English 101 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Transitions - Answer-Words or expressions that link ideas in a piece of writing. Long essays frequently contain transitional paragraphs that connect one part of the essay to another. Writers use a variety of transitional expressions, such as afterward, because, consequently, for instance, furthermore, however, and likewise. Diction - Answer-Can be defined as style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. Redundant - Answer-More than what is usual o...

Thesis Statement is a ___ to be proven - Answer-claim Essay Mapping answers.... - Answer-why or how to the thesis statement How many pump-primer techniques are there? - Answer-10 What are the pump-primer techniques listed? - Answer-Listing Freewriting Looping The Boomerang Clustering Cubing Interviewing The Cross-Examination Sketching Dramatizing the Subject Even after narrowing your topic so it is more manageable, you still must find a ____ purpose for your essay. - Answer...

writing process - Answer-all activities, mental and physical, that go into creating what eventually becomes a finished piece of work - no ones is the same as someone else’s - adapts based on task at hand analyzing writing situation - Answer-consider subject, purpose, audience, genre, etc. discovering and planning - Answer-posing a question, gathering information, focusing on a central theme, and organizing material drafting - Answer-answering question and expressing/ connecting ideas ...

What should a thesis statement should include - Answer-A complete sentence. Arguable (not just a statement of fact). The overarching (main or major) ide that guides your essay. What is a first person essay? - Answer-A first person essay is where you use words such as "I," "me," and "my." What is a second person essay? - Answer-A second person essay is where you use words such as "you" and "your." Typically, instructors ask their students not to use first and second person when...

dependent clause - Answer-a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence. compound - Answer-a sentence with two independent clauses put together with a "glue" word. simple - Answer-a sentence that contains one independent clause; they are concise and to the point. complex - Answer-a sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. types of grammatical classification - Answer-simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, fragment compound-complex - Answer-a ...

Roe vs. Wade Research Report Roe vs. Wade was one of the most famous court cases of our time. It took place in the early 1970’s when a young and pregnant woman filed against the Texas district court with a claim that it was unconstitutional for the government to take away women’s choice to abortion. In the end, the Supreme Court legalized abortion as a constitutionally protected medical procedure under the Fourteenth Amendment, stating that the anti-abortion laws violated an individual...

Ethos -Answer-an appeal based on the character/reputation/ credibility of the speaker. Pathos -Answer-appeal to emotion logos -Answer-an appeal based on logic or reason analysis -Answer-to separate a subject into parts of the act or result of doing so synthesis -Answer-to link elements into a whole, or the act or result of doing so inference -Answer-to draw a conclusion, or the act or result of doing so metaphor -Answer-declares one thing to be another. connotation -Answer-r...

What is "the Pitch"? - Answer-What the text or piece of writing wishes you to believe. What are you doing when you seek to locate yourself in the local, the particular, and the concrete rather than the global, the overly general, and the abstract? - Answer-Paraphrasing Why is it important to learn the language of the text? - Answer-If a writer wishes to be heard, he or she needs to acquire the vocabulary of the experts. Is the Banking Model of Education encouraged by the textbook beca...

What are the rules for formatting an essay using MLA format? - Answer-1. Include a separate citation page at the back of the essay. 2. Reference citations with a page number and the author's last name. 3. Make sure the paper itself is double-spaced 4. Use Times New Roman, twelve point font. 5. Insert a page number and your last name in the upper right-hand corner of each page. 6. Add necessary information for identification on the top left portion of the page. 7. Properly format your "W...

Liberty University English 101 Final Study Guide Test 2024. Comma definition - CORRECT ANSWER separates 2 complete sentences 5 ways to fix a comma splice - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Use a comma and a conjunction (FANBOYS) 2) Use a semi-colon 3) Use a semi-colon, a conjunctive adverb, and a comma 4) Make them independent sentences 5) Make on of the independent clauses a dependent clause by using subordinating conjunctions (because, although, etc) 2 agreement types - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Prono...