Supporting Detail - ANSWER evidence and backing for the main idea
Theme - ANSWER issue, an idea, or a question raised by the text
Topic - ANSWER subject of a text
Main Idea - ANSWER most important point being made by the author
Topic Sentence - ANSWER a sentence that expresses the main ...
VCLA Reading(2022 Graded A+)
Supporting Detail - ANSWER evidence and backing for the main idea
Theme - ANSWER issue, an idea, or a question raised by the text
Topic - ANSWER subject of a text
Main Idea - ANSWER most important point being made by the author
Topic Sentence - ANSWER a sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph
or paper
Contextual Clues - ANSWER help you find the best answer out of the given choices
Straw Man Fallacy - ANSWER a fallacy an oversimplification or distortion of opposing
views
Slippery Slope - ANSWER a fallacy the author asserts that id something happens, then
that means that something else will happen as a result - even though it may not be true
Hasty Generalization - ANSWER a fallacy coming to a conclusion with insufficient
evidence
Circular Reasoning - ANSWER a fallacy when there is no supporting evidence
Deductive Reasoning - ANSWER a fallacy that involves the use of general facts or
premises to come to a specific conclusion (using all when only some could apply)
Assumptions - ANSWER claims that are taken to be true without proof
Overgeneralization - ANSWER a fallacy where the author makes a broad claim that
cannot be proved or disproved
A Logical Fallacy - ANSWER a failure of reasoning
False Analogy - ANSWER a fallacy where the author suggests that two things are
similar when they are different
Dual Passages - ANSWER when you are given two essays that have two different view
points
Stereotype - ANSWER like a bias, but applied specifically to a group or place
Bias - ANSWER author's point of view
Inductive Reasoning - ANSWER a method of logic that uses particulars to draw a
general conclusion
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