English Midterm Exam

Question 1

Rhetorical Situation (and components)

Answer 1

Effective or persuasive speaking/writing.
– Author, Audience, Text, Context
Ex.) essay, commercial, conversation, & billboards
– A set of methods whereby humans attempt to identify with each other

Question 2

Audience and three types

Answer 2

The group of people the author is targeting/directing their writing towards!
– Primary, Secondary and Tertiary.

Question 3

Narrative

Answer 3

Stories that are told for different purposes.
– Told from first person perspective and explores a key issue!
Gives a view into what the author is struggling with or working through!

Question 4

Memoir

Answer 4

Writing focused on events, people and places that are important
– Capture the important moment and tell how it is important to them.

Question 5

Descriptive

Answer 5

Dominant tone, personification, hyperbole, ask questions
– Focuses on types and placement of examples and evidence in writing to illustrate a point

Question 6

Analysis

Answer 6

Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something.

Question 7

Review

Answer 7

Informed judgments about the content and quality of a medium presented to the public.

Question 8

Criticism

Answer 8

The comparison, analysis, interpretation and/or evaluation of works of literature.

Question 9

Critical Reading/Thinking

Answer 9

Make judgments about how a text is argued
– Go together/are symbiotic

Question 10

Types of Analyses

Answer 10

Literary, Descriptive, Comparative, Causal, Rhetorical, SWOT, Process

Question 11

The Writing Process

Answer 11

Prewrite, Identify the thesis, Support the thesis with evidence, Organize the evidence, Write the first draft, Revise, Edit and Proofread
– The steps to writing an essay

Question 12

Rhetorical Analysis

Answer 12

Breaks a work into parts and then explains how the parts work together to create a certain effect.
- Look for an impressive/challenging article
- Relate it to your interest
- Free write

Question 13

Movie Review

Answer 13

Be objective, assume nothing, tell story but not all of it
- Give readers some clues to movie’s merits before seeing
- Concise and to the point
- Leave out flowery details and absolutes!

Question 14

Movie Review Components

Answer 14

– Storyline
– Screenplay
– Acting
– Special Effects
– Music
– Editing
– Directing

Question 15

Food Review

Answer 15

Dining experience from start to finish
- Why this restaurant? Who is there? Affordable and good parking?
- Examine the atmosphere
- Names of staff
- Menu?
- Other diners?
- End of the meal + 1-3 good pictures.

Question 16

Memoir Structure

Answer 16

Significance of the experience
- Explains how the event changed or impacted them or how they view life.
- Reflects on the importance of the memory of the event to the author today!

Question 17

Narrative Structure

Answer 17

Engaging introduction, establish time and place, consistent point of view, consistent verb tense, sensory and descriptive detail, logical sequence, effective dialogue, thought provoking conclusion.

Question 18

Linear

Answer 18

Presents events in the manner they occurred, tertiary audience, structure based, in order.

Question 19

Non-Linear

Answer 19

Events out of sequence, focus on emotion, author focused

Question 20

Descriptive

Answer 20

Time, place, tone and mood, tertiary/secondary audience, author paints pictures with language at very beginning

Question 21

Historical

Answer 21

Shows sequence of events, cause and effect, all audiences, examine effects on the author, place.

Question 22

Viewpoint

Answer 22

Filters events through the characters eye, secondary/tertiary audience

Question 23

The Chase

Answer 23

Annie Dillard
– Memoir, Linear, Viewpoint
—- Excitable tone throughout the piece!

Question 24

Living Like Weasels

Answer 24

Annie Dillard
– Non-linear, Descriptive, Viewpoint
—- A very reminiscent, learning tone.

Question 25

16 Pieces of Advice for College Students

Answer 25

Katie Roiphe
–Process Analysis
—- Mother daughter type writing, Informative

Question 26

Commas

Answer 26

No more than 5 in a sentence
– FANBOYS - For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
– Read sentence aloud (if possible)

Question 27

Colon

Answer 27

Used to list things
– Expresses shock, excitement, etc.

Question 28

Semi-colon

Answer 28

Combines sentence fragments
– Two indept clauses together
– Used for some context