English 101 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Four Purposes of an English Composition Course - Answer-to develop interest, stimulate interest in world affairs, to acquire better skills in grammar Define Literacy - Answer-ability to read, write, do math Illiteracy - Answer-the inability to read, write and do math Test of a Well-Educated Person - Answer-can think & reach, can communicate, can appreciate beauty, can develop a philosophy of life, can develop their resources, sensitive to large spiritual order and knows at least one lan...

Rhetoric - Answer-the art of using persuasive language. This is accomplished through the author's diction and sentence structure. Grammar - Answer-tells a writer how words should be used and sentences formed Audience - Answer-the group for whom a work is intended Purpose - Answer-the commitment on the part of authors to explain what they plan to write about Formal/Standard English - Answer-the English of educated speakers and writers Informal English - Answer-based on the familia...

English 101 Final Exam (Liberty University) 2024. What are comma splices? - CORRECT ANSWER A comma separates two complete sentences. What are the five ways to fix a comma splice? - CORRECT ANSWER a. Use a comma and conjunction b. Use a semi-colon c. Use a semi-colon, a conjunctive adverb, and a comma d. Make two different sentences e. Make the independent sentences a dependent The boys left town, and they took the money with them. - CORRECT ANSWER Used a comma and a conju...

literature review - Answer-many academic reviews begin with this, a roundup that summarizes important arguments and perspectives in such a conversation Paraphrase - Answer-when all the information in the passage is important, but the language is not key to your discussion, or if it may be difficult for your readers to understand Summarize - Answer-when you need to present only the key ideas of a passage to advance your argument Quote - Answer-when the passage is so effective, so clear, ...

Synonymous - Answer-Having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase Irradiated - Answer-Expose to radiation Allure - Answer-The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating Sustainable - Answer-Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level Ravages - Answer-Cause severe and extensive damage to Belies - Answer-Fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict Empirical - Answer-Based on practical expe...

Argument Culture - Answer-two sides: two participants, shouting each other down with logical misbeliefs The purpose of a rhetorical argument - Answer-find a deeper understanding about an issue, enabling better decision/resolutions Kairos - Answer-consider the timeliness of our responses What is a claim - Answer-a condensed version of your overall argument, the basic message that you want to convince your audience of The potential purposes for a response argument - Answer-- show the o...

Paraphrase - Answer-Restating ideas in a reading in your own words Summary - Answer-Giving the main points of a reading in your own words quotation - Answer-Restarting words in a reading Personal response - Answer-A response to how someone feels personally to a writing Critical Reading - Answer-A type of reading in which the reader evaluates or judges the accuracy and truthfulness of content. Inference - Answer-A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning Synthes...

What is "the Pitch"? - Answer-What the text or piece of writing wishes you to believe. What are you doing when you seek to locate yourself in the local, the particular, and the concrete rather than the global, the overly general, and the abstract? - Answer-Paraphrasing Why is it important to learn the language of the text? - Answer-If a writer wishes to be heard, he or she needs to acquire the vocabulary of the experts. Is the Banking Model of Education encouraged by the textbook beca...

Critical Thinking process - Answer-Comprehend Analyze Interpret Synthesize Evaluate Infer Analyze - Answer-breaking a part in order to understand or prove something Infer - Answer-read between the line; what is implied VS what is said. Synthesize - Answer-Pull in and connect with other sources Evaluate - Answer-Judge "something" Academic Writhing - Answer-Argumentative (Purposeful) Argumentative - Answer-purposeful a) Not isolated to itself, instead, it enters a con...

antecedent knowledge - Answer-is a term we use to describe all the things a writer already knows (prior knowledge) that can come into play when a writer takes up any kind of writing. Sometimes it can help; sometimes it can hinder. CHAT (Cultural historical activity theory) - Answer-allows us to focus on any aspect of the myriad elements of textual production and helps us think about writing in more complicated, robust ways. Production - Answer-deals with the means through which a text is p...