3 Week test.2 Flashcards

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4 purposes of nonfiction

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entertain
inform
explain
persuade

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The difference between fiction and nonfiction?

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fiction is imaginative

nonfiction is real

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4 methods nonfiction writers use to present their ideas

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description
narration
exposition
persuasion

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what is an essay

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a piece of prose writing that deals with its subject briefly and from a personal point of view

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origin of the word essay

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Michel de Montaigne coined it and wrote the first one

from the french word j’essaie - i try

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what topics can be found in an essay

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any

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What is a writer’s style, and what may they use?

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the way the writer uses the language

diction, formal or informal, voice, tone

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things to note while reading an essay

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subject
style
how you respond

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a good habit while reading an essay

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read it more than once

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Peterson’s father refused to eat what

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a pet lamb

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What did Peterson eat growing up?

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game

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How did she feel when she ate a hamburger?

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disappointed

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What kind of mother was Rachel West?

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domineering
secretive
loved kids
laughed a lot
no prejudices
determined
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what was a fault of rachel west

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secretive

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How does Houston react to snow at the barracks?

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excited

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Who ran Santha’s school?

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the British

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WHy did premila leave the school

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Who was Barba Nikos?

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the shop owner who Harry hit in the head with a plum

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Some of the people that Barba Nikos linked Grecian foods to

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Dionysus, Zeus, Achilles, Alexander the Great

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What book did Rachel Carson write?

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Silent Spring

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What was silent spring about?

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pesticides killing birds

the environment

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How long did it take Rachel Carson to write her book?

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How many pages of sources did Rachel Carson have?

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How does a tree die?

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top to bottom, outside to inside

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What is a thesis?
main idea | topic statement
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Where is the tree thesis?
first sentence
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What does Cisneros inherit from her father?
a sappy heart | wandering feet
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What does Cisneros inherit from her mother
street wisdom intelligence voice
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What was a milestone in Cisneros's family
buying a house
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What did Cisneros do about the house they bought
wrote a book about it
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Where does Dickens work as a boy?
blacking warehouse
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Where does Dickens spend most of his income
food
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When Twain learned to read the river, what did he lose?
the beauty of the river
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What group did Twain pity?
doctors
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What is an analogy
extended point by point comparison
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What is an anecdote?
a brief story of an interesting or humorous incident