assumption that justifies moving from evidence to claim.

True

There are two types of desciption: objective and subjective.

Signal Devices

These clarify the connections among the essay's ideas.

Rogerian Method

This method requires you to identify the ideas, beliefs and arguments of an opposing viewpoint, or that you and your audience share in common.

Dominant Pattern

This provides the written piece's organizational framework.

Ellipsis

Three spaced periods.

Formal Definition

Three-part statements that lend distinction to the meaning of a word.

Italics

Use this to highlight the title of a book or a journal.

Quotation Marks

Use this to highlight the title of a poem or a short story.

Non Sequitur

When a conclusion is drawn that has no logical connection to the evidence cited.

Plagiarism

When a writer borrows someone else's ideas, facts, or language but doesn't credit that source.

Refutation

When a writer points out the problems with opposing viewpoints.

Argumentation

When a writer uses clear thinking and logic to convince readers of the soundness of a particular opinion on a controverisal issue.

Argumentation

When a writer uses clear thinking and logic to convince readers of the soundness of a particular opinion on a controversial issue.

Persuasion

When a writer uses emotional language and dramatic appeals to readers' concerns, beliefs and values.

Persuasion

When a writer uses emotional language and dramatic appeals to readers' concerns, beliefs, and values.

Ad Hominem

When someone attacks a person rather than a point of view.

False

When the author's name is provided in the text, you must also repeat the name in the parenthetical reference.

Fragment

When the noun or verb is missing from a sentence.

Interrupters

When words or phrases inserted into the body of a sentence can be removed without significant loss of meaning.

Either or Fallacy

When you assume that a particular viewpoint or course of action can have only on eof two diametrically opposed outcomes.

Either or Fallacy

When you assume that a particular viewpoint or course of action can have only one of two diametrically opposed outcomes.

Inductive Reasoning

When you draw a conclusion or make a generalization based on examination of evidence, facts, or examples.

Definition by Negation

When you use the introduction of your essay to clarify what the subject is not.


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