Study Terms
What is the meaning of the prefix "inter"?
Provide an example for extra points.
Between, among (interstate, international, intermission, intermingle, interface).
According to Andrea Levy, why would the opening incident on the London bus not happen the way today?
Everyone is used to a mix of cultures, and London buses are full of Londoners from all over the world.
What did the gypsy woman want from Santiago to cover the price of the consultation?
One tenth of his treasure.
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What are three elements that should be in your introduction paragraph?
Hook/introduction sentence; background information; and a thesis statement.
An author's appeal to logic and reasoning.
What is the meaning of the prefix de or dis?
Provide an example for extra points.
opposite of, not (depose, detour, dehydrated, decaffeinated, discord, discomfort, disengage)
What was the status of the author's parents when they were living in Jamaica? How did that status change when they got to England.
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In the Caribbean, they were middle class. They grew up in large houses. They even had servants. IN England, they were immigrants, outsiders.
What did the old man want from Santiago as far as the payment for helping him?
One tenth of his flock
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What are two things you should do after citing evidence from the text in your essay?
Explain the meaning of the text and explain how it connects to your thesis without saying "this connects to my thesis because..."
Provide an example for extra credit.
Define parallelism.
A repetition of phrases, sentences and or ideas using an identical format.
What is the name for a reference to an historical event, religion, or literature?
Allusion
When they was growing up, why was she "indifferent to Jamaica"?
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Her parents raised her to assimilate into the British culture. Caribbean culture was not a prevalent part of her life and she didn't want to be different from the rest of her friends.
What does the old man tell Santiago he must follow in order to reach his treasure?
The omens and his dreams.
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What should you include when properly citing evidence in your paper?
An introduction sentence of phrase to provide context, concise excerpt from the text, quotations around words directly from the text, and citation at the end with the author's name and page number.
Provide an example for extra points.
In Back to my Own Country how does the author's parents contribute to her identity crisis?
Her parents encourage her to isolate herself from dark skinned kids. They taught her that skin color was important and should be around white kids.They also did not teach her embrace or learn about her Caribbean heritage.
Define theme and what distinguishes it from a topic.
An underlying message or the big idea of a story repeated throughout a text. This message could tell more about human nature or life in general. Theme is the message conveyed by a text that applies to multiple other texts; which means it is general and not specific to the text. It cannot be described in a single word and it implies a conflict or an argument about the core idea and usually both.
Why did the author resist being called "black"?
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She was expected to isolate herself from darker-skinned people, and it seemed perfectly normal to her that the color of her skin was one of the most important things about her.
How did Santiago react after being robbed? And what made him eventually continue to follow his dream?
Santiago was very upset with himself and wanted to give up on his dream.
What is a thesis statement, what is the purpose of the thesis statement, and where in your essay should you place it?
It is one to two sentences that reveal the topic and argument that will be made in the text, it is supposed to preview the rest of your paper, and it should be toward the end of your first paragraph.
Bonus points for explaining how the meaning of the prefix "pre" reveals the meaning of the word preview.
What does Santiago tell the crystal merchant that he needs money for?
He said that he needed money to purchase a new flock of sheep.
What is author's purpose, how is it different from the author's argument, and what are three or more types of purposes for writing?
Provide an example of author's purpose from one of the texts from any quarter.
The author’s reason or intent for writing including but not limited to entertain, persuade, inform, describe, or narrate.
What was the main argument or thesis of the text?
The the history of the British empire is incomplete and should be retaught, that the contributions of and relationship with the Caribbean is important to learn, and that the exclusion of the Caribbean has negative affects on Afro-Caribbean people in London.
What does Santiago tell the crystal merchant that he needs money for?
He said that he needed money to purchase a new flock of sheep.
Cite evidence from the text for extra point.
In paragraph 20 it states, “Didnt you have to have grown up in a “ black community ? Didnt you need to go to the Caribbean a lot? Didnt your parents need to be proud of being black? She always got picked on but she didn't know why her color was a problem in society. “My mom would get embarrassed if she saw black people drawing attention to themselves. It drew attention to her as well ,and she hated that ''.
How could this citation be improved? Mention as many as you can find. Group with highest corrections wins points
-Missing comma after paragraph 20
-Spacing
-Too long
-No introduction or context
-Didnt vs Didn't
-Explanation of quote and connection
What is the difference between anecdote and expert testimony?
Expert Testimony- citing the work of those who have experience in the field.
Anecdotes: Using the experiences of oneself or of others.
One is the experience of oneself and one is the experience of someone else.