Elliot EOY Quizlet

Skill 7.B

Explain how writers create, combine, and place independent and dependent clauses to show relationships between and among ideas.

Synthesis Essay

A document that combines ideas from different sources. In this case, it's an argument essay where usable sources are given.

Unit 8 progress check Q1

A writer's style is made up of the mix of word choice, syntax, and conventions employed by that writer. In this passage, the author's style may be described as intellectual: his precise word choice, artfully balanced sentences, and highly focused argument all serve to create the impression that he is a rational thinker, sharing the results of careful, sustained reflection.

Daily quiz 4-7 Q1

An author's tone, which reflects the author's feelings on a subject, can be inferred from word choice and especially from the positive, negative, or other connotations of those words. Here, the author uses the word "injected" to describe how teachers force knowledge into children's heads "under threat of punishment." The word literally means "to introduce forcefully," but it also carries a negative connotation of knowledge being stuffed into the students whether they want it or not. The word thus conveys the author's disgusted attitude toward the forceful methods used to educate children.

Skill 5.A

Describe the line of reasoning and explain whether it supports an argument's overarching thesis.

Skill 5.B

Describe the reasoning, organization, and development of an argument. Note: you're good on this one it seems

Skill 1.B

Explain how an argument demonstrates understanding of an audience's beliefs, values, or needs.

Skill 7.A

Explain how word choice, comparisons, and syntax contribute to the specific tone or style of a text. Note: you're not very good at it.

Skill 3.C

Explain ways claims are qualified through modifiers, counterarguments, and alternative perspectives.

Skill 1.A

Identify and describe components of the rhetorical situation - the exigence, audience, purpose, context, and message.

Skill 3.A

Identify and explain claims and evidence within an argument.

Synthesis essay tips

If possible, decide stance asap then only read sources that support stance + 1 that goes against it for counter argument. Underline possible quotes as you go. If online: leave spelling mistakes until the end to correct, going back and trying to fix it over and over just slows you down. If on paper, idk. Pay attention to time, prioritize getting it done over making it pretty. Also remember to stay calm, if you don't finish it's not the end of the world or your career or something like that, it may in fact still get a fine score. You got this.

Unit 4 progress check Q9

In the final paragraph, the author first concedes that femininity can be an enjoyable form of personal expression but then asserts that femininity is primarily attractive because of the "competitive edge that [it] seems to promise." In doing so, she emphasizes that women who choose to embrace the art of femininity do so within a social context that punishes those who "fail at the feminine difference," one of the primary claims that she advanced in the passage as a whole.

Unit 4 progress check Q7

In the first paragraph, the author describes her untroubled and unthinking experience of "the art of being feminine" as a child, noting that she "loved being a little girl" at the time because she identified as and "loved being a fairy princess." In the second paragraph, the author describes her later experience of femininity as a "bafflingly inconsistent" set of rules representing a "challenge" that had to be mastered in order to pursue her "enormous ambition" in life. These two paragraphs thus introduce two differing attitudes toward femininity that will be weighed in the remainder of the passage: femininity as a fun personal identity and femininity as an exasperating social obligation.

Unit 8 progress check Q7

In the first sentence of the fourth paragraph, the author states that "almost everyone" (including, presumably, the members of his intended audience) has fantasized about a "journey of pleasure" that will relieve their sense of "uneasiness." He then goes on to use such a "journey of pleasure" as evidence for his argument regarding the nature of pleasure by contrasting a traveler's idealized expectations for such a journey ("shade and sunshine at his disposal," "tables of plenty and looks of gaiety") with the uncertainties and inconveniences of actual travel (dusty roads, sluggish horses, and crowded inns, among others). He presents these uncertainties and inconveniences in rapid succession without describing them in detail or offering evidence to convince his audience that they are typical, thus suggesting that he assumes his audience is already familiar with such uncertainties and inconveniences.

