Bob Beguin

Nicole Youman

Brandy Stockwell

10 Question to be on the Unit Test

Ch1

1. Which one doesn’t belong in the steps to understanding an assignment?

a. Length b. Purpose c. Audience d. Occasion e. Thesis

2. Define "Thesis Statement".

Ch2

1. List the parts of an essay.

2. List transitions for comparison/contrast.

Ch3

1. What is the purpose of the first draft?

2. Name 3 of the steps in the editing checklist.

Ch9

1. What is a basis of comparison?

2. Define analogy.

"Why Boys…"

1. How long has NOW been around at the time of the story?

2. Why is it "wrong" for boys to play with dolls?

Answer key

Ch1

1. E 2. The main idea behind the entire essay

Ch2

1. Intro, Body, Conclusion 2. Comparison: also, likewise Contrast: conversely, although

Ch3

1. To get your ideas down on paper so you can react to them 2. Verb tenses, Parallelism, Run-on sentences

Ch9

1. Two things have enough in common to justify the comparison 2. Explaining one thing by comparing it to a second thing that is more familiar that the first

"Why Boys…"

1. 28 years 2. Our society pushes the separation of the sexes upon

Ruth Thompson

Tina Musgrove

Steve Philbrook

Unit Test Questions

Chapter 1

1. What are the five ideas for understanding an assignment? Length, purpose, audience, occasion, and knowledge.

2. What are three questions for probing? See checklist page 20.

Chapter 2

3. What does an introduction do? Introduces your subject, engages your readers interest, and often states your thesis.

4. What should your body paragraph include? Topic sentence, support for topic sentence, and transition to next paragraph.

Chapter 3

5. What are four of the seven different techniques you take to revise your paper? Give yourself a cooling off period, work from a typed draft, read your draft aloud, take advantage of opportunities to get feedback, try not to get overwhelmed, don’t let your ego get in the way, and revise in stages.

6. What are three different revising techniques? Revising with a checklist, revising with an outline, and revising with a peer critique, revising with instructor comments.

Chapter 9

7. What is an analogy? Explains one thing by comparing it to a second thing that is more familiar than the first.

8. What should your thesis statement tell readers? What to expect in your essay.

"Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls"

9. What does NOW stand for? National Organization for Women.

10. What is a paradox? A statement that seems self contradictory or absurd but is non the less true.

Test Questions. 2/4/2004

Bruce, Mike, John

Chapter 1

What is a thesis statement?

1. The main idea or central point of a essay.

2. Visual arrangement of ideas

 

What are the five properties of setting limits?

1. Length, invention, audience, purpose, knowledge.

2. Length, invention, reading images, thematic connection, narration.

 

 

Chapter 2

What are the three parts of an essay?

1. Introduction, body and conclusion

2. Top, middle and bottom

 

The main idea of a paragraph is stated in the _______. (Topic Sentence)

Chapter 3

_________ is something you do after the paper is finished. (Revision)

The purpose of your first draft is to _________.

Multiple choice: formulate ideas, Perfect the paper, Revise, None of these.

Chapter 9

What is the difference between block and point by point comparison?

Point by point makes a point about one subject and is immediately followed by a comparable point about the other. Whereas block states all the information about one point in one block, then stating all the information about the other point in the next block.

True of false, transitions are good to use in a compare and contrast essay.

Why boys don’t play with dolls.

What conflict does Pollitt address in the essay?

Whether the feminist movement has had a positive or negative effect on youth or if certain gender roles are necessary.

What are the traditional roles of boys and girl according to Pollitt?

The male role is to play sports whereas the female role is to play with dolls.

What is a thesis statement?

1. The main idea or central point of a essay.

2. Visual arrangement of ideas

 

What are the five properties of setting limits?

1. Length, invention, audience, purpose, knowledge.

2. Length, invention, reading images, thematic connection, narration.

 

 

What are the three parts of an essay?

