Friday, October 14, 2011

What's on the Mid-Term Exam?

Your mid-term will include but possibly might not be limited to the following topics.  Please be aware that you are responsible for all lectures, discussion, and other work, and that missing a class is never an excuse for everything.



Syllabus - the whole syllabus

Symbols in Ray Bradbury's "Summer Rituals"

Oh, why not?  Think about everything in "Summer Rituals"

What is the title of your textbook? The name of the publisher will also be acceptable.

Point-of-view

MLA format -- everything!

Punctuation -- everything you were taught beginning in the 5th grade

Plagiariasm

Kenning 

Prompt-dependence

1st person, 2nd person, third person

Spacing

"The Seafarer" -- everything

Descriptive essays, characteristics

Narrative essays, characteristics

Persuasive essays

Expository essays

Business letters - parts and purpose

Elegy

Alliteration

Who ruled in the island of Britannia after the Celts but before the Germanic peoples?

Wyrd

Paper for business letters

Pronouns, correct use of

Plagiarism

Direct quotations

Paraphrase / paraphrasing

Ellipsis

Point-of-view

For the purposes of this class, Mr. Hall has reduced the categories or methods of argument / persuasion to just two. What are they?

Hey -- there might be more on the test.  Study!

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