language arts midterm

Question 0

Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing.

Answer 0

The writing process

Question 1

Steps of the research process

Answer 1

Identify and Develop Your Topic
Find the Context: Background Information on Your Topic
Find Books
Find Articles in Journals, News Sources, Magazines
Find Video and Sound Recordings
Evaluate What You Find
Cite What You Find

Question 2

Define : Paraphrasing and Plagiarism

Answer 2

Paraphrasing: The writer puts information into his/her own words, an idea or fact from a source. Is also cited. When reading, you summarize key pieces.
Plagiarism: Not giving proper credit to sources. Whether it was intentional, or on accident, it is still plagiarism. Common knowledge does not need to be cited. Quotes must be put into quotation marks, and attributed to the quoter.

Question 3

How do you write a proper introduction?

Answer 3

You have to have a grabber that will get your reader’s attention. Give an overview of any issues involved with the subject. Define any key terminology needed to understand the topic. Highlight background information on the topic needed to understand the direction if the paper. Introductions must end with a thesis statement, (one to two sentences long) which will briefly outline the main points in the paper.

Question 4

These are to help move your essay along. They ease the reader into the next paragraph gently. Some examples would be next, after, in conclusion, therefore, and when it first started.

Answer 4

Transitional phrases

Question 5

MLA, what is the font size, where do you indent, etc.

Answer 5

12 pt font, either Times New Roman or Arial. Indentation before the next paragraph. Title page is name, teacher name, class, and then date. Page numbers are put to the top. (Last name #) double spaced.

Question 6

Citation

Answer 6

•The citation summarizes bibliographic data to provide your reader (teacher) information to locate the book, website, or magazine that you used:
–Author (if given)
–Title of article, webpage, or entry
–Publication information (publisher, website, magazine title, date, location)
–Medium (Print, Web, etc.)
–Date of access

Question 7

Traditional Source

Answer 7

• Is printed material that provides information to its readers.
• Examples include newspaper, journals, magazines, encyclopedias and books.

Question 8

• A _________ is a page is a listing of your properly-formatted citations. It is listed in alphabetical order using an author’s last name or title of article (only if no author is listed).
• ___________ page is presented at the end of a research paper. You will learn how to format this page in class!

Answer 8

Bibliography

Question 9

_________ __________ _________ formatting is a formatted system used when writing a paper. It allows the writer if the paper to give credit to the source. This also makes the entire paper uniform.

Answer 9

MLA formatting

Question 10

Last name, first name. “Chapter title”. Book (italicized). Edition. Volume. Place of publication: Publisher, year published. Page numbers. Print.

Answer 10

Citation for a book with one author

Question 11

Author, First, and Second Author. “Chapter Title.” Book Title (italicized). Edition ed. Vol. Volume. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page Numbers. Print.

Answer 11

Citation for a book with two authors.

Question 12

Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Website Title (italicized). Publisher, Date Published. Web. Date Accessed. <URL>.</URL>

Answer 12

Citation for a website.

Question 13

1-2 sentences long. Will briefly outline the main points in the paper.

Answer 13

Thesis Statement

Question 14

To organize thoughts; have a guideline. Makes writing easier. Helps ensure that you are thorough. I helps keep you focused and motivate you.

Answer 14

Purpose for Outlining

Question 15

6 traits of writing

Answer 15

Ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions

Question 16

The conclusion paragraph wraps up the end of the research paper like a nice bow. It tells the reader that the essay is over.

Answer 16

Purpose of a conclusion paragraph

Question 17

Types of grabbers

Answer 17

Many grabbers, otherwise known as hooks or introductory sentences are found in the format of a story, a question, a surprising statistic, a quote, relating the topic to real life recent events, and justifying your qualifications.

Question 18

In the form of a+b+cm sum it up gives you a good introductory sentence. You start with the title and author of the source, use a strong verb, such as suggests, and end with the big idea of the paragraph.

