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Stem Christies |
turns made by angling one ski and then bringing the other into alignment |
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Bunny Slope |
gently sloping hill used for practice by beginning skiers |
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Inevitability |
quality of being certain to happen |
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Rope Tows |
moving ropes that skiers hold to be pulled to the top of the hill |
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Potential |
possibility |
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Riddled |
affected throughout |
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Promissory Note |
written promise to pay a specific amount |
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Hallowed |
sacred |
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Degenerate |
grow worse |
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Creed |
statement of belief |
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Consecration |
dedication to something sacred |
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Abdicated |
gave up formally |
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Evanescent |
temporary; tending to disappear |
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Evanescent |
temporary; tending to disappear |
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Arduous |
difficult; laborious |
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Essay |
short works of nonfiction |
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Speech |
nonfiction literary works that a speaker delivers to an audience |
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Essays and speeches express a writer's ___________? |
style, tone, perspective and purpose |
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Style |
the distinctive way in which an author uses language |
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Tone |
author's attitude towards both the subject and the audience |
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Perspective |
the viewpoint or opinion an author expresses |
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Purpose |
the author's purpose for writing or speaking |
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What are the five types of essays? |
narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive, and reflective essays |
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Narrative Essay |
tells the story of real events or an individual's personal experience |
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Descriptive Essay |
creates an impression about a person, an object, or an experience |
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Expository Essay |
provides information, explores ideas, or explains a process |
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Persuasive Essay |
attempts to convince readers to take a course of action or adopt the writer's position on an issue |
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Reflective Essay |
conveys the writer's thoughts and feelings about a personal experience or an idea |
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What are the four types of speeches? |
an address, a talk, an oration, and a lecture |
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Address |
a formal, prepared speech that is usually delivered by someone of importance |
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Talk |
an informal speech delivered in a conversational style |
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Oration |
an eloquent speech given on a formal occasion |
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Lecture |
a prepared speech that informs or instructs an audience |
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Persuasive Appeals |
the arguments that the author makes |
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What are the four specific types of persuasive appeals? |
appeals to authority, appeals to reason, appeals to emotion, and appeals to shared values |
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Author's Motive |
his/her reason for or interest in persuading readers to accept his/her position |
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Description |
including language that appeals to the five senses |
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Comparison & Contrast |
showing similarities and differences between two or among more than two items |
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Cause & Effect |
explaining the relationship between events, actions, and situtations by showing how one can result in another |
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Main Idea |
the central message, insight, or opinion inside a work of nonfiction |
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Supporting Details |
the pieces of evidence that a writer uses to improve his/her point |
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Rhetorical Devices |
verbal techniques that create emphasis and appeal to emotion |
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What are the four specific types of rhetorical devices? |
parallelism, restatement, repetition, and analogy |
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Parallelism |
similar grammatical structures expressing a related idea |
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Restatement |
expresses the same idea in different words to clarify and stress key points |
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Repetition |
expresses different ideas using the same words or images in order to reinforce concepts and unify the speech |
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Analogy |
drawing a comparison that shows a similarity between unlike things |
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Persuasive Techniques |
devices used to influence the audience in favor of the author's argument |
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What are the three specific elements of an author's style? |
diction, syntax, and tone |
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Diction |
the words the author uses |
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Syntax |
the arrangement of words in sentences |
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Aloofness |
quality of being distant or removed |
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Melancholy |
sadness; gloom |
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Esthetically |
artistically |
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Inexplicability |
condition of being unexplainable |
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Pretentious |
grand in a showy way |
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Apex |
highest point; apex |
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Articulate |
expressing oneself clearly and easily |
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Novice |
new to an activity; inexperienced |
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Diffused |
spread out |
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Extrapolating |
arriving at a conclusion by inferring from known facts |
