Unit 1
The name of Unit 1
Telling Details
When a writer gives human qualities to something that is not human
Personification
The three most important elements of rhetoric/persuasion
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
Mr. Hedayati's favorite food
OR
Where Ms. Ridnour was born (More specific than just the country).
Eggs
OR
Guangxi, China
The full name of NCPA
Nansha College Preparatory Academy
The phrase repeated multiple times in "Bread" by Margaret Atwood
Hint: "__________ bread..."
Imagine bread
When a writer uses one of the 5 senses to help the reader imagine what the author is describing
Imagery
The word for specific language pertaining to a subject. It might make you sound like an expert.
Jargon
Correctly spell the full names of all of your Pre-AP English teachers
Mr. Hedayati
Ms. Liu
Ms. Ridnour-Nollsch
Ms. Wen
The number of steps in each flight of stairs
A flight is from 1 landing to the next.
11
The creature the woman turned into in our magical realism story, "The Red ______ Fur Coat."
Fox
The full name of Unit 2
Hint: It is NOT poetry
Unit 2: Pivotal Words and Phrases
The full name of Unit 3
Hint: It is NOT persuasion or rhetoric
Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
The number of years Ms. Liu has been working at NCPA
OR
The city Ms. Wen is from.
7 years
OR
Guangzhou
NCPA's mascot
Pulao
The name of the wife who killed her husband with a leg of lamb in, "Lamb to the Slaughter."
Mary
The form of writing most commonly used - not poetry. Written the way people naturally speak.
Prose
The word for informal language
Colloquialism/Colloquial Language
The 2 teachers that have children
Ms. Liu
Ms. Wen
The number of all teachers that work at NCPA (Middle School, High School, EAL). +/-10
60
The exact name of Ray Bradbury's short story about a girl named Margot who gets bullied by other students because she misses the sun
"All Summer in a Day"
The 4 characters involved in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1, Lines 34-87
Tybalt, Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio
The philosopher that created the study of persuasion that we know today
Aristotle
Ms. Ridnour and Mr. Hedayati's favorite convenience store
FamilyMart
NCPA uses _____________ _____________ grading instead of traditional grading.
Hint: It is NOT EPANI
standards based