Glossary Terms
What is another word for Genre?
Category/Type
Your professor is working at Jamba Juice trying to get them bills. She creates a flyer for advertising. Who is her audience?
Paying customers!
Which author wrote this line: "Here’s an example from the first draft of a story that later made its way into The Joy Luck Club, but without this line: “That was my mental quandary in its nascent state.” A terrible line, which I can barely pronounce."
Amy Tan
What goes in the third line of your MLA format, at the top left of your page?
Class Info!
Written by your professor's favorite author, this book features an unfortunate teenager, telekinetic powers, and a whole lotta pigs blood. It's being made into a television series this year! (watch party, y'all!) What is this book?
Stephen King's Carrie
Ethical communication, and the practice of it, is a good way to describe this thing. Prof. McLean also brings it up as a synonym to a message.
Rhetoric
What story is this from: " “You.” She made me promise to read it before I graduated. “And when you finish,” she said, “come talk to me. That’s all I ask. Deal?”
That gave me 2½ years. “Deal,” I told her."
"Sometimes the 'tough teen' is Quietly Writing Stories"
What is the line spacing for MLA format?
Double Space!
Alice Walker
To know that something is important, you have to know the surrounding circumstances. If Prof. Jones is angry at Prof. McLean for not writing a story, the _____ is that she is angry because Pro. McLean missed a deadline!
Context
Sometimes, I wish I were more artistic. I'm going to go to school for it. The first thing that we learn is that visually, the most important part is the ______ of what you are presenting. (Hint: It's a very artsy term from your glossary!)
Name which story this quote came from: "Wasn’t college an investment? And hadn’t I spent all those years in college? And if I didn’t marry, what was it all for? Why would anyone go to college and then choose to be poor? Especially someone who had always been poor."
"Only Daughter"
In this class, we USUALLY have quizzes on ______ and assignments due on _____.
Mondays and Fridays!
Featuring a famous war, this book is told by the perspective of women! It was given on a day I was absent. What is...
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Media
You're at a political rally and everyone is yelling at each other! "Take a stand, have an opinion!" They holler, "Just take a ______!"
Stance!
Name the story from this quote: "I AM NOT A SCHOLAR of English or literature. I cannot give you much more than personal opinions on the English language and its variations in this country or others.
I am a writer. And by that definition, I am someone who has always loved language."
"Mother Tongue"
The proper amount of sentences for a short response on your exam is...
2-3 Sentences!
This book is what I described as "a horror novel that truly bothered me". What book am I bothered by?
The Deep by Nick Cutter
This difficult word is an inciting incident. What is it?
Exigence
These two terms from your glossary is something you'll hear a lot in a philosophy, communication, sociology, or psychology class. When you're studying ______ and the ______, you'll know a lot about meaningful communication!
Rhetoric and The Rhetorical Situation.
Which character from this short story said, "“Start with The Savage Detectives and just go from there. Trust me.”
The main character's dad in "Sometimes the Tough Teen is Quietly Writing Stories"
What is the difference between revising a text and editing a text?
Revising is big changes, editing is fine-tuned smaller changes!
I.e. What is Big vs. Small!
The author who wrote this book of the day also wrote "The Haunting of Hill House", made into a popular television series in recent years. What book of the day is this?
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson