**ATTENTION 3rd HONORS AMLIT: BE PREPARED FOR 12WK QUIZ PART I IN CLASS TUES. 11/9 (**STUDY GUIDE BELOW>>>)

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

IMPORTANT STUDY REMINDERS FOR CLASS TUES. 11/9:

Be prepared for your *MIDTERM*/MAJOR 12wk QUIZ PART I in class tomorrow, TUES. 11/9--**STUDY GUIDE BELOW

• **NOTE: and for those of you ABSENT TUES. 11/9 for PART I, you'll be making this up IN CLASS FIRST THING WED. 11/10-!!!**

*MIDTERM/12wk QUIZ FULL PART I  STUDY GUIDE BELOW: 

• and NOTE: **QUIZ PARTS II and III (**I'm working on now/study guide TBA tomorrow!!)

QUIZ PART I, TUES. 11/9:

• THE COMMAS/SEMICOLONS/COLONS POST-TEST (*find your PRE-TEST in your binder QUIZ or GRAMMAR section)
• MATCHING SECTION FOR THE MEDIA LITERACY/JOURNALISM TERMS in NOTES SECTION 
• THEMES from the background notes for F451
• definition/use of the lit. term PARADOX/ALLUSION in F451  
• definition/use of the lit. term ANTITHESIS in "The Pedestrian"

• FROM THE BLUE MLA SHEET (WRITING SECTION), NOTES we've taken the last 12 weeks AND WRITING/GRAMMAR SECTION PRACTICE SHEETS:
• MLA STYLE BASICS for formatting formal essays/general guidelines/consistency
• MLA STYLE BASICS RE: contractions, #s under/above 10
• 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 (--).
• 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
• 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
• correct uses of a SEMICOLON and 'super-semicolon'
• 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)