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Intermediate Composition Midterm. Jessica Bourgeois . According to MLA format…. What type of font should be used? . Calibri Courier New Times New Roman Arial . Times New Roman. What size should the font be?. 11 12 14 16. 12. How big are the margins on all sides?. ½ inch 1 inch - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Intermediate Composition Midterm
Jessica Bourgeois
According to MLA format…..
What type of font should be used?
• Calibri • Courier New• Times New Roman • Arial
Times New Roman
What size should the font be?
• 11• 12• 14• 16
12
How big are the margins on all sides?
• ½ inch• 1 inch• 1 ½ inch• 2 inch
1 Inch
What is the distance from the top of the page to the page number?
• ¼ inch• ½ inch• ¾ inch• 1 inch
½ Inch
How do you write the page number(header)?
• 1 Bourgeois • Bourgeois 1• 1 Jessica • Jessica 1
Bourgeois 1
How is the title formatted?
• Above the heading, centered• Under the heading, left aligned• Under the heading, centered• Under the heading, right aligned
Under the heading, centered
Quotation marks go around your title.
• True• False
False
The heading is double spaced.
• True• False
True
Write an example of MLA using your own information.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
First Name Last NameMrs. Schimmeck Intermediate Composition: Block HDay Month Year
Which part of the Writing Process involves brainstorming?
• Pre-writing• Drafting• Revising• Publishing
Pre-writing
What links each main body paragraph to the next one?
• Transition sentence• Ideas• Essay structure• Thesis statement
Transition Sentences
The projecting sentence appears in what paragraph?
• Introduction• Body• Conclusion
Conclusion
What is the first sentence in the introduction?
• Thesis Statement• Preview• Attention getter• Clincher sentence
Attention Getter
Which is NOT an example of formal writing?
• Term paper• In-class essay• Personal journal• Resume
Personal Journal
Using a graphic organizer is a pre-writing strategy.
• True• False
True
You should really worry about spelling and grammar in the drafting phase.
• True• False
False
Publishing involves sharing your writing with others.
• True• False
True
The sentence in a paragraph that tells the main idea is the supporting sentence.
• True• False
False
Your thesis statement should include all three points.
• True• False
True
Each body paragraph in your essay should explain one of your main points.
• True• False
True
Your conclusion should have your thesis statement(reworded).
• True• False
True
You should always have at least two peer-editors.
• True• False
True
Which part of the essay do ______ belong to.
Topic Sentences
• Introduction• Body• Conclusion
Body
Supporting Sentences
• Introduction• Body• Conclusion
Body
Thesis Statement
• Introduction• Body• Conclusion
Introduction
Attention Getter
• Introduction• Body• Conclusion
Introduction
Transition Sentences
• Introduction• Body• Conclusion
Body
Preview/Introduction of topic/narrowing the focus
• Introduction• Body• Conclusion
Introduction
Restated/Reworded thesis statement
• Introduction• Body• Conclusion
Conclusion
Summarizing Important Points
• Introduction• Body• Conclusion
Conclusion
Informal or Formal
Don’t
• Informal• Formal
Informal
ASAP
• Informal• Formal
Informal
Saint Scholastica Academy
• Informal• Formal
Formal
5 Students
• Informal• Formal
Informal
Five Students
• Informal• Formal
Formal
Two thousand and ten
• Informal• Formal
Formal
Idioms and slang
• Informal• Formal
Informal
SSA
• Informal• Formal
Informal
Dear Mrs. Schimmeck,
• Informal• Formal
Formal
40 Short Sentences
• Informal• Formal
Informal
The heart of a message combined with the details that enrich and develop the theme.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Ideas
Focuses on the form and layout of the text and its readability (includes MLA format)
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Presentation
Mechanical correctness of a piece.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Conventions
The internal structure of a piece of writing, the pattern of ideas.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Organization
Focuses on the rhythm and flow of the language, the sound of word patterns, and the
way in which the writing plays to the ear
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Sentence Fluency
The use of rich, colorful, precise language.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Word Choice
The heart and soul of the message, the writers personality coming out in words.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Voice
This involves essay structure.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Organization
Pre-writing falls under this.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Ideas
This is an auditory trait.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Sentence Fluency
This includes any graphics or visuals your paper may have.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Presentation
You check for spelling and punctuation for this trait.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Conventions
Use precise nouns for this.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Word Choice
To check for this, you should read your writing aloud.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Sentence Fluency
Shows the writer’s personality and writing style.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Voice
Involves having correct grammar.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Conventions
Focuses on using colorful and lively adjectives and verbs.
• Word Choice
Use clear, relevant, and accurate details and examples.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Ideas
Involves having good sequencing.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Organization
You should watch out for the five non-negotiable rules for this trait.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Conventions
Uses tone appropriate for the purpose and audience.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Voice
Transitions fall under this trait.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Organization
Focuses on the content of the piece of writing.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Ideas
Using the exact right words for what you mean.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Word Choice
You worry about this when editing.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Conventions
For this you should vary sentence lengths.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Sentence Fluency
To do this well, do not use slang.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Word Choice
For this you must have correct MLA format.
• Ideas• Organization• Word Choice• Sentence Fluency• Voice• Conventions• Presentation
Presentation
What is the organizational method?
The Saint Scholastica Academy campus boasts a variety of school buildings from LaSalle to Jahncke,
and the Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel.
• By Time• By Content• By Space• By Perspective
Space
The sharks most likely to attack swimmers are hammerheads, great whites, and tiger sharks. • By Time• By Content• By Space• By Perspective
Content
Despite what cigarette companies want people to believe, smoking causes death to the smoker, illness
to the nonsmokers around the smoker, and detrimental effects to the environment.
• By Time• By Content• By Space• By Perspective
Perspective
What an eighth grader needs to know before her first day of school, on the first day, and after the first day of school.
• By Time• By Content• By Space• By Perspective
Time
What is the subject? Verb? And is the sentence active? Passive?
The cat was chased around the house by the dog.
• Subject:• Verb:
• Active or Passive
• Subject: Cat • Verb: was chased
• Active or Passive
The essay will be read aloud by me during block A.
• Subject:• Verb:
• Active or Passive
• Subject: Essay• Verb: will be read
• Active or Passive
The pandas are carefully monitored by the zoologists.
• Subject:• Verb:
• Active or Passive
• Subject: Pandas • Verb: are monitored
• Active or Passive
My teacher often wears a raincoat when it rains.
• Subject:• Verb:
• Active or Passive
• Subject: Teacher • Verb: wears
• Active or Passive
What are the eight linking verbs?
• ________• ________• ________• ________• ________• ________• ________• ________
• Is • Am• Are• Was• Were• Be• Been• Being
Need to:
• Be able to fill in the essay structure chart