ENG 10 1ST QT PT 2

outlining skills

• organizing ideas

• determine major and minor ideas

• using transitional devices (however, negative to positive)

• writing an outline in chronological, spatial, or its order of importance

• observing parallelism

outlines

• can use number letter format or the decimal format

• can be topic or sentence outline

• follow an order: chronological, spatial, or order of importance

• have titles, thesis statement, and conclusion

chronological order

• to explain the history of an event or topic

• to tell a story or to relate an experience

• to explain how to do or make something

• to explain the step in a process

spatial order

• to help readers visualize something as you want them to see it

• to create a man impression using the senses (sight, touch, taste, smell, and sound)

order of importance

• to persuade or convince

• to rank items by their importance, benefit or significance

thesis statement

• summarize the main points

• at least 3 supporting evidence

• last sentence of introduction

topic, argument, point

tap method

topic sentence

• sums up the main point/idea of each body

• it is usually the first sentence of the paragraph to give an overview

• followed by supporting sentences/details that explains the main idea of the paragraph

conclusion

• summarize the mainpoints

• give warning and state consequences of falling to act

• give advice or offer possible solution

• think, do or feel

• point of realization or truth

consistency

follow a standard outlining format

unity

each topic or sentence has only one main idea and major and minor detail revolve around that main idea

coherence

should be logical and natural flow of idea

emphasis

materials include in your outline should be relevant, engaging and balances

principle of outlining

consistency, unity, coherence and emphasis

the illiad

• an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek

• epic is long poem about legendary or historical heroes

• one of the “homeric” poems

• was written in the mid 8th century bce

• consists of 15, 693 lines

homer

• legendary of two greek masterpieces, the illiad and odyssey

• one of the greatest literary artists in the world

• court, singer, artist, poet, and story teller

• some people believed that he was blind

king priam

• king of troy and husband of hecuba

• is the father of 50 trojan warriors, including hector and paris

queen hecuba

queen of troy, mother of hector and paris

hector

• mightiest warrior in the trojan army

• he is the husband of andromache

• Son of king priam and queen hecuba

cassandra

• cursed by apollo. Her prophecies should never believed by anyone

• daughter of king priam and queen hecuba

paris

abduction of the beutiful helen

castor and pollux

• son of zeus and queen leda

• brother of clytemnestra and helen

• gemini

clytemnestra

• wife of agamemnon

• sister of helen

• queen of mycenae

helen

• most beautiful woman

• she has many suitors

• daughter of zeus and queen leda

achilles

• most powerful warrior

• son of the military man, peleus and the sea nymph thetis

agamemnon

• king of mycenae, brother of king melenaus of sparta

• arrogant and selfish

menelaus

king of sparta younger

odysseus

• king of ithaca

• wisest warrior

• ulysses

patroclus

achilles beloved friend, companion and advisor

nestor

old and wise kings of pylos

ajax the great

• portrayed as towering figure

• warrior of great courage

ajax the lesser

king of locris; boastful. arrogant, quarrelsome

diomedes

king of argos, protects the aenaes by ordering them to withdraw towards their ship