Terminology
This is the grammatical term for a complete sentence.
An IC/independent clause
Which literary device uses "like" or "as" to compare two things as similar?
simile
This sentence type is the only type with one clause.
What does CER stand for?
Claim
Evidence
Reasoning
semi-barbaric, loving, like her father, jealous, agonized, etc.
Fill in the blank: You are required to know four sentence types: simple, compound, complex, and ________________.
compound-complex
When writing a theme, how long must it be?
One full sentence.
Fill in the blank: If an IC comes first in a complex sentence, then you don't need ______.
Compound (two ICs)
The claim should not have what word in it?
"because" (this is the difference between a claim and a thesis)
What happens if the king finds the condemned man guilty?
He gets eaten by a hungry tiger.
This is the grammatical term for the FANBOYS.
A coordinating conjunction
Which irony is this: The audience knows that Andy's toys come to life, but he doesn't.
Dramatic irony.
This type of word demotes an IC into a DC.
a subordinating conjunction (SC)
How many sentences of analysis should you have in TOTAL in an Honors CER?
4
What happens if the condemned man is already married?
He gets married to the lady anyway despite the bigamy.
This word means the words that an author chooses to use in their writing.
Diction
Consider this scenario:
Two known enemies become trapped under a fallen tree. The near-death experience is enough for them to see that their feud is foolish. One man passes another man a flask to keep him warm.
The flask is a symbol. What does it symbolize?
A peace offering/a truce
This is the only sentence type with two of the same clauses.
Compound sentences (2 IC's and 0 DC)
In order to have effective reasoning/analysis, what must a writer do in regards to the evidence?
Pick a small chunk of evidence to use as analysis to relate it back to the claim.
Why was the king upset that the princess and the man were lovers?
He was a commoner of no royal blood.
This is the term for the rules of a language/how words are arranged to form coherent sentences.
Syntax
What's the difference between mood and tone?
Mood=the audience's feelings towards something.
Tone=the author's feelings towards something.
These two sentence types are the only ones to use a semicolon.
Compound & compound-complex
What is wrong with this citation?
"For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose" (Tan para 7).
Nothing should come between the author's name and the number.
What is Stockton's tone toward the king's ideas in this excerpt?
"…the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty; and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot, whether he liked it or not (Stockton 2).
The tone is critical of what the king does to the accused.