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For my final English exam!
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English
9th Grade
06/06/2012

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Research skills
Definition
1. Identify a general topic and read widely: try to develop background information. Take notes on anything that catches your eye.

2. Narrow your topic. Make connections, look for an original or creative view on the topic; develop a Main Idea or Thesis Statement

3. Brainstorm questions you need to answer.Start with who, what, where, when, why, and how.

4. Brainstorm types of resources you could use.
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Thesis
Definition
A statement that us put forward to be proven
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Thesis Purpose
Definition
To help guide the paper
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Good Thesis
Definition
Every citizen in the United States has a human right to basic health care paid for by the government by health taxes.
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Bad Thesis
Definition
My paper is about trains.
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Documentary
Definition
Using pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to provide a factual record or report.
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Documentary purpose
Definition
So people can gain information other ways than just reading it.
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Expository Documentary
Definition
Something intended to explain or describe something.
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Persuasive Documentary
Definition
Good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation
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Narrative Documentary
Definition
A spoken or written account of connected events; a story
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Vocabulary
Definition
The body of words used in a particular language. This helps with writing.
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Juxtaposition
Definition
Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect
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B-Roll
Definition
example: Filming Justin while he is talking about his life (A-Roll) while showing pictures while showing pictures of the cabbage patch. (b-roll)
Pan- To move the camera, usually from side to side. lateral.
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Pan
Definition
To move the camera, usually from side to side. lateral.
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Archival Footage
Definition
Footage from way back when, from the actual time.
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What are some types of evidence that can be used?
Definition
Citations, or stating that the facts are correct and where they were found.
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What is an effective intro to a documentary?
Definition
Grabbing the audience attention so that they can understand whats going on.
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Purpose of transitions
Definition
The purpose is so it ties everything together and it makes everything more sense.
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Rhetorical Strategies
Definition
Ethos- Credibility. Appeal to authority, appeal to people that should know how to convince the audience. (A credible source)
Logos- Logic. Reason. Using facts as said by you. Information in which you are giving from your own mind to inform someone.
Pathos- Using emotions. Getting something to feel sad or something about it so they feel bad.
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Animal Farm Author
Definition
George Orwell
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Allegory
Definition
A story of connected symbols! A metaphor extended into a whole story.
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Allegory Examples
Definition
Mean Girls - Cold War ;D
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What makes a good allegory?
Definition
If it makes sense, and each of the aspects are covered because if not then the plot wont make sense.
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Animal Farm Major Plot Points
Definition
staking of food
Fight between animals and the humans
Pigs take over. (Ask carl)
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What Animal Farm represents
Definition
Cold War
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Major Characters and who they represent
Definition
Napoleon - Stalin and Lennin
Snowball - Trotsky
Moses - Church of Russia

Old Major - Karl Marx
Beast of England - The communist manifesto
Man - Capitalism
Ducklings - Peasant’s :(
Animalism - Communism
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Types of annotations
Definition
Bibliogrophies, and others.
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I Wear A Mask Author
Definition
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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What is 'I Wear A Mask' about?
Definition
Hiding your true feelings.
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I Have A Dream Author
Definition
Martin Luther King Jr.
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What was 'I Have a Dream' about?
Definition
It was about hoping that one day everyone was going to be happy and all of us are going to be equal to live in peace with each other.
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How did 'I Have A Dream' use rhetoric and oration?
Definition
He persuaded people to realize that it was stupid for everyone to be segregated.
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Oration Definition
Definition
a formal speech, esp. one given on a ceremonial occasion.
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Metaphor
Definition
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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Simile
Definition
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
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Symbol
Definition
a thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract
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Refrain
Definition
stop oneself from doing something
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Hyperbole
Definition
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
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Dramatic Pause
Definition
A dramatic pause that is used when they want to get the attention of the audience.
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Shifts
Definition
change the emphasis, direction, or focus of
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Use of Questions
Definition
Using questions get the readers/listeners thinking about the possible outcomes and such of the questions asked.
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Charming Billy Major and Minor Characters
Definition
Major:
Paul
Minor:
Billy Boy
Toby “Buffalo”
The Unseen Enemy
Paul’s Father
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Charming Billy - Type of Conflict and how it was resolved
Definition
The conflict is that Paul is scared of the enemy, and the fact that billy had died. It was resolved by being reassured that everything was okay.
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Charming Billy Theme
Definition
War and fear
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Odyssey Author
Definition
Homer
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Odyssey Time
Definition
3 thousand years ago
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Odyssey View of the Gods
Definition
The gods wanted Odysseus back, but Poseidon didn't because he killed his sun the cyclopes.
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Odyssey Epithets
Definition
Just names that aren't the persons actual name.
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Odyssey - Why it's poetry
Definition
Back then they had to figure out how to remember the stories so it was easiest to use poetry.
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Odyssey Divinities
Definition
Gods
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Odyssey Protagonists
Definition
Odysseus
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Odyssey Antagonists
Definition
Troy: After the victory at Troy, Odysseus and his men begin their journey home from here.

