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LITerary Movements
Active Vs. Passive
MLA
Combining Sentences
Vocabulary
100
For what TWO reasons did the Puritans come to the United States?
Religious Freedom & A Chance At A Fresh Start
100
Fill in the blank: In a sentence using _______ __________, the subject is acted upon; he or she receives the action expressed by the verb.
Passive Voice
100
(Author, #)
What is the correct, in-text MLA citation
100
Commas, Conjunctions, and Repeating Phrases
What are tools used in combining sentences
100
“A subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation”
Theme
200
What was the main goal of Realism?
To show the realities of everyday life in a non-artistic way
200
Fill in the blank: In a sentence written in the ________ __________, the subject of sentence performs the action
Active Voice
200
True or False: On a Works Cited Page, entries should be listed in alphabetical order by title name
FALSE! Alphabetical by Author's last name
200
Why do we combine sentences?
In order to make the sentence more clear and efficient
200
“To impart or communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture, or appearance”
Convey
300
What Literary Movement highlighted the Violence and Brutality of the time period?
Pre-Civil War Era
300
Is this sentence written in Active or Passive Voice: By then, the soundtrack will have been completely remixed by the sound engineers.
PASSIVE VOICE
300
Holland, Suzanne. The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy. Boston: MIT P, 2001 The publisher in this citation
What is "MIT P" ?
300
Rewrite the following sentence, omitting the word, “you:” In a small city, you may never experienced massive traffic jams on your daily commute to work.
In a small city, a person may never experience massive traffic jams on their daily commute to work
300
Omit
to leave out or leave unmentioned
400
What word best describes the Modernist movement?
Chaotic
400
Rewrite the sentence in ACTIVE VOICE: The dinner was cooked by the grandma.
Grandma cooked the dinner
400
Senior, K. "Extending the Ethical Boundaries of Stem Cell Research." Trends in Molecular Medicine, vol. 7, 2001, pp. 5-6. If someone used this citation for a research project, what type of essay do you think it might go in? What could possibly be there thesis? There could be more than one answer.
What is a research paper on the history of ethics in science? A paper arguing that Stem Cell research should be allowed.
400
Rewrite the following sentence beginning with “The drama club had to…” Due to the fact it was raining on the scheduled day of the picnic, the drama club had to cancel and reschedule a new date for the event.
What is The drama club had to cancel and reschedule a new date for their event because it rained on the schedule day of the picnic.
400
Brevity, Precision (of an image), Free Verse
Imagism/Imagist Poem
500
What were the three most important ideas of the Romantic Era?
The individual; Nature; Nationalism
500
Rewrite the sentence in ACTIVE VOICE: It was earlier demonstrated that the cancer was caused by the cellular phone
The researchers demonstrated earlier that the cellular phone caused the caner
500
Wallace, Kelly. "Bush Stands Pat on Stem Cell Policy." CNN. 13 Aug. 2001. What type of source is this? What type of essay/writing might the source be used in? Answers may vary.
An essay on the political debate about stem cell policy. This is a video/news source.
500
Combine these two sentences into one using the word "and." - Now and then he’d catch me staring out at the river, at the far shore - I could almost hear the tumblers clicking in his head
Now and then he'd catch me staring out at the river, at the far shore and I could almost hear the tumblers clicking in his head.
500
Ebb and Flow
Movement in a rhythmic pattern, often referring to the ocean