Main Idea
How long ago were eyeglasses first used? Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to pose for his official portrait in glasses. Benjamin Franklin wore wire-rimmed eyeglasses in the 1700's; he also invented bifocals. As long ago as the 1600's, the famous philosopher Spinoza made lenses for glasses. It was at the beginning of that century that the astronomer Galileo used ground glass, in a form of a telescope, to aid the human eye in exploring the hidden details of the universe.
The history of eyeglasses
What is the first paragraph of an essay called?
What is the last paragraph of an essay called?
[Double points awarded for correct answer of both]
Introduction & Conclusion respectively
The team's cohesive strategy allowed them to work together seamlessly and achieve their goals.
Cohesive means...
United, Collaborating, Working together
Name one of the two rhetorical devices used when comparing two dissimilar things
(double points for naming both)
Simile or Metaphor
Name at least two methods to prepare for a standardized test:
Study, take pre-tests, get help through a tutor, attend class regularly, get a good night's sleep, eat breakfast, etc.
In the first sense of the term, hip-hop refers collectively to a group of related art forms in different media (visual, sound, movement) that were practiced in Afro-Caribbean, African American, and Latino neighborhoods in New York City in the 1970s. The term, when used in this sense, also refers to the events at which these forms were practiced, the people who practiced them, their shared aesthetic sensibility, and contemporary activities that maintain those traditions.
Hip-Hop has many variations.
What is the acronym for the formatting that all formal English papers utilize?
MLA Formatting
Tonight is the night they finally coronate the next Miss America.
Coronate means...
To crown or award
What device is used when expressing something different or contradicting to the statement made in the text?
Irony
What should you do when you don't know the answer for a test?
Guess! Leaving a question blank guarantees you will get it wrong. Guessing gives you a chance to earn the point!
(4 multiple choice questions means a 25% chance)
These days everyone knows about the Titanic, the gigantic luxury liner that sunk in 1912 on its maiden voyage. Fewer people, however, have heard of the Titanic's two sister ships that were drafted into WWI: the Britannic, another cautionary tale of ship mismanagement, and the Olympic, a heroic vessel that survived the entire war.
The 'sister ships' of the Titanic: Britannic and Olympic
When should you end a paragraph and move on to the next?
When you have finished discussing your current topic.
(*While eight sentences may be a good metric, you'll find professional writing will have page-long paragraphs because they spend much longer discussing a topic.)
Our new drone is able to do high-altitude reconnaissance, far out of enemy reach.
Reconnaissance means...
Surveying, Spying, Gathering intelligence
Give an example of a hyperbole:
A typically outlandish/extreme exaggeration
[Points awarded based on teacher discretion]
What should you do on a test when you come across a hard question that will take a lot of time to answer?
Skip it! You can (and should!) always come back to it later. Answer the easy questions and guarantee you will get those points, then go back to the hard ones and use your remaining time on them.
(*Most questions are worth 1 point, regardless of difficulty!)
The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air. Among the broken fragments of the last five minutes at table I remember the candles being lit again, pointlessly, and I was conscious of wanting to look squarely at every one, and yet to avoid all eyes. I couldn't even guess what Daisy and Tom were thinking, but I doubt even Miss Baker was able utterly to put this fifth guest's shrill metallic urgency out of mind.
An evening party is made awkward and uncomfortable by the telephone ringing
When crafting an argumentative essay, what should you be sure to include in your 3rd or 4th paragraph?
A counterclaim, that opposing claim that helps to show you have researched both sides of the issue/topic.
Many years ago, claiming the earth was round was considered heresy by the church.
Heresy means...
What device is used below:
"I must be cruel, only to be kind"
Paradox: a contradictory statement
Explain the 'elimination method' when taking multiple choice tests
Remove answers you know are incorrect before attempting to guess at the right one
(Removing one answer makes it a 33% chance to guess. Removing two means it's 50/50!)
Dysfunction of brain resting-state functional networks has been widely reported in psychiatric disorders. However, the causal relationships between brain resting-state functional networks and psychiatric disorders remain largely unclear. Here we perform bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to investigate the causalities between 191 resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging phenotypes and 12 psychiatric disorders. Forward MR identified 8 rsfMRI phenotypes causally associated with the risk of psychiatric disorders.
Discussing a study of individuals at risk of psychiatric disorders
(Partial credit may be given at teacher discretion)
Define Parallelism in relation to writing:
Structuring words or phrases in a similar, or 'parallel' manner
The author's use of vivid imagery helped to elucidate the complex emotions of the main character.
Elucidate means...
Clarify or Identify
What device is being used in the following sentence:
She sells seashells by the seashore,
The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.
So if she sells seashells on the seashore,
Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells.
Alliteration: the repetition of similar sounds
What is a way to 'reverse engineer' a test?
Read ahead to other questions. Sometimes, questions and answers will be discussed in other sections, and that might help you figure out what the answer is to an earlier passage.