Call me American
Name two discourse communities Abdi was a part of
English speaking communities, Somali communities, religious communities, etc
How many major assignments (MA's) do we have?
3
What part of speech modifies a noun?
adjective
This British author wrote Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
What is the Point of view used when including "I" and "we" to tell a story
First person
What country was Abdi from
Somalia
What is our longest essay?
MA2: genre synthesis
What is a sentence that has two independent clauses joined by a noun?
A compound sentence
This American poet is known for works like "the Road Not Taken"
Robert Frost
What is the short, strong opinion supported throughout the essay
Thesis
What were the were the first words Abdi learned in English?
Curse Words
What is the focus of all the papers in English 102?
Research
The term for the noun or pronoun that a pronoun refers back to
antecedent
This F. Scott Fitzgerald novel critiques the American Dream
The Great Gatsby
This technique involves briefly describing opposing argument in an essay
Counterargument
Who was on the poster in Abdi's room which his parents got mad at him about
Madonna
How much is participation worth?
10%
This punctuation mark can be used to connect two closely related independent clauses
a semicolon
This author lived in Oxford, MS and is famous for techniques like stream of consciousness as seen in their novel "As I Lay Dying"
William Faulkner
What type of poem expresses appreciation for its subject
An Ode
How many planets did Abdi's mom believe were in our solar system?
Seven
Name the due date for either SWA 5 or MA 3
SWA 5: 11/8, MA3: 11/15
What is the difference between 'affect' and 'effect'
affect=verb ; he affected me
effect=noun ; his effect on me...
Part of speech
This Shakespeare play features the famous line, "To be or not to be"
Hamlet
The Three main types of appeals in rhetorical writing are ethos, pathos, and what?
Logos