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56 Cards in this Set
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first step in writing process....
decide on a topic based on your purpose in writing and narrow the topic to an appropriate size for assignment |
Inventing and Collecting
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second step in writing process....
write your thesis, make a plan, and arrange your ideas |
Organizing
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third step in writing process....
put those ideas into complete sentences and paragraphs for the first time |
Draft
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4th step in writing process....
make the writing clearer or more convincing by eliminating ideas that do not fit, adding transitions ect.. |
Revising
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5th step in writing process
correct errors in word use, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammer |
proof reading
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Three main parts of an essays structure
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Intro
body Conclusion |
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a good introduction does what two things? Gets...............and ends with............
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reader interested, thesis statement
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a good conclusion does what two things? refers......................and makes an..............based on support provided in the essay. it does NOT just........the thesis statement
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to thesis, observation, repeat
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A _______ must contain a narrowed topic and a controlling idea. it should make a claim that requires supporst not just be a _____
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topic stentence/thesis.
fact |
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10 essential steps in writing a research paper
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-choosing a topic
-finding a source -evaluating sources -taking notes -developing a thesis -organizing an outline -writing drafts -revising -documenting sources -preparing the final draft |
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how are the ten steps in writing a research paper different then the five steps in the writing process
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additional steps, more added, more complicated because its a research paper.
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a source must be evaluated for its _________ and __________
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quality, reliablity
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a student writer must acknoqledge the use of a source when he or she.....
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1. quotes someones exact words
2. summarize or borrow someones opinion 3. uses information that is not common knowledge |
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if that student doesnt use _____ marks and ______, he or she is committing________.
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quotation, citation, plagiarism
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An MLA citation in workds cited generally contains, in the following order....
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1. authors name
2. title of work 3. title of site 4. date of publication or last update 5.sponsor of the site 6. date you accessed the site 7. the URL in angle brackets |
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a parenthetical (in-text) citation generally contains what two things..
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authors name
and page number! |
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plot:
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the authors selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give story focus
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Protagonist:
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main character, good guy, gains sympathy
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climax:
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the moment of greatest emotional tension in narrative
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characterization
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process by which the writer makes the character seem real to reader
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Flat Character
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one or two qualities, ideas or traites
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round character
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more complex character, internal conflicts
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setting
(major elements of setting are...) |
the physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs
time, place and social environment |
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point of view
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refers to who is telling the story and how its told
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third person point of view
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uses he, she or they and doesnt participate in action
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omniscient point of view
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like god, can see everything, not a character, all knowing
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limited omniscient point of view
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author limits narrator who does not see into the mind of a character
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objective point of view
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employs a third person in narrator who does not see into the mind of a character
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first person narrator
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uses I and is a major or minor character in story
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symbol
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a person, object, image, word or event that evokes a range of additional meanings beyond the usual meaning
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diction
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writers choice of words, chosen carefully
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denotation
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literal dictionary meanings for words
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connotation
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associations and implications that go beyond a words literal meaning
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tone
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writers attitude toward subject, the mood created in a poem
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simile
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comparison using like or as
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metaphor
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makes a comparison without using like or as
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personification
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giving human attributes to non living things
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irony
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a technique that reveals a discrepancy between what appears to be and what is actually true
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rhythm
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reaccurance of stressed and unstressed sounds
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meter
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when a rhythmic pattern of stresses reoccur in a poem
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rhyme scheme
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the patterns of end rhymes
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name some familiar poetic forms:
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sonnet, limerick, ode, haiku
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most plays are written to be
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performed on stage, read out loud
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acts:
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main devision of a play
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stage directions
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play writers instructions
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tragedy (play)
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presents courageous individual who confronts powerful forces
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tragic flaw
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an internal flaw in protagonist
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aside
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speech directed only to audience, characters are still on stage
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soliloquy
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character talks to audience, speaks his feelings, no characters on stage
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in what place and time period did William Shakespeare live?
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London, 1564-1616, Elizabethan time
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before the globe theater was built where were performances held?
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courtyards, taverns, inns
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othello
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main characeter, kills wife and himself
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iago
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evil sneeky, wants cassios job
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desdemona
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othellos wife, framed by iago
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emilia
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iagos wife, stood up for des., iago kills her
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what is othellos tragic flaw
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no trust, jealousy
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