Writing
If a prompt asks you to use evidence to support your answer, what should you do?
Use evidence/quotes to support your answer.
What are some annotation methods BESIDES defining words? (At least 2)
Ask questions
Make notes
Form connections
Underline/highlight important sections
INTERACT with the text in any way
When should you capitalize the first letter of a word?
At the beginning of the sentence or when using proper nouns.
What is denotation and connotation?
Denotation is the literal meaning of a word.
Connotation is how a word feels.
Is the EOC an accurate representation of your knowledge?
No. It's a dumb test made by dumb people.
What is ACE and how should it be used in your writing?
Argument
Citation
Explanation
This is the structure of your paragraphs.
How many times should you read something if you do not understand it?
As many as it takes (time permitting)
When should you italicize a work and when should you put it into quotation marks?
A full work, like a novel, play, or collection of short stories or poems is italicized. A smaller work, like a newspaper article, a poem, or a short story, is put into quotation marks.
What is a symbol? (Provide 2 examples from things we've read this year)
A symbol is a concrete object in a story which represents something else.
If you don't know the answer to a multiple choice question related to a passage, what should you do?
Go back to the passage and look for the answer. If you still can't find it, or time is low, use the process of elimination to weed out bad answers and take your best guess.
How should you construct your counterclaim in your argumentative essay?
Put yourself in the shoes of someone who disagrees with your thesis. Present an argument against your thesis that they might use. Then, use evidence to prove why their argument is invalid.
What should you do if you do not understand a passage? (at least 2 things)
Read it again.
Break it up into smaller chunks.
Annotate and/or paraphrase
Use what you DO know to figure out what you don't know.
Define noun, verb, and adjective and explain how they are used in sentences.
Noun- Person, place, thing, or idea
Verb- Action word
Adjective- Describes a noun
What is a theme? Give an example from something we've read this year (any book, play, short story, or poem)
The controlling idea or central insight of a piece of fiction. It is the unifying generalization about life stated or implied by the text. Theme can be defined as the purpose of the text. What view of life does the text support or what insight into life does the text reveal?
You've read a multiple choice question and you are reading through the answers. You read A and you know it is incorrect. You read B and you are pretty sure it is correct. What should you do?
Read C and D before making your choice. You should always pick the BEST possible answer. While B may be the correct answer, there may be a better answer.
Why should you not use the first person in your essays?
It weakens your writing.
I think Gatsby is great because he did everything he could to win back the love of his life.
vs.
Gatsby is great because he did everything he could to win back the love of his life.
Name the 4 steps of analyzing poetry.
1. Read the poem.
2. Annotate the poem
3. Paraphrase the poem
4. Analyze the poem for deeper meanings
What is the proper format for in-text citations?
Author's last name and the page number in parentheses at the end of the sentence where the quote appears, with the period right after.
i.e. (Fitzgerald 30).
What is a climax?
The climax is the highest point of tension and drama in a story.
When is your EOC?
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 8:30
Why do we use quotes in our writing?
To provide evidence to support our arguments. Utilizing evidence is the BEST way to present a compelling argument, and an argument that fails to provide evidence should be met with skepticism.
Is 10 pages long?
No.
What should you do if you get a red or blue underline on a word or phrase?
What is irony? (Give 1 example from something we've read this year)
When there are two contradictory meanings of the same situation (i.e. something unexpected happens).
You do not know the answer to a question. There are three multiple choice answers that are similar and one that is different. How should you guess?
Pick the outlier.