Writing Essays
What is the process in which you trade essays in class and comment on each other's work?
Peer Editing
Elon Musk is about to buy Twitter. What other company does he own?
Tesla
We learned about mistakes people make in reasoning with names like "hasty generalization", "the strawman" and "the bandwagon". What is the correct term for these mistakes?
Logical fallacies
Anne's family used to live in Germany but moved to what country to get away from the Nazis.
Holland or the Netherlands
Our first story was written by Edgar Allen Poe. What was the title of the story?
The Telltale Heart
How many paragraphs were required in most of the essays we wrote this year?
Four
On February 24, 2022, what country invaded Ukraine?
Russia
We read a text by Phyllis Wheatley called "On Virtue". What genre of writing was it?
A poem
What is the name of Anne's sister?
Margot
What fiction genre were the two stories we read from?
Horror
What paragraph is very similar in its content to the introduction?
The conclusion
Covid-19 has had several mutations or versions. What one was the latest that caused more infection because it was more contagious (though less deadly)?
Omicron
We wrote two argument essays in quarter 2. Name one of the topics of these essay assignments.
Gaming (or gaming communities) or Art classes
Which parent does Anne like better?
Her father
What was the name of the story in which a family wishes upon a creepy talisman or magical item?
The Monkey's Paw
When you quote the source texts in your essays, it is called providing ___________.
Evidence
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson accomplished an historic first recently. What was it?
She is the first black woman appointed to the Supreme Court.
In "On Virtue", Phyllis Wheatley uses what kind of figurative language to make the concept of virtue more vivid? (You illustrated it in Storyboard That)
Personification
What is Mr. Dussel's profession?
Dentist
The narrator of the first story we read commits a crime and then admits to it in the end. What was his crime?
Murder
In the FSA Writing Rubric, there are three categories you are graded in. Name two of them.
Focus, purpose, and organization
Evidence and Evaluation
Conventions
Who shocked the world and was banned from the Motion Picture Academy when he struck Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards?
Will Smith
An argument essay requires that you acknowledge the opposite side and explain why it is wrong. This is called a ________?
Counterclaim
What piece of furniture do Anne and Mr. Dussel argue over?
A desk.
Edgar Allen Poe and W.W. Jacobs are the two authors we read. Which one is an American?
Edgar Allen Poe