What is an independent clause?
A complete sentence that can stand on its own.
What is the MAIN setting of The Great Gatsby?
West Egg and East Egg
What is a thesis/claim?
A statement of the argument being presented.
What is the difference in connotation between calling it the Tulsa Race Riot and Tulsa Massacre?
A race riot is when people go against the government, while a massacre is when lives are unjustly taken due to societal prejudices and discrimination.
The effects were instant.
The affects were instant.
What is a dependent clause?
An incomplete sentence that cannot stand on its own. AKA: a fragment
Gatsby's pursuit of wealth
Ethos is...
credibility
What is bias?
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
You're killing me right now.
Your killing me right now.
You're killing me right now.
In this sentence, do the subject and verb agree? Why or why not?
Dalila are going to the store with her friends.
No. Dalila is singular so "are" needs to be "is"
Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby?
Nick Carraway
What is tone?
The TOTAL feeling/emotion of a piece of writing.
What was the main cause of the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North?
Escaping discriminatory Jim Crow laws and racial violence in the South.
Whose shoes are those?
Who's shoes are those?
Whose shoes are those?
Is this a correct use of commas to add an appositive to the sentence?
She, a friend of Josiah's, went to the store for 15 minutes.
Yes, correct.
The green light at the end of Daisy's dock symbolizes...
Hope
When creating a Works Cited page in MLA format, what should you do if there is no author listed for a source?
Use the title of the source in place of the author's name
What is the purpose of satire?
To provoke thought and inspire change by highlighting flaws and absurdities in society
What are the differences between these three words?
To
Too
Two
To - position/location
Too - excess OR in addition/also
Two - number
What are FANBOYS?
(extra 50 points if you can list all of them)
coordinating conjunctions used to connect an independent clause and a dependent clause.
For, and, not, but, or, yet, so
Why does Daisy hope her daughter is a "beautiful little fool"?
She hopes her daughter doesn't go through the same hard things she did.
What is the proper structure of a body paragraph?
Which of the following is NOT used to evaluate a piece of writing using ASOAPSTone?
Allusions
Its a long drive back home tonight.
It's a long drive back home tonight.
It's a long drive back home tonight.