Weeks One and Two
True or False?
Students will be required to critically analyze literary works and refine their analysis as they complete assignments.
True; we learned this in our course description.
True or False: A thesis statement declares what the essay is about.
True; we know that the thesis statement must contain controlling idea about the topic
(your opinion, claim, or argument)
You should use this when writing your essay to see how to earn maximum points for your work.
What is the rubric?
This is usually hinted at, but never directly said to the readers. For example, Mr. Graves and Mr. Summers' names.
What is theme?
Name a literary element
theme symbolism
setting charachterization
POV irony
metaphor simile
foreshadowing
Understanding your Audience
Grammar and Punctuation
Clarity
Structure
Purpose
What are the five foundations of writing?
This is when consistent grammatical form is used to list ideas where, nouns remain nouns, verbs remain with verbs, and adjectives remain with adjectives.
What is parallelism?
This is the interpretation of a piece of literature.
What is a literary analysis?
Give an example of foreshadowing in "The Lottery"
Children putting rocks in their pockets/ making a pile of rocks
Tessie is late to the lottery, setting her apart from the other characters
Watson boy draws for himself, where is his father?
What are the conjunctions in FANBOYS?
for and
nor but
or yet
so
Prewriting
Introduction
Body paragraphs
Conclusion
What are the steps in the writing process?
How many prepositional phrases are in the following statement?
In California, it is illegal for anyone to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle unless the target is a whale.
What is five?
Any background information needed to understand the meaning of the text.
What is context?
True or False:
"The Lottery" is written in First Person point of view.
False; "The Lottery" is written in Third Person-Objective point of view.
period.
semicolon;
comma & coordinating conjunction,
What are three ways to correct a run-on sentence?
This part of speech shows action
or links a subject
to the rest of the sentence.
What is a verb?
This is actually the easiest and most productive effort in the writing process.
What is the rewrite?
Your explanation and interpretation of the quotation used, the connection
What is commentary?
This voice asserts that the person or thing represented by the grammatical subject performs the action represented by the verb.
What is the active voice?
Name any of the books I have read this semester
The Surrogate Mother
Do Not Disturb
His & Hers
Ghost Camera
To make it easier for readers to navigate and comprehend a text through familiar cues that refer to sources and borrowed information.
Why do we use MLA format?
Place commas correctly:
Krystal Smith a 24-year-old Vermont grocery bagger won the $10,000 top prize at the 2011 U.S. Best Bagger National Championship in Las Vegas by filling three grocery bags in 38 seconds.
Krystal Smith, a 24-year-old Vermont grocery bagger, won the $10,000 top prize at the 2011 U.S. Best Bagger National Championship in Las Vegas by filling three grocery bags in 38 seconds.
True or False:
Parenthesis are placed around the written or spoken words of the source.
False; Quotation marks are placed around the written or spoken words of the source.
A story can have a much different feel depending on this.
What is point-of-view?
Name the remaining types of essays we will write this semester.
YOU NEED ALL OF THEM TO EARN THE POINTS
song lyric analysis
research paper
reflection essay
as well as your final project.