Research
What is a statement of controlling purpose?
Thesis-main idea-tells what you will be talking about
Who wrote 'We grow accustom to the Dark"?
Emily Dickenson
“Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper out of her hand. It had a black spot on it, the black spot Mr. Summers had made the night before with the heavy pencil in the coal-company office.”
The Lottery
What is a thesis?
Tells exactly what your paper is about
In "Lottery" what happens to the person who is chosen?
They are stoned to death
What is primary research?
The gathering of ideas
Who wrote "The Night Face Up"?
Julio Cortazar
“His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if wanted to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands and wept so that his powerful chest shook.
The Metamorphosis
What is foreshadowing?
Hints at things to come
In "What, of this Goldfish, Do You Wish?" what was unique about the goldfish?
He talked and granted wishes
What is secondary research?
Gathering information
Who wrote "The Math Instinct"?
Keith Devlin
“Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap,”
Girl
Define diverse.
causing division or disagreements
What religion was represented in "Half a Day"?
Islamic
What is chronological order?
Ordered by time of events
Who wrote "The Lottery"?
Shirley Jackson
“Ahmed, who was the subject of a research paper published in 1981 by scholars R. Wehner and M.V. Srinivasan…”
The Math Instinct
Define wizen.
shrunken and wrinkled
What is a "single story"?
When people are exposed to one part of a story and take it as truth
What is the first sentence of you essay?
Thesis
Who wrote "Musee des Beaux Arts” ?
W. H. Auden
“I was also an early writer, and when I began to write, at about the age of seven, stories in pencil with crayon illustrations that my poor mother was obligated to read, I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading”
Danger of a Single Story
troubled with many problems
In the graphic novel The Metamorphosis what image was used multiple times?
a clock