Unit 1 Assessment Review

Question 1

theme

Answer 1

a moral, message, or lesson learned about life

Question 2

central idea

Answer 2

the idea that unifies the point of an article/text

Question 3

parallel structure

Answer 3

a form of repetition in which a grammatical pattern is repeated.

Question 4

clause

Answer 4

a group of words that functions as a part of speech and has a subject and a verb

Question 5

independent clause

Answer 5

clause that expresses a complete thought and can be a sentence

Question 6

dependent clause

Answer 6

clause that does not express a complete though and cannot be a sentence

Question 7

phrase

Answer 7

group of words that does not contain a subject and a verb

Question 8

preposition

Answer 8

part of speech that shows direction, location, or time

Question 9

prepositional phrase

Answer 9

a preposition and an object of a preposition

Question 10

noun clause

Answer 10

subjects and verbs which support the noun; clause that acts as a noun

Question 11

claim

Answer 11

primary argument

Question 12

evidence

Answer 12

information that furnishes proof

Question 13

reasoning

Answer 13

the process of forming inferences, judgements, and conclusions

Question 14

rhetorical appeal

Answer 14

the art of effective expression in persuasive speaking and writing

Question 15

pathos

Answer 15

emotional appeal

Question 16

ethos

Answer 16

credibility/character appeal

Question 17

logos

Answer 17

logical appeal

Question 18

kairos

Answer 18

right time and right measure to act

Question 19

trigger words (noun clause)

Answer 19

how, that, what, whatever, when, where, who, which, why