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English Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Five different pre-writing methods | brainstorming, freewriting, clustering, asking questions, journaling |
| freewriting | set minimum time limit, don't stop until time is over. Do not edit as you write. |
| brainstorming | write down everything that comes to mind, don't edit. |
| clustering | write topic in the center of your paper. use lines to associate ideas with main topic. |
| asking questions | Ask who, what, when, where, why |
| journaling | write on topics to generate ideas |
| Four steps in the process of writing | prewriting, writing, revising, proofreading |
| Subject | WHAT you are going to write about |
| purpose | WHY you are writing |
| audience | WHO you expect audience to be |
| revising for unity | make sure every single sentence in the paragraph supports on clear main idea. |
| revising for support | includes details that support or illustrate your topic |
| three stages in the process of reading | pre-reading, reading closely, rereading/review |
| four non reading steps to take before reading | Set purpose, activate prior knowledge, make predictions, preview text |
| How to find main idea | establish topic, Ask who or what this text is about, ask what general phrase or word names the subject |
| Educated guess | based on specific information gave within the text |
| 15 "places where the main idea lives" | titles, glossary, index, summary, table of contents, headings, conclusion, work cited page, front cover, bulleted items, pictures, prologue, bibliography, reference section, first paragraph |
| Five ways to build vocabulary | connect new words to images, learn new words in phrases, create concept cards, learn entire word families, reinforce learning |
| Seven context clues to use | definition clues, elaborating detail clues, example, comparison, contrast, punctuation, word analysis |
| glossary | list of important terms and their definitions |
| thesaurus | List synonyms and antonyms for words. |
| Acronyms | word formed by taking the first letters of a series of words and pronouncing them as a single term |
| guide words | two words at the top of a dictionary page that tell you the first and last entry on that page |
| word origin | language or source from which a word originally came from |
| metaphor | compares one thing to another |
| simile | uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things |
| hyperbole | intentional exaggeration to create emphasis |
| personification | figure of speech that gives human qualities |
| oxymoron | figure of speech that combines two opposite or contradictory words to create a striking or meaningful effect. |
| literal language | language that means exactly what it says |
| figurative language | language that goes beyond literal meaning of the words |
| Five things to annotate | main idea, key details, vocabulary, questions, connections |
| Patterns of organization | chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution, classification, definition and example, sequence/process |
| post hoc ergo | Saying the first event must have caused the second event- faulty reasoning based on sequence not evidence |
| ad hominem | attacking the person making an argument VS addressing the argument itself |
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