English 1302 Blinn College Final Review
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What should be documented in a paper? - Answer✔Quotes and Paraphrased Ideas
How would you document a quote from a play? - Answer✔(act.scene.lines)
What are the most reliable secondary sources when it comes to research papers? -
Answer✔Peer Review, and Scholarly Papers
What are some unreliable sources for a research paper? - Answer✔Spark Notes, Cliff Notes,
Wikipedia
What "person" should you use when writing a paper? - Answer✔Third Person
What tense should you use when writing a paper? - Answer✔Present
Ex. "Updike writes..."
What is a primary source? - Answer✔The story/play/poem you are writing about
What is a secondary source? - Answer✔Scholarly Papers and Peer Reviews
What is the purpose of a secondary source? - Answer✔It is information to validate and
strengthen your thesis
It gives new ideas
What is an acceptable form of collaboration? - Answer✔The Writing Center
Peer Reviews
Workshops
What is an unacceptable form of collaboration? - Answer✔Plagiarism
Paying someone to write your paper
...duh
What are the 3 main categories of literature? - Answer✔Fiction
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Drama
Poetry
What are the sub categories of Fiction - Answer✔Short Stories
Novel
What is the difference between a Short Story and a Novel? - Answer✔A short story has less
characters and covers a shorter span of time - usually a single incident
A Novel has more characters and covers a longer time frame
What makes poetry different than fiction? - Answer✔Stanzas
Physical Appearance of the work on paper
Uses more symbolism
Cannon - Answer✔A list of esteemed and respected literary works
Metaphor - Answer✔A figure of speech tied to an object or action
Simile - Answer✔A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing
Parable - Answer✔A story with a moral lesson
Contains realistic characters
Has multiple and complex meanings
Fable - Answer✔A story with a moral lesson
Contains unrealistic characters
Has one simple meaning
Convention - Answer✔The standard way of presenting something - The format of a paper
Plot - Answer✔What happens in a story
The story line
Theme - Answer✔The general underlying meaning of a story
Usually a lesson to the reader
In Medias Res - Answer✔In the middle of things
What is the order of events in a plot line and what does each event mean - Answer✔Exposition
- introduction of characters and setting
Crisis - The moment of complication