English quiz 1

atleast its not chem (:

kinds of essays

Exposity
Argumentative
Persuasive
Familiar
Descriptive
Reflective

Informational essay

Expository
Argumentative
Persuasive

Similarities in information essays

There all based on fact

R.A.F.T

Role, Audience, Format, Tone

R in raft

Role

F in RAFT

Format

A in raft

Audience

T in RAFT

Tone

Diction

word choice

loose sentence

A type of sentence in which the main idea comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses

periodic sentence

sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end

Balance sentence

a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast

3 types of telegraph services

A day letter
Telegram (most common)
Night letter

Writing stages of development

Prewriting
Writing
Revising
Editing + publishing
Publication

Reflective essay format

Describe
Examine
Articulate
Learning

2 groups of words

Phrases
Clauses

phrase

A group of words with a meaning; an expression

Clauses

a group of words with a subject and a verb

Sentance structure

Simple, compound, complex, compound complex

simple sentence

one independent clause

Compound Sentance Example

Two independent Clauses

complex sentence

A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

compound-complex sentence

at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses

The dump ground

Wallace Stegner

Letter to His Son

Lord Chesterfield

classroom without walls

Marshall Mcluhan

Trouble with people

Vance Packard

Essay definition

A relatively short prestentation on the authors thoughs and feelings on some sibject which apeals to him and which he hopes will apeal to or affect his readers.

Wordiness

too many words so that what the author is saying is not clear or is repetitive

The catastrophe of success

Tenesse Wiliams

Japanese air and submarine attack sinks HMS prince of wales and HMS repulse

Cecil brown

Dangling partiples

A particple that is in the sentence but that does not modify a noun or pronoun

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

Types of Verbals

Partiple

Gerund

Infinitive

Participle

Use verb as a adjective

Gerund

Use verb as a noun

Infinitive

add a verb

Tone conveys

authours feelings

the level of formality

the underlying attention

On verterans

Jean Chretien

Behavoiur in extermination camps

Bruno Bettelheim

Thesis definition

The thesis statement is the center around which your paper revolves. It is a clear, conscise statment of the positiom you will defent

Strong thesis staments

\-Argumentive

\-Specific

\-orginal

\-can be supported by textual evidence

\-answers the promnt

\-clearly and concisly stated

Thesis statments >>>>

Suggest specific topic

set managble limits

structor argument

Outside of an essay is the

Intro and conclusion

Inside of an essay is the

Body of the essay

5 stages of writing

pre-writing

writing

re-writing

editing

publishing

During what stafe us the writer primarily concerned with making sure ideas are clear to the reader

re-writing

During whst dtsge id the writer most concerned with ensuring that his writing has met up to the standards correct written english.

editing

During what stage should the writer create his initial thesis statement

Pre-writing

During what stage should the writer create his title

writing

Two types of personal essays

Reflective

familiar

pargraphs should be -- To ----

Weakest to strongest

The importance in loafing

Lin Yutang

Art Buchwald

The grown up problem