The Sentence
What are the four types of sentences?
simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.
What are two elements of a good thesis?
Declarative-- can be affirmed or denied; has an argumentative subject; has predication; determinate enough for unity and cohesion (often with "because"); typically one sentence at the end of the introduction
Who is Beowulf's only kinsman?
Wiglaf
How do reading and writing differ from listening and speaking?
You have one shot to speak and listen but you can go back with reading and writing; reading and writing taught more often than speaking and listening; speaking and listening needed to have community and society.
This kind of definition describes the history of a word and how it is commonly used.
Dictionary or lexical
A clause contains:
a subject and a predicate
What kind of introduction persuades the reader by providing contextual detail that leads to the episode of focus?
Narrative
What happens to the Geats after Beowulf's death?
Presumably his people are destroyed by war.
What does Adler call the "motivating factor" in a sales talk?
pathos
What are the steps for analyzing an analogy?
1. What two things are being compared?
2. How are they similar?
3. How are they different?
4. How apt is the comparison?
What punctuation can you use in a compound sentence?
IC, cc IC. or IC; IC.
In terms of part 1, Invention, _____________ is diving deep into a part of the text while _______________ swims across the whole of it.
analysis; synthesis.
How sits at Hrothgar's feet when Beowulf first enters Heorot Hall?
Unfurth
What is the difference between a sales talk and an instructive speech?
A sales talk persuades an audience to take action; an instructive speech persuades an audience to understand or believe.
The trivium of the liberal arts consists of:
grammar, logic, and rhetoric
What is the subject, direct object, and object of the preposition in this sentence: I removed the solar cover from the pool.
subject: I
direct object: cover
object of preposition: pool
What type of conclusion returns to an interesting element of the introduction?
Tail-biting-snake
What is the name of Unfurth's sword?
Hrunting
How should you phrase the questions you ask during a forum, or question and answer session?
1. I understand you say x...
2. Therefore, my question is y.
How do you know if a disjunctive syllogism is exhaustive?
There are no other terms that will fit the given category.
Identify three adjectives in this sentence: He ate his rather greasy sandwich greedily in the diner.
his, greasy, the
What are 4 of the 6 elements of the classical oration arrangement of an essay?
Introduction, statement of circumstances, outline of proofs, the proofs, refutation, conclusion
Where does Beowulf ask the Geats to build his funeral barrow?
Whale's Cape
Adler says this should be the last question you ask yourself after reading a book or after hearing a speech.
What of it?
In How to Read a Book, Adler identifies these levels of reading:
Elementary, Inspectional, Analytical, Syntopical