The attitude, atmosphere, circumstances, and events surrounding a text
What is context?
100
You will need about 20 of these.
What are note cards?
100
Friday Factoids are _____% of your grade
What is 10%?
100
True or False: Bathroom passes are limitless and encouraged.
What is ha ha yeah right?
200
For whom the text is meant to be read, hear, or seen.
What is audience?
200
He gave a speech on an appreciation day held in his honor.
Who is Lou Gehrig?
200
Every Friday, bring your Friday Factoid and this.
What is a book?
200
Every three to four weeks, you will give an ____________ on your topic.
What is an infomercial?
200
For your independent reading, _________________ texts are highly encouraged.
What is nonfiction?
300
The topic of a text
What is subject?
300
Einstein writes a letter in response Phyllis' question. This is the text's _________________
What is occasion?
300
Practice and participation are _____% of your grade.
What is 15%?
300
On the note card or sticky note, you will provide the appropriate ___________________ info.
What is bibliographic?
300
All major assignments should follow _______ formatting guidelines.
What is MLA?
400
The time and place of a text
What is occasion?
400
Lou Gehrig's __________________ is to connect with his audience as he says farewell.
What is purpose?
400
Mr. Thomsen offers tutoring every _______________.
What is Thursday?
400
In the second semester, you will create your own ____________ ____________ using the texts you have gathered.
What is synthesis prompt?
400
The implicit subject of this text is the nature of faith.
What is Einstein's letter to Phyllis?
500
A combination of Audience, Occasion, and Purpose
What is the rhetorical situation?
500
George W. Bush's _____________ (word choice) indicates a desire to unite and console his audience: a grieving, traumatized nation.
What is diction?
500
Homework and minor assignments are ________% of your grade.
What is 25?
500
In each "infomercial" presentation, you will briefly cite _______ sources and five facts.
What is three?
500
Gehrig's use of the words and phrases "wonderful little fellow," "Sure, I'm lucky," and "give your right arm" suggest a __________ of familiarity and nostalgia.