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**ATTENTION 3rd HAmLit: NIGHTLY STUDY GUIDE(s) FOR YOUR 15WK MAJOR 3-PART QUIZ IN CLASS TUES. 11/18 through THURS. 11/20**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

**AT HOME TONIGHT, MON. 11/17**

• Be prepared/get prepared for your MAJOR WK15 QUIZ PART I tomorrow, TUES. 11/18 (and PART II, WED. 11/19--go ahead and start studying now, and more about PART III will be announced later this week!!!) 

**WK15 MAJOR QUIZ, FULL PART I [and PART II] STUDY GUIDE BELOW: 

QUIZ PART I, TUES. 11/18:
**we'll mark/flag these sheets/notes/guides with a POST-IT to study each night in your binder

**--MATCHING SECTION FOR THE DIGITAL/MEDIA LITERACY/JOURNALISM TERMS in NOTES SECTION 
--based on the Upfront article "Fake News...," name some practical and responsible steps to help discern between FACTUAL and FAKE or BIASED news/news outlets

**--THEME-RELATED TERMS for F451, "The Pedestrian: dystopia (*vs. utopia), 'cult of personality,' demagogue
--THEMES and background notes for F451
--definition/use of the lit. term PARADOX and ALLUSION in F451  
--definition/use of the lit. term ANTITHESIS in "The Pedestrian"

**--THE COMMAS/SEMICOLONS/COLONS PRE-TEST SHEET: will complete for part of quiz as a POST-TEST
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WK15 MAJOR QUIZ PART II, WED. 11/19:

FROM THE BLUE MLA SHEET (WRITING SECTION), NOTES we've taken the last 10-12 weeks AND WRITING (x2)/GRAMMAR SECTION (packet of sheets) SKILLS PRACTICE SHEETS we completed THE PAST WEEK:
--MLA STYLE BASICS for formatting formal essays/general guidelines/consistency
--MLA STYLE BASICS RE: contractions, #s under/above 10
--using 'single quotes for YOUR words' vs. "double quotes for CITED TEXT from a source" in MLA-style formal essays

--uses for "[BRACKETS]" and "...ELLIPSES in quoted...text material" 
--within "quotations," the correct use of commas within the quote marks
--MLA style "correct blending/citing quotes" in responses (--).
--9th EDITION MLA proper Works Cited citation of a *BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR* (*see F451 Lit. Analysis FINAL EXT. PARA.) **QUIZ PART 3**

--name the EIGHT forms of “BE”/PASSIVE VOICE (PV) to avoid in academic writing AND **be prepared to correct/rewrite some sentences containing PV!

--use of 'THIS + NOUN' rule in writing for clarity/being specific

--parallel structure (parallelism) in sentences; identify errors and correct them **QUIZ PART 3**

--keeping TENSE and PERSON consistent in writing

--writing about literature = 3rd person, PRESENT TENSE VERBS ALWAYS!!!!!

--know what METADISCOURSE and 'THE ABYSS OF INCOHERENCE' mistakes are in writing/AVOID THEM BOTH!

--1^st/2^nd/3^rd person voice/point of view (POV) in formal academic writing
--AUDIENCE/PURPOSE/CONTEXT and their IMPORTANCE in all writing
--a text's/author's ARGUMENT in writing also means = THESIS/controlling idea/main idea
--correct uses of a SEMICOLON and 'super-semicolon'
--identifying the SUBJECTS in sentences with semicolons
--commas AFTER AN INTRO PHRASE (Because I was tired, ...) or with FANBOYS conjunctions (..., and...)
--COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS to remember/distinguish **QUIZ PART 3**
--using TRANSITIONS effectively in writing
--POETRY vs. PROSE and the main differences in the genres
--the simple 'purpose' of a PARAGRAPH break (for the eyes)
--using DASHES and HYPHENS correctly in words/sentences
--APOSTROPHES to show possessives **QUIZ PART 3**

***********AND LOOKING AHEAD: 

IMPORTANT WK15 MAJOR QUIZ PART III TASK in class THURS. 11/20: **SOME COMPOSITION ELEMENTS NOTED ABOVE IN PART 2 STUDY GUIDE** and APPLYING REVISION and EDITING/PROOFING to a paragraph filled w/errors BASED ON THE BLUE MLA SHEET NOTES we've taken/practiced in our writing the last 10-12 weeks

**ATTENTION AP/1101: WKEND HW DUE COMPLETED BY CLASSTIME MON. 11/17**

1st/2nd AP/ENG 1101

HW DUE MON. 11/17:

1) Given to you in class FRI. 11/14 (double-sided copy), read Lincoln's iconic little speech, "The Gettysburg Address" (pp. 444-45, front side, copy from the OGE text)

2) Then, for JOURNAL #8 PART 1 (PART 1 TO COMPLETE/write up/type-print out BEFORE CLASS MONDAY), please thoroughly answer (150-200 words MINIMUM) QUESTION #2 at the end of the OGE text/speech

• **here also is a link to several authorized 'versions' of Lincoln's famous little speech:

"The Gettysburg Address"--Five Known Copies  

ALSO!!! ----> posted here is QUESTION #2 from the OGE text/copy RE: Lincoln's speech (*WITH an update to the assignment):

• CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, and in a paragraph, analyze Lincoln's use of EITHER repetition, contrast, OR balanced phrasing (parallel structure) in "The Gettysburg Address." Using "examples of the ONE STRATEGY from the text," explore its contributions to the overall EFFECT/PURPOSE of the speech (Lincoln).

--TYPED or WRITTEN, 150-200 MINIMUM words, have this JOURNAL #8 PART 1 completed BEFORE class to use as a basis for JOURNAL #8 PART 2: A THESIS STATEMENT for your JOURNAL #9,  a BIGGER, GRADED IN-CLASS WRITING ASSIGNMENT THIS UPCOMING WEEK IN CLASS BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK (*TBA), SO MAKE SURE YOU COME PREPARED!!!

• DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE HELPFUL NOTES ON THE BACK OF THE SHEET GIVEN TO YOU IN CLASS!

• ^^THE MORE EFFORT YOU PUT IN TO THIS ASSIGNMENT, THE BETTER PREPARED YOU'LL BE FOR THE J#8 PART 2 and JOURNAL #9, a MAJOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT coming up!