2.The Island of the Cicones: After leaving Troy, they stop to raid this island for supplies. The Cicones attack on horseback, and Odysseus lost 72 of his men.

3.The Island of the Lotus Eaters: Odysseus sends his men out to search for food, and has to recover them when they eat the Lotus Flower.

4.The Island of the Cyclopes: Here, Odysseus and his men find a Cyclops' cave, lured by his cheese and wine. The cyclops, Polyphemus, traps them inside the cave. Odysseus and his men blind the cyclops, and then sneak out under his heard of sheep.

5.The Island of Aeolus: Aeolus, the god of the winds, gives Odysseus all of the bad winds, so he can safely sail home. Odysseus' men go against his orders and open the bag, and all of the winds escape.

6.The Island of the Laestrygonians: The Laestrygonians, a race of cannibals, eat the Greeks. Only the men on Odysseus' ship and himself survive.

7.Circe's Island: Circe turns Odysseus' men to swine, but Odysseus is protected from her magic with the help of Hermes, who gave him a magical herb called Moly. Odysseus ends up staying there for what seems like a short time, but ended up being a couple years. Before Odysseus departs, Circe finally tells him that he needs to find the blind prophet Teiresias in the Underworld.

8.The Underworld: Odysseus consults the prophet Teiresias to ask how he can get home, and finds his mother there, who has committed suicide in depression.

9.The Island of the Sirens: Odysseus and his men pass here, an island with women singing their luring songs, trying to reel in sailors. So they do not hear, Odysseus fills his mens ears with beeswax, and he has them tie him to the mast.

10.Scylla and Charybdis: Odysseus chooses to sail for Scylla, a six-headed sea serpent, rather than Charybdis, a giant whirlpool. He did this because he knew that if he went to Charybdis, the whole ship would be destroyed. However, if he went towards Scylla, six men would die. A sacrifice the brave Odysseus decided to make.

11.The Island of Helios: They stop here, and Odysseus falls asleep praying to Athena. While sleeping, his men once again go against his orders and eat Helios' cattle. This outrages the god, and he threatens never to rise again. As a punishment, Zeus throws a bolt of lightning at the ship, and turns it to splinters. Only Odysseus survives.

12.Ogygia (Calypso's Island): Odysseus finds this island after drifting in the sea. It is a island of women, with a nymph named Calypso, with whom Odysseus has a seven-year affair with. After the seven years, Hermes convinces Calypso to let Odysseus build a new ship so he could sail home.

13.The Island of the Phaecians: The Phaecians accept Odysseus, and he explains his ten-year journey to them during a feast. They happily give him a ride home on one of their magical ships.

14.Ithaca: Odysseus finally arrives home, and sees his son, Telemachus, for the first time in 15 years. He and Telemachus kill all of the suitors, and Odysseus takes his place as king, once again, alongside his wife Penelope.
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Odyssey Central conflicts
Definition
Running into unsuspecting things and trying to figure out the way.
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Odyssey - Stops on Odysseus Journey
Definition
Troy

The Island of the Lotus Eaters
The Island of the Cyclopes
Circe's Island
The Underworld
Scylla and Charybdis

The Island of the Phaecians

Ithaca
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Odyssey - Connection to Soldiers
Definition
The journey he was on was like the journey that soldiers had to go through.
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How to use MLA Citations
Definition
ex. "If You Want to Get Harry Styles into the Bedroom Girls, Just Mention Toys – a Conquest Spills All." Mirror. Web. 06 June 2012. .
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Focus and Organization in Papers
Definition
It is good to be focused that way everyone understand whats going on.
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What is the role of evidence in a research paper?
Definition
A very big role because its important that your readers know that you didn't just use false information.
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Outline: Format (Purpose of letters, numbers, and indents)
Definition
Its important because it is.
Term
Headings, subheadings (topics) and details
Definition
It gives indication to what you are reading and an indication to how the topics are spread out.
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