Multiple Choice
What does predict before you peek mean?
Cover up the answers and take a guess. Then look at the answers
How many quotes (at least) should you use in each body paragraph?
2
What do you need to do in the central idea essay?
States the literary element + helps develop central idea + by....(What does it do for the reader that helps develop the central idea?)
What is rhetoric?
Way a speaker persuades
Ethos/Pathos/Logos
Ethos: appeals to show credibility of speaker/writer
Pathos: appeals to emotion
Logos: appeals to logic
If you have "no clue" on a question, what should you do?
Skip it and come back to it
How many paragraphs should your argument essay be?
5
How many paragraphs should this essay be?
3
What does ethos, pathos, logos mean?
ethos: credible source
pathos: appeal to emotions
logos: appeal to logic
Denotation vs. Connotation
Dictionary definition vs. associated meanings of a word
What is the rule of thumb rule when you get a question that refers you to a specific line/lines?
Read a little before and after the lines they give you
How many reasons should you brainstorm for your side of the argument?
3--one of them will be used for your "come back" and the other two will be your body paragraphs
What do you state in the intro paragraph?
-TAG (Title, author, gist/general subject)
-Author's purpose in writing it
-central idea and literary element you will focus on
What is the purpose of a rhetorical analysis? As a writer, what are you doing?
Explain what the speaker is arguing, for what purpose, and what rhetorical devices he/she uses
Allusion
Reference in a work to a famous event, person, story, etc.
If you read a passage and have "no clue," what should you do?
Read the questions--sometimes they give you hints
What do you need to do to each quote you use?
ICE: Introduce, cite, explain/elaborate
In your body paragraph, you need to use the "buzz words." What does that mean?
You must use "central idea" and the literary term you picked
What is anaphora?
repeated words/phrasing near the beginning of lines
Antithesis
Using parallel structure with opposite ideas
If you are able to eliminate two of the answers, what are you usually left with?
One that is somewhat correct and one that is the best answer
What does CFCC stand for?
Common understanding + first glance + closer look + claim
How many quotes should you use and what do you do after you use each quote?
at least 2
Explain how the literary element helps develop the central idea--what does it do?
What are some "easy" rhetorical devices/strategies to look for?
anaphora, allusions, rhetorical questions
Analogy
comparison of an abstract idea to something concrete