Fiction
Name one theme of Lamb to the Slaughter
Betrayal, Food, or Gender/Marriage
Where do we find transition sentences in an essay?
At the beginning and end of body paragraphs.
How does getting a formal education affect our quality of life?
Better job - more money - access to better universities - higher productivity.
Define barrier?
Blocking access
Correct the misplaced modifier: On her way home, Jane found a gold man's watch.
On her way home, Jane found a man's gold watch.
The Three Questions? What are they?
Name three types of hooks.
Quotes, striking facts, definition, opinion, anecdote, question, importance of topic.
Briefly describe how media has developed over time.
Word of mouth --> newspapers written by hand and read aloud --> invention of the printing press --> the telegraph --> tv/smartphones
Define emotions.
Feelings: happiness, sadness, anger, etc.
A complex sentence is made up of:
One independent clause and one dependent clause; connected by a subordinating conjunction
What is the major conflict in The Lady or the Tiger?
Princess internal conflict to choose which door.
What are the three main things we must do in a conclusion of an essay?
Re-state thesis. Summarize main points. Concluding remarks.
Does standardized testing help students become truly educated?
Yes/No with explanation.
Describe inference context clue.
When we use our logic to understand the meaning of a word.
Provide three uncountable nouns.
Information, tea, coffee, sugar, cereal, safety, homework, knowledge, rice, air
Describe Mary Maloney's character.
Dutiful wife/murderer, obedient/independent, no true identity until after she kills her husband, unthinking/intelligent. Major change from beginning to end (dynamic).
A proper thesis is composed of two things; what are they?
How did citizen journalism affect how we receive/understand the news?
No longer scripted news. We have people's real experiences. It's hard to hide anything anymore. Must be aware of ethical issues.
Define strenuous.
Requiring lots of physical energy.
A pencil and an eraser ARE necessary for art class.
Lamb, Mary, Patrick all victims and sources of violence. Double meaning of the title.
List the steps to properly summarize a reading.
Read text carefully and understand it. Find the main idea and IMPORTANT supporting details. Re-write in your own words.
What is citizen journalism?
The collection and spreading of news by the general public.
Using the context, define the word hackneyed: ‘Busy as a bee’ and ‘quiet as a mouse’ are hackneyed phrases – they’re used all the time.
Hackneyed: very common
What are the two ways we can fix a run-on sentence?
Using conjunctions or separating into different sentences.