3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.
**AT HOME TONIGHT, TUES. 3/29**
**NOTE BELOW: your MAJOR 12WK QUIZ DAY 2/PART II WED. 3/30 STUDY GUIDE BELOW!!
FROM THE BLUE MLA SHEET (WRITING SECTION), NOTES we've taken the last 6-8 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
**NOTE BELOW: your MAJOR 12WK QUIZ DAY 2/PART II WED. 3/30 STUDY GUIDE BELOW!!
- Be prepared for MAJOR 12WK QUIZ PART II WED. 3/30 (INFO RE: PART III will be announced later tomorrow!!!)
**12WK MAJOR QUIZ, PART II STUDY GUIDE BELOW:
12WK MAJOR QUIZ PART II, WED. 3/30:
12WK MAJOR QUIZ PART II, WED. 3/30:
FROM THE BLUE MLA SHEET (WRITING SECTION), NOTES we've taken the last 6-8 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.)
--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
--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
**ALSO, NOTE: THERE IS A LARGE AND SIGNIFICANT BONUS POINTS SECTION TOMORROW DURING PART II!!!
***********AND LOOKING AHEAD:
IMPORTANT MAJOR QUIZ PART III TASK: APPLYING REVISION and EDITING/PROOFING to a paragraph filled w/errors BASED ON BLUE MLA SHEET NOTES we've taken the last 6-8 weeks
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