Monday, March 22, 2021

**ATTENTION 4th HONORS AMLIT: MIDTERM/12WK QUIZ STUDY GUIDE PART I for TUES. 3/23**

4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

IMPORTANT STUDY REMINDERS FOR TUES. 3/23:

Be prepared for your MIDTERM/MAJOR 12wk QUIZ PART I TUES. 3/23--**STUDY GUIDE BELOW
  • **and for those of you ABSENT TUES. 3/23 for PART I, you'll be making this up IN CLASS FIRST THING WED. 3/24!!!**

*MIDTERM/12wk QUIZ, FULL PART I and **PART II and III (**to be amended tonight/TBA!!) STUDY GUIDE BELOW: 

QUIZ PART I, TUES. 3/23:
  • THE COMMAS/SEMICOLONS/COLONS POST-TEST 
  • MATCHING SECTION FOR THE MEDIA AWARENESS/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," and/or "Harrison Bergeron": dystopia (*vs. utopia), 'cult of personality,' demagogue, collectivism vs. individualism, egalitarian society, equity vs. equality (more on these below), satire/satirical writing, dark humor
  • THEMES from the background notes for F451
  • definition/use of the lit. term PARADOX in F451  
  • definition/use of the lit. term ANTITHESIS in "The Pedestrian"
  • Vonnegut's use of satire/absurdity/allusion in "Harrison Bergeron" to add to his story's impact
--**explain in your own words how "Harrison Bergeron's" 'equal'/egalitarian society is actually a paradox based on our discussions of EQUALITY (sameness) vs. EQUITY (fairness); use THIS LINK TO A QUICK GRAPHIC TO HELP YOU THINK CRITICALLY for this question (**focus on the first TWO portions of the graphic, please):
EQUALITY vs. EQUITY Explained

--**SOME QU's in MATCHING SECTION(S) BOTH PART I and II RE: "WRITING MODES/DISCOURSE NOTES" **sheet from class MON. 3/22 and TUES. 3/23 

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QUIZ PART II & III, WED. 3/24 and THURS. 3/25:
  • FROM THE BLUE MLA SHEET (WRITING SECTION), NOTES we've taken the last 12 weeks AND GRAMMAR SECTION PRACTICE SHEETS:
    • 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!
    • differences between PROOFREADING vs. REVISION for MULTI-DRAFT FORMAL writing (**"Top 10 Reasons for Failing Papers in ENG 1101/1102," JOURNAL #7 1/2 sheet)
    • 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)
    • using correct PARALLEL STRUCTURE in sentences
    • using DASHES and HYPHENS correctly in words/sentences
    • APOSTROPHES to show possessives
--IMPORTANT MIDTERM/12wk QUIZ PART III TASK: APPLYING REVISION and EDITING/PROOFING to a paragraph filled w/errors BASED ON QUIZ PART I and BLUE MLA SHEET NOTES we've taken the last 12 weeks

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***A PLETHORA OF BONUSES TO UTILIZE THAT MAY INCLUDE (***several also from notes in class MON. 3/22 through THURS. 3/25): MLA-style European date format, being PROACTIVE/ADAPTABLE/RESOURCEFUL, ANYTHING WE WENT OVER ON POP QUIZZES 1-3, commas after state abbreviations/names, the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debates as "The Day Politics and Television Changed Forever,"

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