Mythology & Random Review
Name the paragraphs in an informational essay and an argumentative essay
How many pieces of evidence should you include per body paragraph? What if you finish with time left?
Informational: intro, 3 body, conclusion
Argumentative: intro, 2 body, counterclaim, conclusion
One per body paragraph. Two if you finish early.
Is it better to answer all of the questions on the AIR test even if you have to make an educated guess or leave questions blank that you don't know the answer to?
You should attempt to answer ALL of the questions, even if it means making an educated guess.
What are the two types of essays you will be asked to write on the AIR test?
Informational and argumentative
How many articles/passages do you have to cite in your essay?
All of them
What does Miss DeBella say you MUST do while reading the articles on the AIR test?
Annotate/highlight
Identify the difference between theme and central idea.
Theme is the message, moral, lesson, take away and must apply to anyone, anywhere, anytime and central idea is the main idea/what the articles are talking about
How long do you have to complete the test?
2 hours
About what percentage of writing in your essay should be in your own words?
60-80%
How many answers can typically be eliminated immediately on multiple choice questions?
At least one but typically two
Claim/Counterclaim =
Thesis Statement =
Argumentative writing
Informational writing
Is there an incentive for finishing the AIR test early? Why?
No because you have to sit there and stare at the wall. You are not allowed to do anything else.
Name any two testing strategies you should utilize on the AIR test.
Process of elimination, close reading, context clues, etc.
What are some key words that tell you an essay prompt is informational?
What are some key words that tell you an essay prompt is argumentative?
"Analyze," "Explain," "Thesis Statement," not seeing the word claim or counterclaim, etc.
Seeing the words claim or counterclaim, "argument," having a question at the beginning of the prompt, etc.
What is one of the first things you should read when you come to one of the articles/passages on the AIR test?
Read the title of the article/passage
If you have an essay prompt that asks you to identify a problem/solution, cause/effect, compare/contrast, or chronological order, you should know immediately you are writing what type of essay?
Informational
What is a myth and why did people start creating them?
Before modern science, society in Ancient Greece needed answers for things they didn’t understand about the world. As a result, Greek myths, were created to explain how the world works.
What are three things theme must apply to in order to be considered theme?
Identify a theme for your Holocaust novel. Your theme can not revolve around light and darkness.
Anyone, anywhere, anytime
Be grateful for what you have and the experiences you get because things can change in the blink of an eye.
Write out how to properly include a piece of textual evidence in your essay paragraph
This can be supported by the following evidence as stated in paragraph one of passage two titled "Where the Green Grass Grows" when it states, "I am a fan of yours" (Frank).
If you are asked to analyze something in a subjective manner what are you asked to do?
If you are asked to analyze something in an objective manner what are you asked to do?
Subjective: include opinions
Objective: opinion free
Give the five elements on a PLOT chart and briefly explain what happens in each.
Exposition: characters, conflict, setting, etc. introduced
Rising action: events start happening that lead to the climax
Climax: turning point/biggest moment
Falling action: events start to die down and lead to the ending
Resolution: loose ends are tied up/conflict is resolved
What are the five elements of mythology?
(Plot) STORIES OF REWARDS & PUNISHMENTS
(Setting) SET IN ANCIENT GREECE OR “MOUNT OLYMPUS”
(origin or lesson) EXPLAINS MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD
(characters) HUMAN CHARACTERS & “GODLY FIGURES”
(Supernatural events) Humans flying, regaining sight, incredible strength, etc.
State and define the three types of irony we have talked about in class this year.
Dramatic Irony: readers know more than the characters
Verbal: saying something but meaning the opposite
Situational: something happens that you wouldn't expect
Consider this claim:
Painting is the best form of art for capturing the beauty of nature.
Develop a counterclaim.
Possible answer: People who believe painting is not the best form of art for capturing the beauty of nature might say there are too many small details to fully capture them with paint however that is not true because...
Label the Rhyme Scheme
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Where as I look at the snow and I am filled with joy.
A, A, B, A, C
Read the following poem. Write a theme of this poem.
"Dreams" by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Never let your dreams die, even if things get tough.