Friday, November 15, 2024

**ATTENTION 3rd HONORS AMLIT: STUDY GUIDE FOR WK 14 MAJOR QUIZ PARTS I/II/II**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

**AT HOME TONIGHT, MON. 11/18**
  • Be prepared/get prepared for your MAJOR 14WK QUIZ PART I tomorrow, TUES. 11/19 (and PART II, WED. 11/20--go ahead and start studying now, and more about PART III will be announced later this week!!!) 

**14WK MAJOR QUIZ, FULL PART I [and PART II] STUDY GUIDE BELOW: 

QUIZ PART I, TUES. 11/19:

**--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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14WK MAJOR QUIZ PART II, WED. 11/20:

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 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 (--).
--8th EDITION MLA proper Works Cited citation of a *BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR* (*see F451 Lit. Analysis FINAL EXT. PARA.)
--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
--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!
--1st/2nd/3rd 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
--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)
--correct PARALLEL STRUCTURE in sentences
--using DASHES and HYPHENS correctly in words/sentences
--APOSTROPHES to show possessives


***********AND LOOKING AHEAD: 
IMPORTANT 14WK MAJOR QUIZ PART III TASK in class THURS. 11/21: APPLYING REVISION and EDITING/PROOFING to a paragraph filled w/errors BASED ON THE BLUE MLA SHEET NOTES we've taken the last 10-12 weeks

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