3-8-17 Mid-Term

Question 1

What does M.L.A. stand for?

Answer 1

Modern Language Association

Question 2

In our required M.L.A. format, what inch amount is required for margins?

Answer 2

1 inch

Question 3

According to our text “what makes a narrative memorable and brings it to life are its _____ —the colors, shapes, textures, sounds, and smells…………..”

Answer 3

Details

Question 4

Your purpose to write, as discussed in class, is explained mostly by the acronym P.I.E. Describe what one of these preceding letters refers to.

Answer 4

Persuade
Inform
Entertain

Question 5

The author of “Should Everybody Write” is?

Answer 5

Baron

Question 6

In what year was the above essay “Should Everybody Write” first delivered as a lecture?

Answer 6

2010

Question 7

“_____ warned that writing was just a shadow of speech.”

Answer 7

Socrates

Question 8

“When writing came on the scene, very few could _____”

Answer 8

Read

Question 9

From what assigned essay are the following lines? “Maybe one day we’ll use Star Trek—like communicators pinned to our chest to create our texts………”

Answer 9

“Should Everybody Write?”

Question 10

What famous religious leader warned of the danger of too many books in the year 1520?

Answer 10

Martin Luther

Question 11

The author of “The Sanctuary of School” is?

Answer 11

Barry

Question 12

Define the word “sanctuary” as used in the title of the above essay.

Answer 12

A safe place

Question 13

Within five years, when was “The Sanctuary of School” published?

Answer 13

1992

Question 14

The author of “The Sanctuary of School” mentions a serene place called Rainier Valley was a peaceful place to her. What U.S. state is Rainier Valley in?

Answer 14

Washington

Question 15

The author of “The Sanctuary of School” ends her essay saying: “Children across the country do it faithfully.” Do what faithfully?

Answer 15

Pledge of Allegiance

Question 16

The author of “Literacy: A Lineage” is

Answer 16

Luken

Question 17

The author of “The Look” is

Answer 17

Lehna

Question 18

The author of “The Look” tells his story about prison life and afterwards. The author was jailed because _____

Answer 18

It doesn’t tell us

Question 19

A statement that asserts a belief or POSITION is known as a _____.

Answer 19

Claim

Question 20

Our assigned essay, “Selling the Farm,” is designated as what genre in your text?

Answer 20

Report

Question 21

The main character referred to in “Selling the Farm” is described as “taciturn.” Define the word in context.

Answer 21

Quiet

Question 22

What is the required font size of all written submittals in M.L.A. format as discussed in class?

Answer 22

12

Question 23

Is the following sentence redundant true or false. “The largest candles were free gifts for opening a new checking account.”

Answer 23

True.

Question 24

What famous basketball player was used as a model in describing narrative details in your text chapter about writing a narrative?

Answer 24

Steph Curry

Question 25

"Writing a Narrative" Literacy narratives focus on meaningful experiences with some kind of _____ or writing stories............"

Answer 25

Reading

Question 26

_____ provide firsthand accounts of people, places, events, institutions, or other things,"

Answer 26

Profiles

Question 27

The chapter on arguments indicates there are three types of Appeals that are used to support them. One of them is an Emotional Appeal. Name one other: _____

Answer 27

Ethical Appeal

Question 28

Which one of those appeals cited is usually connected with Feelings and Values?

Answer 28

Emotional Appeal

Question 29

Which one of those appeals cited in is usually connected with Reason and Evidence?

Answer 29

Logical Appeal

Question 30

Which one of the Appeals reviewed in your text is stated as the "most important" of all the appeals?

Answer 30

Logical Appeal

Question 31

The author of "Compulsory Reading" is _____

Answer 31

Bechdel

Question 32

Who wrote "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic"?

Answer 32

Bechdel

Question 33

The author of "Hidden Intellectualism" is _____

Answer 33

Graff

Question 34

What assigned author is a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago?

Answer 34

Graff

Question 35

The author of "Hidden Intellectualism" also wrote the following book "How Schooling Obscures the Life of the _____."

Answer 35

Mind

Question 36

The author of "Hidden Intellectualism" summarizes the make-up of the real intellectual world. He compares its organization to what?

Answer 36

Team Sports

Question 37

In your syllabus requirement, what percentage of your grading is allocated for ALL quizzes?

Answer 37

20%

Question 38

The author of assigned essay "2b or Not 2b" is _____

Answer 38

Crystal

Question 39

Fill in the Blank from the essay "2b or Not 2b" :"And in a _____ study, the proportion was even lower with just 6% using abbreviations."

Answer 39

Norwegian

Question 40

Define the following word in context. "Texters use [deviant] spellings----and they know they are deviant."

Answer 40

Unlikely abnormal

Question 41

"_____ is penmanship for illiterates"

Answer 41

Texting

Question 42

The author of the essay "2b or Not 2b" refers to Anglo-Saxon scribes to support his claim about symbols and abbreviations in writing. As discussed in class, these scribes wrote about religion and history. They mainly were inhabitants of?

Answer 42

Monasteries

Question 43

"_____ could not be good at texting if they had not already developed considerable literary awareness"

Answer 43

Children

Question 44

Define orthography

Answer 44

The art of writing word with proper letters according to standard usage.

Question 45

"......but a _____ Analysis can also investigate the possible effects of an event or the links in a chain of connected events.

Answer 45

Causal

Question 46

The author of "Happy" is

Answer 46

Williams

Question 47

Name of the authors of "Speaking White Female" is _____

Answer 47

Grant

Question 48

The essay referring to in the song "Happy," The author begins by describing the song's _____"

Answer 48

Success

Question 49

What assigned essay was originally written for Entertainment Weekly's 1000th issue?

Answer 49

"Compulsory Reading"