Vocabulary
MLA
Writing
Punctuation and Grammar
Grab Bag
100
A BENEVOLENT creature would probably...
HELP YOU.
100
What information must go in your HEADER?
Last name and page number
100
What is the first step in the writing process?
Organize your ideas
100
What is the difference between ITS and IT'S?
Rule 1: When you mean it is or it has, use an apostrophe. Examples: It’s a nice day. It’s your right to refuse the invitation. It’s been great getting to know you. Rule 2: When you are using its as a possessive, don’t use the apostrophe. Examples: The cat hurt its paw. The furniture store celebrated its tenth anniversary.
100
Define: Imagery.
Imagery, in a literary text, is an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work. It appeals to human senses to deepen the reader's understanding of the work.
200
Define: BELLIGERENT
hostile and aggressive.
200
How do you correctly write a date in MLA format?
ex: 25 December 2013. (Day Month Year)
200
What step of the writing process requires you to carefully change content to enhance the piece?
Revision (While the editing process targets grammar problems, the revision process should focus on readability, logic, and clarity.)
200
What is the difference between AFFECT and EFFECT?
The majority of the time you use affect with an a as a verb and effect with an e as a noun. When Should You Use Affect? Affect with an a means "to influence," as in, "The arrows affected Aardvark," or "The rain affected Amy's hairdo." Affect can also mean, roughly, "to act in a way that you don't feel," as in, "She affected an air of superiority." When Should You Use Effect? ** Think cause and EFFECT! ** Effect with an e has a lot of subtle meanings as a noun, but to me the meaning "a result" seems to be at the core of all the definitions. For example, you can say, "The effect was eye-popping," or "The sound effects were amazing," or "The rain had no effect on Amy's hairdo."
200
What is the EXPOSITION of a STORY?
The exposition is the portion of a story that introduces important background information to the audience; for example, information about the setting, events occurring before the main plot, characters' back stories, etc.
300
Define: BEQUEATH
Transmit, bestow, or hand-down.
300
What information does a parenthetical citation (in-text) citation need to include?
Author's last name AND page number (if a book)
300
Give me an example of EXPRESSIVE WRITING
ANSWERS MAY VARY-- ex: songs about a theme, diaries entries, etc. Expressive writing is personal writing. It expresses and explores the personal feelings of the writer. The piece may attempt to answer a question, state an opinion or recount the writer's personal experiences. Many times, expressive writing does all of these. Unlike most forms of writing, this type of written communication isn't focused on proper spelling, punctuation and grammar.
300
What is a CONNOTATION?
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Ex: "the word “discipline” has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression"
300
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object.
400
Define: SOJOURN.
Stay somewhere temporarily or for a time
400
Which one of these quotes IS formatted and cited correctly? A. The Oklahoma migrants found "not a Promised Land, but a man-blighted Eden" (Crockett 195). B. The Oklahoma migrants found "not a Promised Land, but a man-blighted Eden" (Crockett, p. 195). C. The Oklahoma migrants found "not a Promised Land, but a man-blighted Eden" (Crockett p. 195). D. The Oklahoma migrants found "not a Promised Land, but a man-blighted Eden." (Crockett 195)
A
400
What is an example of FUNCTIONAL WRITING?
ANSWERS WILL VARY- ex: letters of complaint Functional writing is different to personal writing in that you have far less freedom in the way you approach the task. There are certain standard and accepted ways of writing letters, reviews, reports etc. and the purpose of this question is to ensure that you know how to tackle such things. You may have an opportunity to be a little bit creative, but you must abide by the rules.
400
What is a synonym?
a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close.
400
What is theme?
A theme is the central topic of a text. Themes can be divided into two categories: a work's thematic concept is what readers "think the work is about" and its thematic statement being "what the work says about the subject." The most common contemporary understanding of theme is an idea or concept that is central to a story, which can often be summed in a single word (e.g. love, death, betrayal) or short phrase (e.g.: just keep going, love conquers all). A theme may be exemplified by the actions, utterances, or thoughts of a character in a novel. An example of this would be the theme loneliness in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," wherein many of the characters seem to be lonely. It may differ from the thesis—the text's or author's implied worldview.
500
Define: INTERCEDE and use it CORRECTLY in a sentence.
intervene on behalf of another. ex: "I begged him to intercede for Theresa when she was being bullied, but he never did a thing."
500
Which one of these is NOT a correct example of parenthetical (in-text) citations? a. (Jones 54) b. (Smith, page 92) c. ("Lasers" 245) d. (Brown et al. 87)
B
500
What is an example of EXPOSITORY WRITING?
ANSWERS WILL VARY- ex: a Schaeffer paragraph about "Ender's Game"! Exposition is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information or inform. The creator of an expository text can not assume that the reader or listener has prior knowledge or prior understanding of the topic that is being discussed.
500
How do you write out numbers less than 100, especially if it's an age?
ex: eighty-two year old
500
Define: hasty generalization AND give an example!
Hasty generalization: a faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence—essentially making a hasty conclusion without considering all of the variables. In statistics, it may involve basing broad conclusions regarding the statistics of a survey from a small sample group that fails to sufficiently represent an entire population. Examples may include: two girls at a school smoke, so all girls at that school must smoke!
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