How do you fix a run on? A comma splice?
Know what parallel sentence structure is. There are several questions asking you to identify it.
What are two comma rules that you learned in this unit? Give me examples for how they would be used.
What are coordinate adjectives?
What’s wrong with using words such as things, a lot, stuff, many, very, really in your writing?
Prefixes, suffixes, and root words
ami/ amo—
Amiable:
Amorous showing love
Enamor:
de—
Dejected:
Despondent:
Despair:
eu—
Euphoria:
Eulogy:
Euphonious:
fid / fide—
Confide:
Fidelity:
Confidant:
Perfidy:
grav—
Grave:
Gravity:
Path—
Empathy:
Sympathy:
Apathy:
Antipathy:
sent / sens—feel
Sentimental:
Resent:
Sensory:
What is a metaphor?. Simile? Irony? Repetition? Imagery?
What is denotation? What is the connotation?
What is diction?
Think of the word fall (the season). What connotation does it bring up? Is it positive? What do you think of when you think of the word fall?
Humor Devices like verbal irony, irony of situation, hyperbole, understatement
(Examples)
Define tone. What does it help create for the reader?
Diction, Imagery, Details, Syntax--What is DIDS, and what is its purpose?
Why might an author use short, choppy sentences? Why might they use lots of questions in a row? How can sentence length affect the pace of a scene?
Why is looking at an author’s choice of words an effective way to establish tone?
What is point of view? Name the three that you addressed in this unit.
What is theme? What was the theme of “Was It a Dream?”
What are the five parts of a short story’s plot (in order)?
How might an author slow down the pace of a story?
Name at least three alternate plot structures. Describe them. How are they used?
What alternate plot structure does Guy De Maupassant use in “Was It a Dream?” Why is it fitting that he uses this particular plot structure?
Name at least one alternate plot structure that is used in “Was it a Dream?”
What are the six elements of narrative writing?
What are the four stages of the writing process? What do you do during each one?
What are some elements of an effective narrative (Think about what the myths have that make them so interesting)?
Who is the protagonist in a story? Who is the antagonist?
What part of the narrative that you wrote is the most effective in your opinion? Why?
What are the different types of conflict in the story? Explain what they are.
How does an author create a mood?
What are temporal transitions? Provide an example.
What is an absolute phrase and how does it enrich your writing?
(Ex.--Tired from driving all night, the family decided to check into a motel.)
