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52 Cards in this Set
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Disputatious
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Argumentative
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Reluctant
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Unwilling, holding back
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Fledgling
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Inexperienced, a young bird about to leave the nest
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Prominent
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Standing out
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Pervade
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Saturate, permeate
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Nurture
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Raise, foster
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Prescribe
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Order, recommend, appoint
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Makeshift
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Substitute
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Quench
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Douse, slake, stifle
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Anonymous
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Unknown
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Vigilant
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Watchful, attentive
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Flagrant
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Outrageous, scandalous
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Insubordinate
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Disobedient, defiant
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Detest
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To loathe, hate with a burning passion
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Ordained
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Decreed, to establish by law
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Rhetorical question
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A question not meant to be answered
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Quote
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Used if you are trying to use a fact in a speech but trying to make it more effective
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Parallel Structure
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Making sure that you have a certain beat in your sentences; for example: I went to the movies, got a haircut, and ate a snack.
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Awareness of audience
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Always look at your audience
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Tone
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Make it seem as if you really care passionately about presenting the topic
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Eye contact
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Look at your audience to keep their interest
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Posture
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Lean in a little bit toward your audience to interest them
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Hand gestures
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Move your hands around for feeling!
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Movement
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Moving makes you look passionate about the subject
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Voice
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You should project and make sure to emphasize your voice
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Facts
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When doing a subject based on a real thing, it is effective to use true facts
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Examples
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Using examples gives the audience a feel of what you may mean exactly
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Anecdotes
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Telling a short story gives the audience interest and a real-life feel of the situations that have been similarly executed in your life
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Quotes
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If you want to use a fact but make it more effective you can always use a quote
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Sensory details
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Sensory details give the audience a feel about the way something looks, tastes, sounds, smells, or feels
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Chronological order
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A timeline of events in order
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Order of importance
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Like the name implies - the order of importance
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Spatial
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Use prepositions
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Logical
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Explain a process
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Descriptive
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Sensory details
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Narrative
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Anecdotes, quotes
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Persuasive
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Facts, examples, quotes
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Expository
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Explaining, informing, facts
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To show time
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Finally, later, then, first
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To show location
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Off to the right (left)
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To show order of importance
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More importantly
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To show cause and effect
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Because of, therefore
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To show examples
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For instance, for example
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To show similarities and differences
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Otherwise, similarly
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How are the deaths of Candy's dog and Lennie related?
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They were both past their time and also, they were both shot in the very back of the head
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Why do the two have to die?
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They were not needed anymore, but Candy's dog didn't do anything wrong. It didn't have to die, but Lennie kept on doing bad things
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Is it fair to draw a comparison for these two events?
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No, Candy's dog didn't kill anyone
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Are Candy's dog's death and Lennie's death just different degrees of the same thing?
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Yes
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Why does the story begin and end in the same place?
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I think the writer doesn't want the story to get too confusing
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What role does the real world actually play in the novella?
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The real world is someplace unpredictable; anything can happen
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What is Steinbeck saying about dreams?
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Dreams do not always come true
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Is the book's take-home message an inherently pessimistic one?
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Yes, what Steinbeck is saying is that if you reach for the stars, you're going to get burned
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