1. Introduction, body and conclusion

2. Top, middle and bottom

 

The main idea of a paragraph is stated in the _______. (Topic Sentence)

_________ is something you do after the paper is finished. (Revision)

The purpose of your first draft is to _________.

Multiple choice: formulate ideas, Perfect the paper, Revise, None of these.

What is the difference between block and point by point comparison?

Point by point makes a point about one subject and is immediately followed by a comparable point about the other. Whereas block states all the information about one point in one block, then stating all the information about the other point in the next block.

True of false, transitions are good to use in a compare and contrast essay.

What conflict does Pollitt address in the essay?

Whether the feminist movement has had a positive or negative effect on youth or if certain gender roles are necessary.

What are the traditional roles of boys and girl according to Pollitt

Becky Kasap

Jake Richmond

Ben Gibson

Ch 1

1. Explain the purpose of an essay?

The purpose is to either inform, pursued, compare and or cantrast, or a political essay.

 

2. What are some forms of prewriting?

Some forms of prewriting are free write, brain storming, journal writing, and clustering.

 

 

 

 

Ch 2

1. What is the proper arrangement of an essay?

Into, body paragraph 1, body paragraph 2, body paragraph 3, conclusion

 

2. Name three contrast transitions.

Although, despite, instead of

 

 

Ch 3

1. Name one way you could revise an essay.

Checklist

 

2. Name three things that you should check for when revising.

Punctuation, misspelled words, and sentence fragments

 

Ch 9

1. What is comparison and contrast?

Comparison and contrast is the pattern of development that focuses on similarities and/or differences between two or more subjects.

 

2. What is point by point comparison?

Point by point comparison is making a statement about one subject then follow it with a comparable point about another subject

 

 

 

"Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls."

 

1. What type of essay is "Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls"?

Cause and Effect

 

2. What does the author of "Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls" think Barbie represents?

Pollitt believes that Barbie represents the American ideal-sexy, thin, and stylish.

 

Heather Link

Mrs. Jagasia

Eng. Comp. 1

2:00 LEC

 

Unit 1 Question Examples

 

1. What is not an important thing to recognize when writing an essay?

A. Purpose

B. Audience

C. Length

D. Brainstorming

2. What is freewriting?

A. A strategy for moving from subject to topic

B. Writing without a topic

C. Writing with emotion not fact

D. Not using a thesis statement

3. When is it best to use "clustering?"

A. First

B. When creating bodies 1-?

C. Before you print

D. After gathering material

4. Describe in your own words what a thesis statement is.

5. Where are thesis statements most commonly/properly placed in an essay?

A. First sentence of an essay

B. In the body paragraphs

C. The last sentence

D. The first and last sentence

6. When does an essay have "unity?"

A. When the essay flows together

B. When topic sentences are well placed

C. When each sentence relates to the main idea of the paragraph

D. When you begin and end with a thesis statement

7. Describe plagiarism.

8. When should you revise a paper?

A. After the introduction

B. After it is written

C. After it is successfully typed

D. All of the above

 

Shayne Watson

Doug Raber

David Pierce

 

Exam Questions and Answers

 

Chapter 1.

 

1. What are two things you must consider when setting the limits for your writing?

Two of the following:

Length

Purpose

Audience

Occasion

Knowledge

 

Chapter 2.

1. What three major parts are written in am essay?

Introduction, Body and Paragraph.

 

2. A body paragraph should:

a)Introduce your subjects

b)Give background information

c)Develop your thesis

d)reinforce your thesis

 

 

 

Chapter 3.

1. Revision is:

a) something you do after your paper is finished.

b)something you do before you write your paper.

c)a continuing process during which you consider the logic and clarity of your ideas.

d)simply proof reading and editing.

 

2. The thesis statement should:

a)be clear and specific

b)indicate the direction your essay is taking.

c)be consistent with the body of your essay.

d)all of the above.

 

 

 

 

 

Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls

1. Recent studies claim to show small cognitive differences between the sexes.

True

False

 

2. How many years since the founding of NOW?

a) 22 yrs

b) 24 yrs

c) 26 yrs

d) 28 yrs