Writing Questions
What is a Genre?
A specific type/form of writing
What is the subject of the sentence?
Nick loves to play hockey and score goals.
Nick
Is the sentence in Active or Passive voice?
Mrs. Wozny and her kids went sledding all afternoon.
Active
What motif is this?
Parris fears that Abigail's questionable actions will cost him respect and maybe his job.
Reputation
True or False.
Parris was well-liked in the town and in complete control of his church.
False
What is the purpose of a lead?
To grab the reader's attention
This sentence contains a subject and a verb while expressing a complete thought.
Simple sentence
The pizza was dropped on the dog by Mrs. Jovanovski.
Passive
What motif is this?
Seeing your way as right no matter what, and won't even consider that other ways could be valid.
Intolerance
True or False.
Abigail was Parris' daughter. She wanted to take Rebecca's place as John Proctor's wife.
False.
What is used by a writer to help the reader progress from one significant idea to the next to help your essay flow?
transitions
This sentence has two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
Compound Sentence
What are the 3 different ways you can fix a run-on sentence?
period and capital letter
semicolon
comma and coordinating conjunction
What motif is this?
Overrules logic and enables people in Salem to believe their neighbors are committing absurd and unbelievable crimes.
Hysteria
True or False.
The Puritans came to this country for religious freedom; however, when they got here they persecuted others as they had been persecuted.
True.
What is required in an MLA formatted heading?
student name
teacher name
class
date spelled out
This sentence is defined as an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.
Complex Sentence
How do you know when a sentence is in passive voice?
When the subject receives the action.
In Salem, women occupy a low social rank, being dominated by men (only men can lead in the church and the church controls the society).
Empowerment
True or False.
Being under such strict laws and commandments, the Puritans had to push down a lot of their anger and spirit revenge towards their neighbors. The witch hunts allowed for them to get revenge on their neighbors.
True
When writing a literary analysis, what is the most important thing to consider?
the author's writing style
This sentence is comprised of at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clause.
Compound-complex Sentence
How do you know when a sentence is in active voice?
The subject performs the action.
Disobeying God's law isn't just unlawful, it's considered Satanic/evil.
Intolerance
Why does Reverend Hale come back to Salem in the final act of the play?
To encourage the accused to confess and save their lives.