language arts midterm Flashcards
Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing.
The writing process
Steps of the research process
Identify and Develop Your Topic
Find the Context: Background Information on Your Topic
Find Books
Find Articles in Journals, News Sources, Magazines
Find Video and Sound Recordings
Evaluate What You Find
Cite What You Find
Define : Paraphrasing and Plagiarism
Paraphrasing: The writer puts information into his/her own words, an idea or fact from a source. Is also cited. When reading, you summarize key pieces.
Plagiarism: Not giving proper credit to sources. Whether it was intentional, or on accident, it is still plagiarism. Common knowledge does not need to be cited. Quotes must be put into quotation marks, and attributed to the quoter.
How do you write a proper introduction?
You have to have a grabber that will get your reader’s attention. Give an overview of any issues involved with the subject. Define any key terminology needed to understand the topic. Highlight background information on the topic needed to understand the direction if the paper. Introductions must end with a thesis statement, (one to two sentences long) which will briefly outline the main points in the paper.
These are to help move your essay along. They ease the reader into the next paragraph gently. Some examples would be next, after, in conclusion, therefore, and when it first started.
Transitional phrases
MLA, what is the font size, where do you indent, etc.
12 pt font, either Times New Roman or Arial. Indentation before the next paragraph. Title page is name, teacher name, class, and then date. Page numbers are put to the top. (Last name #) double spaced.
Citation
•The citation summarizes bibliographic data to provide your reader (teacher) information to locate the book, website, or magazine that you used:
–Author (if given)
–Title of article, webpage, or entry
–Publication information (publisher, website, magazine title, date, location)
–Medium (Print, Web, etc.)
–Date of access
Traditional Source
- Is printed material that provides information to its readers.
- Examples include newspaper, journals, magazines, encyclopedias and books.
- A _________ is a page is a listing of your properly-formatted citations. It is listed in alphabetical order using an author’s last name or title of article (only if no author is listed).
- ___________ page is presented at the end of a research paper. You will learn how to format this page in class!
Bibliography
_________ __________ _________ formatting is a formatted system used when writing a paper. It allows the writer if the paper to give credit to the source. This also makes the entire paper uniform.
MLA formatting
Last name, first name. “Chapter title”. Book (italicized). Edition. Volume. Place of publication: Publisher, year published. Page numbers. Print.
Citation for a book with one author
Author, First, and Second Author. “Chapter Title.” Book Title (italicized). Edition ed. Vol. Volume. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page Numbers. Print.
Citation for a book with two authors.
Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Website Title (italicized). Publisher, Date Published. Web. Date Accessed. <URL>.</URL>
Citation for a website.
1-2 sentences long. Will briefly outline the main points in the paper.
Thesis Statement
To organize thoughts; have a guideline. Makes writing easier. Helps ensure that you are thorough. I helps keep you focused and motivate you.
Purpose for Outlining
6 traits of writing
Ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions
The conclusion paragraph wraps up the end of the research paper like a nice bow. It tells the reader that the essay is over.
Purpose of a conclusion paragraph
Types of grabbers
Many grabbers, otherwise known as hooks or introductory sentences are found in the format of a story, a question, a surprising statistic, a quote, relating the topic to real life recent events, and justifying your qualifications.
In the form of a+b+cm sum it up gives you a good introductory sentence. You start with the title and author of the source, use a strong verb, such as suggests, and end with the big idea of the paragraph.
Sum it up
Tell the steps for Read around the text
This allows you to prepare to read the passage.
- Pictures
- Captions
- Maps, charts, graphs
- Headings and boldfaced words.
- Read first and last paragraph.
- Ask yourself a question.
Informational text structures
How text is organized.
Chronological order: In order of time. Stories are told chronologically. Can be shown using a timeline. Key words- Before, after, next, finally, then, any dates.
Sequence: Steps described in the order they occur. Does not take place at any specific time. Key words- Before, after, next, finally, then.
Cause and Effect: Explains reasons why something happened, or explains the effects of something. Key words- Because, effects, then, cause, therefore, so, why.
Problem and Solution: Author states a problem and solution(s). Similar to cause and effect. Basically cause and effect with an opinion and an answer. Key words- Answer, conundrum, issue, so, resolved.
Compare and Contrast: Compare- find similarities. Contrast- find differences. Shows what’s in common and what’s different. Key words- Alike, different, similar.
Any line after the first line in your citation should be indented about a thumb space.
The source should be cited. All lines following the first should be indented. Write the source card number on the top left corner. Write the notes you got on the other side of the notecard.
Making a proper source card
Plot
The sequence of events. Each event plays a role. Builds to the climax. Conflict drives the plot. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Time and place of the novel.
Setting
