1. First Quarter Review Get out a sheet of paper and mark your answers; we will discuss them as we go. Use what you learn from this to guide your studying.

2. What are the two types of documents; one is the original (maybe written by a person who was there); the other is written about a person or event, but not by someone who was there? Primary and Secondary

3. Name each example by document type: AutobiographyJournal Personal narrative Newspaper article Research study Research summary in a magazine TV news Blog Law documents Answers will vary.

4. What are the weaknesses of secondary documents? What are their strengths? It’s a retelling of a telling, so accuracy may suffer. It may be presented as unbiased but be biased. Collect information from multiple perspectives. Unbiased if done well. Larger scope: background and context

5.  What are the weaknesses of primary documents?  What are their strengths? None for things like the Declaration of Independence. Journals will be biased—but the reader should know that. No loss of accuracy due to retelling. In real time Authentic

6. What are the three types of appeal? Explain each. Emotional Logical Ethical

7. What do we call the big idea that an argument is based upon? Premise

8. What is the premise of the following argument? I am worried about the future. And because all citizens deserve an equal chance for success, I would like to see us reduce the cost of college. all citizens deserve an equal chance for success

9. What do we call the art of using language well?  Rhetoric

10. What do we call it when a writer or speaker uses big words and complex sentence structure? ElevatedLanguage

11. The following are examples of what ?  Why did you steal my phone?  …that idiotic man  Aren’t you thrilled with this awesome opportunity? Loaded words and questions; usually accusatory—put you on the spot like you are at gunpoint.

12. The following is an example of what? We shall go to McDonald’s; we shall order cheese burgers; we shall celebrate the fat and the chemicals! Parallelism

13. The following are examples of what? Do we really want to give away all our money? Don’t we all want to do the right thing? Do we want everyone to be happy? Rhetorical questions: no answer is sought, actually a statement.

14. What is the sentence called that comes at the end of the introduction and introduces your main idea? Thesis Statement

15. What is a hook or lead and why is important to have a good one? First sentence in an essay; it hooks the reader like a fish or leads him or her into the essay.

16. What is prose? What is verse? Words crafted into sentences Words crafted into poetry

17. What is a group of sentences in a work of prose called? What is a group of sentences in a work of verse called? Paragraph Stanza

18. Explain Deism. The philosophy and movement that reject supernatural events (prophecy, miracles) and divine revelation prominent in organized religion. God is an uninvolved creator who cannot be understood but who is acknowledged. Logic, not faith, is the key to successful life on earth.

19. What are the natural rights? Life Liberty Pursuit of Happiness

20. What do we call a short saying that captures a larger truth? Examples Neither a borrower nor lender be. A penny saved is a penny earned. Aphorism

21. What literary technique is These forms are a labyrinth. metaphor

22. What literary technique is Time is money. metaphor

23. What literary technique is The cold bites my skin. idiom

24. What literary technique is Your stubbornness is an obstacle to our success. metaphor

25. What literary technique is Water cascaded over the cliff like a roller coaster plummeting down the track. simile

26. Evaluate for rhyme scheme and meter Adieu! thou Yale! where youthful poets dwell, No more I linger by thy classic stream. Inglorious ease and sportive songs farewell! Thou startling clarion! break the sleeper's dream!

27. Adieu! thou Yale! where youthful poets dwell, a No more I linger by thy classic stream. b Inglorious ease and sportive songs farewell! a Thou startling clarion! break the sleeper's dream! B 10 syllables per line

28. An idea/thing that is repeated throughout a poem, work, or group of works is called? motif

29. What s the difference between romanticism and transcendentalism? Romanticism: Glory to nature and the human spirit. Often still formally religious. Not primarily concerned with equal rights Transcendentalism: Nature; I am my own god, intuition, emotion, listen to your spirit, equal rights for women, Blacks, and Native Americans; often anti-war.

30. What basic time period do we associate with transcendentalism and romanticism? R: 1800-1860 T: 1850-1860

31. Who was the most influential transcendentalist in his time? Ralph Waldo Emerson

32. Who is Emerson's most famous follower? Henry David Thoreau

33. Define Rhetoric The art of using language The art of using language

34.  Do not trust this to cover everything you need to do well on quizzes, tests, and exams. This is a brief overview of the basics; go back and read and study.