Unit 1
What are the four Author's Purposes? you have 5 seconds to tell:
1. to inform
2. to persuade
3. to entertain
4. to reflect
the TIME and PLACE that a story takes place
Which is NOT a component of MLA format?
a. 12pt font
b. Double spaced
c. Times New Roman
d. They are all a part of MLA
d. They are all a part of MLA format
What is are the two things that make up the dramatic structure of a play?
1. dialogue
2. stage directions
What is the appositive in the following setnence?
- Lymph, a clear fluid, fills the body’s tissue spaces.
A: a clear fluid (describing "lymph)
Finish the metaphor with context clues:
- Today, I am an icicle because...
- I am so cold.
What did the stars symbolize in "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet"
a. Fate/Destiny b. Heaven/God
c. Desires/Wishes d. The future/Premonition
a. Fate/Destiny
Rename the following Appeals to Persuasion with their Greek counterpart.
1. Appeals to Emotion
2. Appeals to Reasoning
3. Appeals to Authority
1. Pathos
2. Logos
3. Ethos
What is the difference between monologue and soliloquy?
Monologue involves other characters, but soliloquies are performed with just the speaking character alone on stage or unheard by other characters.
Label each of these sentences either: complex, compound, or simple.
a. She had surprised him, and he wasn’t sure how to respond.
b. Even though the officer was in a hurry, his demeanor was calm.
a. Compound
b. complex
Identify the adverb OR adjective preposition phrase in the following sentence & tell which one it is:
- She met her friends at the store.
Which is the most likely lesson of Romeo and Juliet:
a. Denying someone's love can end horribly.
b. Hasty decisions can lead to tragic ends.
c. Teenagers are too immature to get married.
d. Hate always results in someone's death.
B. Hasty decisions can lead to tragic ends.
Which evidence LEAST matches the following claim:
- People should be held accountable for their actions in life or death situations.
a. A testimony of how a criminal feels bad about his crime.c. Natural disasters are not something that people have control over.
Which word or phrase in the following sentence is a pun? Explain the pun.
- The poor teacher who got hit by a car was actually grading on a curve.
- On a curve = sounds like curb where people sit on a sidewalk... because she was doing grading there, the car didn't see her and hit her~ but it also means she was "curving" the grades
Complete the following analogy:
- vehicle : spacecraft :: bird : ________________
Any type of bird = eagle, canary, robin, blue jay, etc~
Read the following scenario and determine which Appeal to Persuasion is used.
A group of students never pay attention in class, and they often go ahead without properly listening to instructions. When they got in trouble with the teacher, one of them explained that it is better to go ahead because then they can see what to expect and complete the task faster. Faster is always better because once they are done, they are free to listen to the teacher without distractions from the work.
Logos
Give a SHOW description of the following TELL scenario:
- High school seniors getting their college acceptance letters.
- Answers may vary, points go to the most descriptive and accurate answer with IMAGERY.
Write a rebuttal for the following counterclaim:
- On the other hand, many believe that students should not come to school when it snows because they cannot concentrate when it is too cold and too beautiful outside.
- Answers may vary, but it should directly reject the idea of being TOO cold and TOO beautiful outside.
Translate the following Shakespearean text into modern English:
-He wilt feel jolly if thou doth speak merry.
Tell which words need to be capitalized in the following sentence~
- shopping for christmas at fashion square, ted bought a scottish sweater for
grandpa and a calculator for aunt laura’s college algebra class.
Shopping, Christmas, Fashion, Square, Ted, Scottish, Grandpa, Aunt, Laura’s
What is the MAIN conflict of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is it external or internal, and what was the resolution?
External conflict: Their love vs. fate or their parents' hate
Resolution: they both committed suicide
Name 3 academic writing errors.
-No contractions
-No questions
-Only use academic language
-No parenthesis (except for citation)
- etc~
List ALL of the components of a Persuasive Essay in order starting with 'hook'...
- There are MINIMUM 11 components
Hook, background/general info, thesis, claim, evidence, reasoning, (conclusion sentence), counterclaim, (evidence + reasoning), rebuttal, (reassertion), restate thesis, summary, food for thought
Complete the story to have dramatic irony:
- A very confident student completed his test before everyone else. He didn't bother to double check his answers, so he turned it in to the teacher.... What he didn't know was...
The test had a back side that he did not complete
He accidentally skipped a question, so all of his answers were in the wrong spot
etc (answers may vary)
Combine the following sentence into one concise sentence that does not lose any meaning or details from the separate sentences.
Janice cannot attend the fair.
Juan cannot attend the fair, either.
The fair is a county fair.
It is held each year.
It is held in their hometown.
- Janice and Juan cannot attend the county fair that is held in their hometown each year.
- Answers may vary, the most accurate and concise gets the points