A&E
Terms
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- introduction
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hook [quotation, rhetorical question, shocking fact]
thesis: I therefore negate/oppose the resolution that ________________. - the case
- 2-4 contentions with sources
- conclusion
- reiterate thesis
- composed
- put together; made up
- express
- to show; represent in words; convey
- fragile
- weak; brittle; delicate; easily broken
- frantically
- anxiously; in a panic; nervously; desperately
- missionary
- [a person] involved in religious or humanitarian work; evangelist
- numbness
- without feeling; a lack of feeling or emotion
- practical
- useful rather than theoretical; sensible; realistic
- regugee
- a person who flees a country to avoid persecution or seek safety [refuge or asylum]; emigrant
- unspeakable
- horrible; too awful for words
- version
- adaptation; form or variation of original
- anecdote
- small story that's fequently amusing & often personal
- dearth
- lack; scarcity; shortage
- economical
- not wasteful; frugal; thrifty
- grave
- serious; somber
- infinite
- without end or limit
- mode
- style; manner; custom; method
- precarious
- ossibly dangerous; delicately balanced; uncertain; cautious
- relieve
- alleviate; remove pressure; free from burden; ease
- steer
- to direct or pilot
- unconscious
- unaware
- crevice
- crack, narrow opening; cranny
- defiance
- resistance; opposition; challenge, rebellion
- despairingly
- hopelessly; despondently
- dismal
- bleak; pessimistic; gloomy; cheerless
- flawed
- imperfect; defective; damaged
- lament
- to mourn; grieve; express regret
- shrill
- piercing; ear-shattering; like a shriek; sharp; high-pitched
- stealthily
- without being noticed; unseen; sneakily; slyly; secretively; furtively
- strive
- try or work hard; seek a goal
- vault
- a closed-up room; tomb; burial chamber