Engl. 1301 final exam
Revision
"reseeding" or "seeing again"
two necessary tools for the editing process:
1. dictionary 2. grammer handbook
To be forgiven for the deaths if his wife and children, hercules had to perform,
12 labors
Denotation
A word's dictionary meaning
Who did Aphrodite change into a crimson flower?
Adonis
Who bore the world on their shoulders?
Altas
God of war
Ares
His eye were put on hera's bird and this bird later came to be known as the peacock
Argus
Who created the olive tree and claimed the owl as her bird?
Athena
she is the favorite child of Zeus and got to carry his thunderbolt
Athena
Daphne was...
Changed into a laurel tree to escape apollo
will receive into his boat only the souls of those whose lips hold the passage money that was placed there when they died and were duly buried
Charon
Subjective Description
Convey a highly personal view of the subject and elicit a strong emotional response from reader
Polyphemus is a
Cyclops
Lady of Wild Things and Goddess of Hunt
Diana
In a descriptive essay, what does the thesis usually center on?
Dominant impression
Who did Hera turn against and what was this person condemned to do?
Echo; she as condemned to only use her tongue to repeat what was said to her.
Who was seduced when Zeus transformed himself into a bull
Europa
examples, facts, and quotations are all what?
Evidence
Aphrodite made which statue real?
Galatea
Neptune did what?
Gave the first horse to man
Dionysus
God of wine
who could turn men into stone when they were looked upon
Gorgons
His wife is persephone whom he carried away into the underworld
Hades
How did Jason betray his wife?
He wanted to marry another woman
Zeus's messenger and the God of Commerce and Market is...
Hermes
To help her husband Jason,
Madea killed her brother and betrayed her country
Who was the river titan that encircled all of the earth?
Ocean
Who blinded polyphemus with a pointed stick?
Odysseus and his men
Eurydice could be retrieved from the underworld only if...
Orpheus did not look at her on the journey back to the earth's surface
Who cut off Medusa's head?
Perseus
Son of the sun
Phaethon
First step in the writing process is...
Prewrite
Who can man fire
Prometheus
Story that tell the legend of red mulberries
Pyramus and Thisbe
What story tells the legend of halcyon days
Sexy and Alcyone
Aphrodite was born how?
She sprung from the foam of the sea
Paragraphs filled with ___ engage readers and clarify meaning
Specific details
engages readers, persuades them that the thinking is sound, and clarifies meaning
Specific evidence
What did Hercules do as a baby
Strangled snakes that were put in his crib to kill him
Jason of the Argonauts was in search of...
The Golden Fleece
What is the bird of Zeus?
The eagle
most common POV in academic writing
Third person
A title should attract audience and preview the essay's purpose (True or False)
True
Good readers are normally good writers? (True or False)
True
Revision should occur throughout the writing process (True or False)
True
The topic sentence is usually the first sentence in a paragraph (True or false)
True
by varying sentence types, the writer will wary sentence length as well?
True
reading the material backwards prevents writers from getting caught up in the slow of ideas.
True
imperfect goddess who was ugly and lame
Vulcan
What does the power of description hinge on?
ability to select from all possible details only this that support the dominant impression.
Diana punished opus and Ephialtes by...
allowing each to be pierced by the others spear
intro paragraph
arouses reader's interest, introduces the subject and states the thesis
simple to complex pattern of organization
begins with easy to grasp examples then builds to difficult levels
essay map/plan if development
brief statement in the intro that is part of the thesis. It introduces the major points of the essay.
Daedalus
built his son a pair of wax wings and told him not to fly to close to the sun or they will melt
The three headed dog who guarded the gates of hell
cerberus
Proofreading
checking over for errors
Body of paper
composed of paragraphs that support the thesis
thesis
declares the controlling idea of the paper
Objective description
describe the subject in a straight forward, literal way without revealing feeling.
Your sentence will be ___ if you eliminate redundancy and delete weak phrases
economical
Define description
expression in vivid language. the five sense experience
title
finishing touch to any paper
A ___is a incomplete sentence. It has no subject nor verb
fragment
Sexist language
gives the impression that one gender is more important than the other
Demeter
her chief festival came at harvest time because she was the goddess of corn
Hercules greatest flaw is...
his temper
Pegasus
is a winged horse
Tone
is the writer's attitude towards the subject matter and the audience
Purpose
is what the essay is to accomplish
During revision you should work with printed text because
it helps to see the work impartially
What did thesus do
killed the Minotaur with his bare hands
An assignments sheet indicates what?
length and purpose
Psyche could marry Cupid but she could never
look at him
Titian are...
of enormous size and of incredible strength
The Graiae lived...
on the farther bank of the ocean and had but one eye between them
Once the writer has generated supporting evidence, the writer is ready to...
organize
Coherence
paragraph where all sentences and ideas flow
emphatic
placing the best point/example first or last in the body section
What did Pandora's box contain
plagues, sorrows, and mischief
boomerang
planning technique that invites travel over a subject from opposite directions
Signal devices
provide readers with cues, reminding them where they have been an indicating where they are going
Saturn
ruled over the titans until his son Zues dethroned him and seized power himself
Perseus
son of Danae. was placed in a boat with his mother and cast into the sea to die
Atalanta has the gift of...
speed
Transitional Paragraphs
sum up what has been discussed and the direction of the essay
paragraph development
supporting information/evidence in each paragraph that allows readers to understand the subject matter
Annotate
take notes in margins
Peer Review
the critical reading of another person's writing with the intention of suggesting constructive changes
Topic Sentence
the sentence in a body paragraph that states a main point in support of the thesis
A highly opinionated statement, announcement, and factual statement are to be avoid when creating a...
thesis
working thesis
thesis in planning. it can change
Atalanta was tricked into losing a race and marriage by...
three golden apples
Phaethon's request of his father was...
to drive his chariot
The device used to connect sentences and paragraphs is called...
transition
Each pattern of development/organization has its own internal logic that makes it appropriate for some writing purpose/modes but not for others? (true or false)
true
a paragraph that sticks to its subject is said to have...
unity
Redundancy
unnecessary repetition
Prewriting
writing strategies used ti generate ideas before beginning paper