Unit 8 progress check Q9

In the last sentence of the passage, the author's main claim is that it is "necessary to hope" because "hope itself is happiness." He uses the parenthetical clause "though (even if) hope should always be deluded (frustrated)" to argue that even in the extreme case in which hopes never come to fruition, hope is nevertheless important—not only for its capacity to bring happiness, but because the disappointment that results from frustrated hope is "less dreadful than [hope's] extinction."

Unit 5 progress check Q4

In the paragraph's opening sentence, the authors define science as "empirical, rational, general, and cumulative"; they then use the remainder of the paragraph to clarify the meaning of "empirical" by discussing the role of observation in science. In the paragraph's third sentence, the authors make the claim that "scientific observation is more than keeping one's eyes open." They support this claim by contrasting empirical observations made in the laboratory with everyday observations that are portrayed in detective stories. By commenting on such examples ("Science would go on to ask why and how crime, not a particular crime, is committed"), the authors explain the relevance of the paragraph's discussion of observation to their larger argument about science's empirical nature.

Unit 3 progress check Q2

In the passage, the author develops an argument about the progress made in international efforts to prevent war. In order to deal credibly with such a complex issue as war, the author engages in synthesis, considering, explaining, and integrating others' arguments into his own argument. In the first paragraph, the author incorporates into his text the views of those who regard war as an "age-old institution" for settling international disputes. He does this in such a way as to acknowledge a potential objection to his own argument that war can be abolished through international cooperation. Although the author argues that newly adopted measures are capable of preventing war, he concedes that the practice of waging war has become so entrenched that it may not be possible for the new measures to produce the desired effects within a short period of time.

Skill 5.C

Recognize and explain the use of methods of development to accomplish a purpose.

Unit 1 progress check Q6

The author concludes the passage by asserting that: "one thing will never change: fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first. You must read to your children. And you must hug your children. And you must love your children. Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House, but on what happens inside your house." In context, therefore, the anecdote about the complaining husband reinforces the importance the author attaches to cherishing "human connections," particularly those within the immediate family ("what happens inside your house"). In the story, the wife's remonstrations offer a critique of the general tendency to view childcare as a chore ("babysitting"); instead, the author suggests that caring for "your own kids" should be viewed as an opportunity to make one of "the most important investments you will ever make."

Unit 6 progress check Q6

The author states that "instances are by no means uncommon" in order to point out that there are many examples of women with a "natural taste" for professions that they are considered "unfitted physically" to practice. Even though this evidence supports the author's views on women's abilities, the phrase "by no means uncommon" avoids overstating the magnitude of the evidence or exaggerating its significance; the author does not claim that there are vast numbers of such women, or that the existence of these women disproves the possibility of physical differences between people of different genders. This statement thus contributes to the author's generally measured (balanced), well-reasoned, and objective approach to gender difference, seen particularly in her willingness to acknowledge opposing points of view and to carefully consider evidence that conflicts with her own claims.

Unit 5 progress check Q9

The final paragraph focuses on the role of mathematics in the sciences, first noting that people often "erroneously" believe that the "status" of a scientific field directly depends on how much mathematics can be applied to the field. In that context the authors first concede that mathematics has been the engine of some scientific advancements, such as the work of Isaac Newton, but then point out that the "great scientific work" of Pasteur, Darwin, and Pavlov "used little or no mathematics." As a whole, the discussion of scientists thus serves to correct the erroneous belief that mathematics is essential for advancing a science.

Composition

The grammar like questions. Go with your gut and don't overthink it.

Rhetorical Analysis

The more comprehensive questions. Walk through them a bit if the answer feels iffy, otherwise they're generally fine.

Unit 7 progress check Q2

To qualify an argument is to soften or limit it. In the second paragraph, the author first summarizes an argument about Wyoming's homogeneous identity, noting, for instance that the state is "90 percent white" and "largely Republican." In the last sentence, however, the author uses the words "And yet" to introduce a series of clauses with evidence suggesting that Wyoming is not as conservative or politically homogeneous as it might seem, including the fact that the state was early to elect an Indian-born person to the state legislature. By introducing this counterevidence, the author qualifies the initial argument about Wyoming's homogeneity.