ENG 101 week 3 concept check

Academic Prose

Writing that uses third-person perspective, impartiality, proper grammar, appropriate vocabulary, and proper citations.

Adjective Identification Questions

Which one? What kind? How many? Whose?

Adverb Identification Questions

When? Where? Why? How? How much?

Closing of an Essay

Should deliver on the promise made in the introduction and provide a satisfying conclusion.

Complete Thought

An idea that can stand alone and make sense by itself.

Conjunction

A part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses.

Description

A rhetorical method that persuades through specific details about people, places, or things, helping readers see and feel.

Dependent Clause

A clause that cannot stand alone as a complete thought.

Dictionary Definition Introduction

A weak introduction strategy that begins with a dictionary definition.

Eight Parts of Speech

Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, interjections, and conjunctions.

Exposition

A rhetorical method that uses explanation, opinion, and argument to help readers understand.

Expository Writing

Writing that explains ideas directly and clearly rather than hiding the main point.

Expository Writing Questions

What does it mean? Why does it matter? How does it work? What should the reader understand?

Explanation

The second step in the four-sentence paragraph model that clarifies the main idea.

Example

The third step in the four-sentence paragraph model that provides evidence or illustration of the main idea.

Four Methods of Information

Description, narration, exposition, and parabolic writing.

Four-Sentence Paragraph Model

Main Idea, Explanation, Example, Wrap-Up.

Forms of Verbs

Predicate, infinitive, participle, and gerund.

Gerund

A verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun.

Grammatical Vocabulary

Language used to discuss grammar and sentence structure.

Independent Clause

A clause that can stand alone as a complete thought.

Infinitive

The basic form of a verb, usually written as 'to + verb.'

Introduction

The opening section of an essay that provides context and prepares readers to understand the topic.

Interjection

A part of speech used to express emotion.

Language Vocabularies

Rhetorical, grammatical, and parabolic.

Linking Verbs

Is, are, was, were, am, be, been.

Main Idea

The first step in the four-sentence paragraph model; the central point of the paragraph.

Narration

A rhetorical method that persuades through actions and events, helping readers follow movement and change.

Normal English Word Order

Subject, predicate, object.

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea.

Paragraph

A group of sentences focused on a single idea; sometimes a paragraph may consist of only one sentence.

Parabolic Writing

Writing that creates a meaningful situation and allows readers to discover the meaning for themselves.

Participle

A verb form used as an adjective or in verb tenses.

Phrase

A group of words missing a subject, predicate, or both.

Predicate

The action or state of being expressed in a sentence.

Preposition

A part of speech showing relationships in time or space.

Pronoun

A word that replaces a noun.

Representational Writing

Description and narration because they show or represent people, places, things, or actions.

Rhetorical Vocabulary

Language used to discuss writing, persuasion, and rhetorical methods.

Second-Person Question Introduction

A weak introduction strategy that directly asks the reader a question using 'you.'

Sentence

A group of words containing a subject and predicate that expresses a complete thought.

Sentence Requirements

Every sentence must contain a subject and a predicate and express a complete thought.

Subject

The person, place, thing, or idea that the sentence is about.

Subject-Predicate-Object Structure

One of the three critical aspects of sentences; the standard arrangement of subject, action, and object.

Supporting Sentences

Sentences that provide specific details about the general ideas introduced in a topic sentence.

Three Critical Aspects of Sentences

Subject-Predicate-Object structure, the presence of clauses, and the presence of independent clauses that can stand alone as complete thoughts.

Three Language Vocabularies

Rhetorical, grammatical, and parabolic.

Topic Sentence

A sentence that introduces the general idea of a paragraph.

Transitive Verb

A verb that shows action and acts upon an object.

Verb

A part of speech that expresses action or a state of being.

Verb Forms

Predicate, infinitive, participle, and gerund.

Weak Introduction Strategies

Dictionary definitions, second-person questions, and 'hat is too big' openings.

Wrap-Up

The fourth step in the four-sentence paragraph model that reinforces the main idea.

'Hat Is Too Big' Opening

An overly broad introduction that starts too generally and lacks focus.