The Essay
When you write a thesis statement, how many reasons or pieces of evidence do you need to give (at minimum)?
Two (2)
Combine the following sentences:
The colonists were dissatisfied with British rule.
They began to protest.
The colonists were dissatisfied with British rule, so they began to protest.
The colonists were dissatisfied with British rule and began to protest.
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood is the feeling the author creates and tone the author's attitude
Name the genres you may see on the EOC.
Argumentative, Fiction, Informational, Poetry, and/or Drama
What acronym should you use to answer the short constructed response questions?
R-restate the question
A-answer
C- cite with evidence/examples
E-explain how your evidence supports your answer
What two major things go in your introductory paragraph?
Hook (attention-getter), Thesis
Combine the following sentences:
The Sons of Liberty boycotted British goods.
The Sons of Liberty was a secret society.
The Sons of Liberty, a secret society, boycotted British goods.
The Sons of Liberty was a secret society that boycotted British goods.
The Sons of Liberty, which was a secret society, boycotted British goods.
Name the three rhetorical appeals.
Ethos - Ethics, credibility
Pathos - emotions
Logos - logic
Describe connotation and denotation
Connotation is the meaning of the word as it relates to how the word makes us feel or gives us emotion.
Denotation is the dictionary definition of the word.
When the audience expects one thing to happen, but something else happens.
Irony
What do you need to add to your body paragraphs to ensure your message is clear?
Topic Sentences, evidence, and reasoning.
The acronym that helps you to remember the coordinating conjunctions used to join independent clauses.
FANBOYS
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
When the audience knows something that the characters do not know.
Dramatic Irony
A pattern of words, phrases, or sentences that are structured in the same way
Parallel Structure
What should you do before even writing a sentence of the ECR?
Pre-Writing, planning, using your dictionary to clarify the prompt
What is the main part you need in your conclusion?
Restate thesis
Combine the following sentences:
The townspeople were ready to fight in a minute.
The townspeople called themselves Minutemen.
The townspeople were ready to fight in a minute, so they called themselves Minutemen.
The townspeople called themselves Minutemen because they were ready to fight in a minute.
The townspeople, who called themselves Minutemen, were ready to fight in a minute.
In a paired passage, what are some questions going to ask you to find?
Similarity or Difference
Which figurative language takes inanimate objects and gives them action/feeling?
Personification
What should you do before reading the passage?
Identify the genre of the passage
OR
Preview the questions
What are alternative transition phrases that you could use for your conclusion paragraph other than "In conclusion..."?
Instead use: In the end, Overall, To conclude, To summarize, etc.
Combine the following sentences:
The British soldiers wanted to capture the Sons of Liberty.
The British soldiers wanted to take the Minutemen’s supplies.
The British soldiers wanted to capture the Sons of Liberty and take the Minutemen's supplies.
The British soldiers wanted to capture the Sons of Liberty, and they wanted to take the Minutemen's supplies.
The British soldiers wanted to take the Minutemen's supplies and capture the Sons of Liberty.
When you see a question like the one below, what are some of the steps you can take to answer it?
In paragraph 3, the word meander means?
1. Look up defintion in dictionary
2. Go back and re-read sentence word appears in. Use context clues.
An author's specific word choice
Diction
What three things should you ask for when taking the English I EOC test?
Dictionary, scratch paper, pencil