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