test 10? Flashcards
march+april notes (28 cards)
a type of essay in which the writer adopts an impersonal, authoritative tone and models highly organized structure
Formal Essay
a type of essay in which the writer adopts a friendly or conversational tone with the reader
Informal/Personal Essay
a brief work of prose fiction
Short Story
2 requirements of a short story:
Must be able to be read in one sitting
Must produce a single effect/
most of the essays we have read have been ____
personal
topic of how to get things done
procrassination
what did the boy want for christmas in a miserable merry christmas
pony
in a miserable merry christmas who’s fault was is that Christmas was almost ruined
the dad’s
what sound framed an old fashioned Iowa christmas
bells
what food did they have in an old fashioned Iowa christmas
goose
what was special about the gifts in an old fashioned Iowa christmas
they were handmade
what story said the quote about leaves
why leaves turn color in the fall
was there a lot of technical terms in why leaves turn color in the fall?
nope (apparently.)
know some of the plot pyramid
exposition- introduces things
inciting incident
denoument- conclusion basically?
when the protagonist has to make a choice
crisis
wrote a visit of charity
Eudora Welty
why was the girl in “a visit of charity” visiting the house
campfire girl points
wrote the The Sire de Maletroit’s Door
robert Louis stevenson
what country is The Sire de Maletroit’s Door set in
france
what are the names of the protagonists in The Sire de Maletroit’s Door
Denis and blanche
wrote adventure of the speckled band
sir Arthur Conan doyle
what was the speckled band in the adventure of the speckled band
snake
where did the bell pull lead
from the doctors room to the girl’s room
who killed the sister in the adventure of the speckled band
the doctor
