Week 8 Vocabulary – quiz on Monday, November 4
Memoir – literary non-fiction; collection of memories from a person’s experience; like an autobiography but focused on one particular event
Substantiated opinion – perspective that is verified, proven or confirmed (has gone UNDER the
microscope!)
Unsubstantiated opinion – perspective that is NOT verified, proven or confirmed
Transition Words/Phrases – words or phrases that best link one idea to the next (see
TRANSISTION WORD hand-out)
Details – information that supports the thesis
Logical Appeal (LOGOS) – proving one’s point through reasoning (textbooks)
Ethical Appeal (ETHOS) - proving one’s point by appealing to a moral standard or common
belief (sermons)
Emotional Appeal (PATHOS) – proving one’s point by appealing to people’s feelings (TV ads)
Organizational pattern – how the author presents the information; how you set up your
expository essays (introduction with the THESIS STATEMENT, body paragraphs, conclusion)
Reciprocal pronoun – pronoun that refers back to the ANTEcedent (himself, herself, yourself,
myself, itself, each other) Anthony was proud of himself.
hema – blood (hematype, hematoma, hematic)
proto– first (prototype, protoplasm, protohuman)
phon – sound (phonics, symphony, phonetic)
mono – one (monogamous, monotone, monologue)
viv – life (vivid, vivacious, revive)
morph – shape (morphology, amorphous, metamorphosis)
vest – clothes (vestibule, vestige, investiture)
bene – good (benefit, benevolent, benign)
pond – weigh (ponder, ponderous, imponderable)
corp – body (corpse, corpulent, corporation)
PLUS 5 words from LIST 5
Week 9 Vocabulary – quiz on Monday, November 18
Summarize- to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main ideas.
Controlling Idea- the main point of a piece of writing; helps the reader understand the author’s
purpose for writing.
Drawing Conclusion- a form of inference in which the reader gathers information and comes to
a decision.
Rhetorical Device- a technique used to influence or persuade an audience.
Antithesis – a rhetorical device that proves a point by showing opposing sides. (Give me
liberty or give me death; judge not by the color of skin but by the content of character)
Anaphora – a rhetorical device where a group of words is repeated at the beginning of
successive clauses (I have a dream that one day….I have a dream that my four little
children…I have a dream…)
Epistrophe – a rhetorical device where a group of words is repeated at the end of successive
clauses (We saw no evil, spoke no evil, heard no evil)
Rhetorical Purpose- the author’s primary aim in a piece of writing: to narrate, to argue, to
review, to explain, or to examine.
Restrictive Clause- a group of words that clarifies the meaning of the sentence (The author Elie
Wisel won the Nobel Peace Prize. )
Non Restrictive Clause- a group of words that simply add details to the sentence; set off by
commas. (Elie Wiesel, who is an author, won the Nobel Peace Prize.)
dorm – sleep (dormitory, dormant, dormer)
pater - father (paternal, paternize,paternilistic)
nov - new (novel, novice, nova)
punct – point (punctuate, punctual, puncture)
ject - throw (eject, objection, reject)
tion – act or state (completion, reaction, creation)
loco - place (location, locomotive, localize)
dox - opinion (orthodox, paradox, doxology)
amphi - both ( amphibious, amphitheater, amphibian)
magn – great (magna carta, magnificent, magnet)
PLUS 5 words from LIST 6