Answer 18

Sum it up

Question 19

Tell the steps for Read around the text

Answer 19

This allows you to prepare to read the passage.

1. Pictures
2. Captions
3. Maps, charts, graphs
4. Headings and boldfaced words.
5. Read first and last paragraph.
6. Ask yourself a question.

Question 20

Informational text structures

Answer 20

How text is organized.

Chronological order: In order of time. Stories are told chronologically. Can be shown using a timeline. Key words- Before, after, next, finally, then, any dates.

Sequence: Steps described in the order they occur. Does not take place at any specific time. Key words- Before, after, next, finally, then.

Cause and Effect: Explains reasons why something happened, or explains the effects of something. Key words- Because, effects, then, cause, therefore, so, why.

Problem and Solution: Author states a problem and solution(s). Similar to cause and effect. Basically cause and effect with an opinion and an answer. Key words- Answer, conundrum, issue, so, resolved.

Compare and Contrast: Compare- find similarities. Contrast- find differences. Shows what’s in common and what’s different. Key words- Alike, different, similar.

Question 21

Any line after the first line in your citation should be indented about a thumb space.
The source should be cited. All lines following the first should be indented. Write the source card number on the top left corner. Write the notes you got on the other side of the notecard.

Answer 21

Making a proper source card

Question 22

Plot

Answer 22

The sequence of events. Each event plays a role. Builds to the climax. Conflict drives the plot. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.

Question 23

Time and place of the novel.

Answer 23

Setting

Question 24

The ______ of a story is what the author is trying to convey — in other words, the central idea of the story. Short stories often have just one theme, whereas novels usually have multiple themes.

Answer 24

Theme

Question 25

Point of view narration

Answer 25

First person: I statements. From the perspective of one character.

Second person: You statements. Not used very often in novels.

Third person: Impersonal statements. Used in research papers. Can be either limited, or omniscient, meaning that the novel can be focused on one obvious main character, or it can be from the perspective of several people.

Question 26

Conflict: internal and external.

Answer 26

Internal conflict: Man vs. self, man is battling himself, problems the man has.

External conflict: Man vs. man, can refer to wars, or divorce, or some outer conflict.

Question 27

The author tries to keep you guessing, and make you want to keep reading by adding this, which there is a lot of near the climax and the resolution.

Answer 27

Suspense

Question 28

The highest point of tension in a story.

Answer 28

Climax

Question 29

Irony; verbal and situational.

Answer 29

Verbal- when a person says or writes one thing, but means another.
Situational- expected outcome does not happen.

Question 30

Define Flashbacks and foreshadowing

Answer 30

Flashbacks- character remembers the past.

Foreshadowing- something happens that alludes to something happening later in the story. Author hints at what is to come.

Question 31

Pronouns- subject and possessive

Answer 31

Subject pronouns- I, we, he, she, they, it, you.

Possessive pronouns- My, our, his, hers, its, their, your.

Question 32

Subject-verb agreement

Answer 32

Together, subject and verb make sense.

Correct- She played with her toys.

Incorrect- She is play with her toys.

Question 33

Double negatives, rules.

Answer 33

When two negatives are in one sentence, canceling themselves out.

Rule 1: change second negative.

Rule 2: take away negative part of contraction.

Rule 3: take away contraction (verb change)

Question 34

Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, pronoun.

Answer 34

Parts of speech.

Noun- Person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb- Describes what the noun is doing.

Adjective- Modifies the noun, pronoun, or another adjective.

Adverb- Modifies the verb, adjective, or another adverb.

Preposition- Gives direction to a sentence.

Pronoun- takes the place of a noun, can show possession.

Question 35

Subject and predicate.

Answer 35

Subject: the part of a sentence before the predicate

Predicate: everything after the verb, but also counts adverbs if they are at the beginning of a sentence.

Question 36

Types of sentences

Answer 36

Declarative- period, statement. D

Interrogative- question mark, question. Int

Exclamatory- Exclamation point, exclamation. E

Imperative- period, command. Imp