essay unit exam (english 20-1)

Argument

Argument

• A statement used to emphasize the point.

• Could be a rhetorical question, a humorous statement, or evidence.

Conclusion

Summarizes the arguments made.

Crediting Sources

Needs to be done to prevent plagiarism

Evidence

What is used to support you statement.

Introduction

Introduces the topic and purpose of the essay

Connotation

Emotional meaning of the word

Denotation

Literal meaning of the word

Language and dictation

Things like repetitions, parallel structures and other devices to make you sound more literate.

Case and Effect

Pattern traces relationships between factors.

Compare/contrast

Showing the differences and the similarities.

Induction

Drawing general conclusion from specific evidence

Deduction

Making specific judgement on general truths

Analogy

Comparison using metaphors

Analysis

To understand an idea by reducing it to it’s components parts

Synthesis

Pulls several ideas together to make a comprehensive idea.

Style and Tone

• The way it’s written and sounds.

• Familiar, informal, subjective

Syntax

The pattern or structure of the words, can affect tone.

Thesis

Shows what the author is trying to convey.

Unity

Everything in the essay is connected to the thesis.

els or ews (photo)

extreme long shot or extreme wide shot

introduces the setting, subject feel small, brings feelings of distance or unfamiliarity

ls or ws (photo)

long shot or wide shot

full body and some of the environment

fs (photo)

full shot

shows the entire body, focus on the subject

cs (photo)

cowboy shot

a type of medium shot, from the “halter” and up

ms (photo)

medium shot

frames from roughly the waist up and through the torso, emphasizes more of your subject while keeping their surroundings visible

cu (photo)

close-up

shows the emotions and reactions of the subject

ecu (photo)

extreme close-up

shows the eyes, eyebrows, triggers, or such to bring attention them, fill up the entire frame

eye level shot (photo)

eye level shot

the camera is where your eyes would be, not faltering the perspective

low angle shot (photo)

low angle shot

makes the character stronger and bigger

• crash bandicoot ????

high angle shot (photo)

high angle shot

makes the character look weak, small, and unimportant

tracking shot (photo)

tracking shot

locks into the subject and follows it

pan shot (photo)

pan shot

camera moves on a horizontal axis

zoom in/zoom out (photo)

zoom in/zoom out

camera moves towards or away from the subject

hkl (photo)

high-key lighting

a brightly lit frame with soft lighting, minimal shadows, and low contrast, projects feelings of paradise, niceness, and happiness

lkl (photo)

low-key lighting

minimizes, or eliminates, makes the shot intentionally shadowy, dark, and mysterious

hcl (photo)

high contrast lighting

dark and light mixed, juxtaposition, eerie

Refugee Dreams by Peter Behrens

• The author coming to terms with Father’s terminal cancer.

• Three generations are misplaced and do not feel at home unless at the airport.

• The author’s Grandfather was interned during WWI, The Author’s father left during WWII and spent his life travelling.

• The author went from Canada and the US

Male Rage by June Callwood

• Dangers women go through.

• Inequality between men and women.

• How women are afraid of walking home at night.

• How this affects everyone and we all need to work together to fix it.

How About Giving Natives Their Own Province? by Thomas Courchene

• Pros and cons list of making a new province.

• Saying the struggles it would be, them losing their original land, the tax problems, and the unwilling side.

• It also outlines the benefits while also saying it was unrealistic.

Concrete Angels by Patricia Davies

• City life vs Country life

• Saying how you adapt to the noises and lifestyle of the city when living somewhere else.

• Compares the dangers of both and the stresses felt by both types of kids.

Ignorance on Parade by Judith Stone

• A humorous essay on how many adults know very little about the scientific world.

• Showing how so much common sense is lost in the modern world.

• Explaining how people know very little and do nothing to fix it.

For Mercy’s Sake by Patrick Martin

• Pros and Cons of assisted suicide.

• How it would prevent needless suffering and reduce unsafe suicide, in a more humane and controlled.

• Says how it would give the family closure.

A Modest Proposal by Dr Jonathan Swift

• Reducing the suffering during the Irish depression by eliminating the Irish population be eating the children

• Says that the Irish are just a burden so they should just be removed to help the British.

• That even when it’s the Irish idea the British will take it and turn a better profit.