Grammar
What is a comma splice?
When a comma separates two independent clauses with no FANBOY conjunction
Which story, The Secret Life of Bees or When the Emperor was Divine, is set earlier in American history? What key historical event(s) define each novel?
WTEWD- 1940s, Pearl Harbor, World War II, Japanese internment
TSLoB- 1960s, Civil Rights Act, Space Era, President Lyndon B. Johnson, fear of Atomic bomb, moon landing
Name one device that is used in the line below:
The squelch and slap of soggy peat
Alliteration and Onomatopoeia
Define: Mausoleum
A large tomb; also, a large gloomy building or room
How many prongs should a thesis for a four paragraph essay have?
Two
What are the two punctuation marks you may use before a quotation? How do you know which one to use?
A comma (if it is a partial set up) or a colon (if you have written a complete thought to set up the quotation fully)
Name the climactic moment from TWO of the works we've studied this semester and where they occur.
SLoB-- T.Ray comes back for Lily at the Pink House
WTEWD-- the father comes home to Berkeley
The Lottery-- Tessie draws the black dot at the Lottery
F451-- Montag kills Beatty at Montag's house
Name a device used below:
The Day poured her cloudy light on us
Personification, oxymoron
Define: Conjure
To imagine or to contrive; to summon as if by incantation (spell)
The thesis should end with a "____ ________" (a focus on the deeper meaning, significance, lesson, or analysis of your points.
"So What"
How would you make these 2 words possessive? : women, family
women's
family's
Name two symbols from WTEWD and what they represent.
Horses, the tortoise, train shades, the mother's key, the mother's gloves, the mother's earrings, the girl's playing cards, the boy's umbrella, dust, the Western paintings in the woman's house, the father's hat, etc.
Name two devices in the line below:
The flamenco dancer was dancing like her feet were on fire!
Simile and hyperbole
Define: Pedant
Someone who makes an excessive display of their learning
Although both body paragraphs will have a topic sentence, where will the transition + topic sentence be located in a four paragraph essay?
At the beginning of the second body paragraph (third paragraph)
Correctly punctuate the following sentence:
Clarisse asks Montag "Are you happy" (Bradbury 18)
Clarisse asks Montag, "Are you happy?" (Bradbury 18).
What are 2 reasons Beatty gives that have led to the banning of books in Montag's society?
Many answers, but here are a few:
1. Books get shorter and entertainment gets faster until people decide to stop reading
2. In a big country, it's hard to please / not offend all groups of people
3. People must be made equal so they don't feel inferior; no one can be smarter
4. Conflicting opinions = conflict in society. They want everyone to get along and "be happy"
Name two devices in the following lines:
And I recall his hands,
two measures of tenderness he laid against my face,
the flames of discipline
he raised above my head.
Metaphor
Juxtaposition
Paradox
Define: Inscrutable
Impossible to understand or interpret
Name two main goals of the introduction?
To introduce the general topic of the essay that grabs reader's attention, give brief context of the novels, lead in to thesis, and end with a thesis
Write and punctuate a complete sentence about one of our novels using a coordinating adverb (e.g. THAMOS) and two independent clauses.
Many options!
Ex: Faber is terrified of taking action; however, he is willing to help Montag through an earpiece.
The theme of stories and storytelling shows up in all three novels. In one sentence each, explain an instance in which shows up in SLoB, Emperor, and Fahrenheit.
SLoB: the story of Deborah's death; Lily's dream of becoming a writer
Emperor: The boy's story of how his father's homecoming will be vs. how it actually goes; the mother's memory of her past life while at the camp; the ending chapter which tells the investigators a story but not necessarily the truth
Fahreneheit: the power of literature and poetry with Mrs. Phelps; the lack of meaningful stories in the TV shows; the Bible; the Book People's quest to memorize stories; the importance of remembering one's own story, etc.
Name one specific example of irony from one of the texts we have read this year.
Too many to name!
Define: Proclivity
Tendency or habit
Name the five steps of the Quotation Integration Process and one way it will be different on the exam essay.
Context, Set up Speaker, Include Quote with Citation, Rephrase Quote, and Analyze Quote to connect back to thesis
Differences: Steps 2, 3, and 4 will be wrapped into one, since you are essentially giving a detailed example without a quotation.