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Unit 1 ELA Test
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MLA Heading: | 1. Name (first and last) 2. Mrs. Feron (Teacher) 3. Class, Period # 4. Day, Month Year |
| MLA Requirements: | Size 12 font size, double spacing, and Times New Roman or Arial (default) font. |
| What is the point of the abbreviation M.I.N.T.S. and what does it stand for?: | Reminder of what to capitalize; M = Months, Days, and Holidays I = The pronoun "I". N = Names of people, places, important things, or events. T = Titles of books, magazines, essays, plays, operas, and your titles. S = Start of sentences. |
| What things do you bold, italicize, or underline?: | Books, book length plays/long poems, magazines, newspapers, movies, TV series, albums, and famous works of art. |
| What things do you use quotation marks on?: | Chapters, short stories, poems, articles, essays, episodes, and songs. |
| Who wrote "A Quilt of a Country"?: | Anna Quindlen. |
| Who wrote "The Immigrant Contribution"?: | John F. Kennedy. |
| Who wrote "American History"?: | Judith Ortiz Cofer. |
| What is a preposition?: | A word that shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and other words in a sentence. |
| What is a prepositional phrase?: | A phrase that includes both the preposition and the thing that the noun is in relation to. |
| What does "dis" mean as a prefix (Latin)?: | Lack of/Opposite of. |
| What does "nat" mean in latin?: | A born/innate quality present since birth. |
| Connotation vs Denotation: | What you affiliate with a term vs the actual term. |
| Analogy: | A more detailed comparison; similar to a simile/metaphor but goes further into detail on why. |
| Tone: | The authors specific attitude/feeling about what they are speaking about. |
| Mood: | The way the reader feels while reading the story, whether the emotion is intentional by the author or not. |
| Diction: | The way the author phrases things to try to invoke a certain emotion. |
| Simple sentence: | Independent clause. |
| Compound sentence: | 2 or more independent clauses linked together via any one of the "FANBOYS" conjunctions. |
| FANBOYS: | Conjunctions; For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. |
| Complex sentence: | One independent clause and one or more dependent/subordinate clauses. |
| Compound-complex sentence: | 2 or more independent clauses and at least on dependent clause. |
| Anchor writing essay structure: | Intro paragraph (50+ words), body paragraphs (3 minimum; 100+ words each), conclusion paragraph (50+ words). |
| Body paragraph structure (anchor writing): | Topic sentence, evidence (concrete detail), elaboration (commentary) x 2, evidence, elaboration x 2, conclusion. |
| Thesis: | A general sentence with a subject and opinion; focuses your entire essay (avoid using things like "I feel" or "I think" or "I believe"; make it broad enough to debate, especially for argumentative essays) |
| Annotation (Connect): | Blue; Connect personally with the story. |
| Annotation (Question): | Green; Question what happens while you read. |
| Annotation (Predict/Infer): | Yellow; Try to figure out what happens next. |
| Annotation (Clarify): | Orange; Stop occasionally to review what you understand. |
| Annotation (Evaluate): | Pink/Red; Form opinions about what you just read. |
| Ethos: | Persuasion through status. |
| Pathos: | Persuasion through emotion. |
| Logos: | Persuasion through facts/logic. |
| Authors purpose: | To reflect, to entertain, to inform, or to persuade. |
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