Definitions
Change it Around
Literary Devices
Grammar/Editing
Surprise!
100
Pronouns -Give two examples at least!
Words that replace a noun (he, she, they, them).
100
Pretentious: definition
Looking down on someone - esp. of lower class. Pretending to be what you're not.
100
Characterization? Define it. -Give an example of how a character from your favorite show is CHARACTERIZED. Use ADJECTIVES.
The description of a character that shows their physical appearance/personality.
100
What correction needs to be made? "Mr. Durham's two brothers is the ugliest brothers in the whole wide world."
Change "IS" to "ARE"
100
What's wrong with this sentence? "I knew that it was to late to turn in my homework, but I tried to do it anyway."
Change "TO" to "TOO."
200
Organization pattern: Anecdote
Info presented as a small story.
200
Inevitable-> adverb
Inevitably
200
Give one excellent example of ETHOS that an author could use:
They reference their experience on the subject in the field.
200
Pretend you're editing an essay. How can you make this more clear? "There were three groups of dogs and two groups of cats running around in different directions. They went to left."
Change "THEY" to a noun -> Dogs/Cats
200
Revise/Correct this sentence: "I just saw a whole gaggle of cackling 9th grade girls walk into the bathroom together. It didn't even stop to say hi to me!"
Change "it" to "they"
300
Ardent
Passionate. Very passionate about something.
300
Recalcitrant-> definition
Having a sassy/stubborn or bad attitude.
300
Give an excellent example of PATHOS.
Emotional appeal: Using a small story about a dying puppy.
300
Revise this sentence: "as i walked through the forest one day, uncle john told me that we were close to the mississippi river."
Revise this sentence: "As I walked through the forest one day, Uncle John told me that we were close to the Mississippi River."
300
Give a brief SUMMARY of the speech "Keep Memory Alive" by Elie Wiesel
Wiesel is accepting the Nobel Piece Prize for his contributions to humanity, but gives a speech about how people must remember the Holocaust survivors because if we don't, we'll be helping the oppressors who helped kill Jews during WWII.
400
Lugubrious
Gloomy/sad
400
Ardent > Adverb
Ardently
400
Give an excellent example of LOGOS.
Statistics about something. "64% percent of students at YES Prep Southwest have never even read a Harry Potter book."
400
Definition > rudimentary
Basic/simple/lower form of development.
400
Urbane: Definition
Suave, cultured, sophisticated.
500
Rudimentary
Basic, simple, lower form of development.
500
Admonition > Definition
A warning. (This is an organizational pattern!)
500
Define each: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Ethos > Character/resputation Pathos > emotion Logos > Logic/Statistics
500
How many paragraphs in an expository essay? Name them. What are the two parts to an introduction paragraph?
4 paragraphs - intro, BP1, BP2, Conclusion.
500
What is Mary Fisher's TONE in "A Whisper of AIDS?"
Pleading, urgent, motivational
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