Comp II Midterm Review Guide

Format
Multiple choice, matching, true false (scantron)
Personal narrative
Rules, elements, components, tone
Purpose of explode a moment, snapshot, and thoughtshot
Purpose of personal narrative
Suspense story
Suspense story vs horror or mystery
True/false (what should be included in a suspense story)
Elements of a suspense story
Purpose of included dialogue
Factors necessary for suspense
How much violence should there be?
Persuasive
Persuasive essay components (appeals, counterargument, structure, etc.)
Persuasive vocab
Read a persuasive article & answer questions
Choose the best thesis statement
Identify example as logos, pathos, or ethos
Revision Strategies/Implementing Revision
choose a sentence with the most sentence fluency
rephrase sentences to improve them
Read a passage & choose best revised sentences
Revision (revising sentences/phrases)
Difference between editing & revising
General things to know
Steps of the writing process
Order of the writing process
Traits of writing (Voice, Conventions, Word choice, Organization, Style, Ideas,
Presentation)
Sentence fluency
Structure (sentence & text)
Structure of each genre (personal narrative, suspense, persuasive)
Imagery
Dialogue
Tension
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