ACQC
Illustration Methods
Summary Paragraph
Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Tone
Fiction Terms
100
These are the four components of ACQC.
What is Assertion, Context, Quotation, Commentary?
100
This illustration method is a discussion of a possible but imaginary situation relevant to the subject at hand; clue words are "if," "imagine," and "what if"
What is a hypothetical situation.
100
This part of a summary paragraph provides further detail or examples about an essential detail of the text; it should be 1-2 sentences.
What is elaboration?
100
This term means the person or group of people meant to receive the speaker’s message.
What is the audience?
100
This term means the emotional atmosphere that the text creates for the audience.
What is mood?
200
These three things should be included in an assertion statement.
What is text type, text title, and author?
200
This illustration method is a brief story or glimpse into a person’s experience; may be personal or about someone else.
What is an anecdote?
200
This part of a summary paragraph is the first sentence, which introduces the text and what the text is about.
What is the main idea statement?
200
This term means the speaker’s attitude toward the primary subject or audience.
What is tone?
200
In this type of point-of-view or narration, the story is narrated by a character who is involved in the story and uses "I" and "me."
What is first-person narration?
300
This part of ACQC provides background information to introduce the quotation.
What is context?
300
This illustration method is factual numbers or figures drawn from research; look for percentages, numbers, charts, graphs, poll/survey results.
What is data and statistics?
300
This part of a summary paragraph summarizes the most important information in one section of the text. There are 3-5 of these in a summary paragraph.
What is an essential detail statement?
300
This term means the objective or aim of a text: to inform, entertain, persuade, reflect (about ___).
What is purpose?
300
In this type of point-of-view or narration, the story is narrated by someone who is not part of the story but who reveals the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
What is third-person omniscient narration?
400
Explain how to punctuate the titles of shorter texts and longer texts in an assertion statement.
Shorter text titles should be put in quotation marks; longer text titles should be underlined (or italicized on a computer).
400
This illustration method is a statement drawn from a person known for their knowledge of the subject matter.
What is an expert opinion?
400
This is the number of essential details that should be included in a summary paragraph.
What is 3-5?
400
This term means the cause or reason for writing; the people, events, or issues that inspire a text.
What is the occasion?
400
In this type of point-of-view or narration, the story is narrated by someone who is not part of the story but has access to the thoughts and feelings of a single character in the story.
What is third person limited?
500
Explain the rules for number of quotation marks around a quotation from the text.
Non-dialogue quotations from the text go in double quotation marks ("); dialogue quotations go in single quotes (') inside double quotation marks (").
500
Name the four illustration methods we have discussed and define each.
Anecdote – a brief story or glimpse into a person’s experience; may be personal or about someone else Data & Statistics – factual numbers or figures drawn from research; look for percentages, numbers, charts, graphs, poll/survey results Expert Opinion – statements drawn from people known for their knowledge of the subject matter Hypothetical Situation – a discussion of a possible but imaginary situation relevant to the subject at hand; clue words: if, imagine, what if
500
List the format of a main idea statement for a summary paragraph.
In [text type] [text title], [author] describes [subject of text].
500
This is the occasion that inspired this Jeopardy game.
What is the benchmark exam tomorrow.
500
This term is another word for the main character of the story.
What is the protagonist?