Tues. Jan. 17, 2017: Test Prep. Part F

Today, we went over Part F. of your exam. Be sure to read and study all of this material (as well as the material from last Friday) in order to be prepared.

Part F: Critical Analytical Essay

You can create a one page point form cheat sheet which must be submitted to me the day before the test on Monday, January 23. If it is not in point form or contains information that will help you with other parts of the test, you will not get it on the day of the test. This is why it is important to do this earlier! It can only be 50 words

This cheat sheet is only to help you with this five paragraph essay. If there is anything else on it, you won’t get it.

·         If it is not in point form, you will not get it.

·         If it has things on it like MOSES terms or grammar terms or definitions, you will not get it.

·         If it is not written by hand, you will not get it.

In many of the texts we read this year, inequalities are present. How has inequality shaped the world of a character or characters in Of Mice and Men?

You can only refer to ONE text for your evidence (and no personal examples). You MUST have an opinion. “It has shaped the world.” is not an opinion. What about it? “It has shaped the world in a positive way,” IS an opinion!!!

1.      SO WHAT???? What are you supposed to learn from all this research into inequality and reading? We all KNOW it is bad to treat someone as unequal, yet we do it… This is not the only example out there. SO WHAT?

2.      A thesis is an opinion that is arguable. Often, it is a SO WHAT. Why is the author stressing this? What are we to learn? What am I supposed to “get” from this reading as it ties to the topic?

3.      You need to think beyond just listing and arrive at the author’s purpose. (don’t just give a plot summary)

On the cheat sheet you may put the following:

·         The question (though I will have it in the test)

·         The author’s name and title of the text

·         Page references IF you are using direct quotes (you don’t have to… you can paraphrase. That is what you would do if you weren’t given the question in advance!) Quotes can go on the page

·         Point form (outline/ evidence)

·         Symbols if you don’t like point form

·         One side of an 8.5 x 11 sheet only

·         Must be created by hand (not computer generated)

·         No complete sentences (that’s what point form means)

·         Your name, date, class!!!!!! (Does not count as part of your 50 words!)

·         If I don’t get the cheat sheet in advance and approve it, you will NOT get it as part of your test package on the day of the exam

·         Any questions? Now is the time, guys.

Do not be freaked out.

Yes, tests suck, but you have been here this semester, have engaged in the reading, have the question in advance and have days to get a cheat sheet put together and to study.

Terms You Need to Understand and be able to Use (Yellow is from the "15 Common Errors" booklet and blue is from the MOSES sheet)

Capitalization Verb tenses Commonly misused/spelled words  (except, accept, principle, principal, to, too, their, they’re, there) Commas Parallel structure* Subject-verb agreement Run ons Transitions Redundancy (repetition) Pronouns Sentence fragments Apostrophe possessives Euphemism synecdoche rhetorical question oxymoron imagery

hyperbole metaphor simile juxtaposition alliteration assonance repetition irony personification allusion onomatopoeia apathetic empathetic pathetic fallacy foreshadowing literal/figurative language