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Composition in English Midterm Review

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  • They rescued an ___ (injured/little/old/grey) bird from the park.
    injured little old grey
  • A story with made-up events.
    fiction
  • What happened to the MC?
    setting
    goal
    theme
    Plot
  • A short sentence giving advice.
    proverb
  • Explain the difference between directional and informational papers.
    both are process papers, but the directional paper is meant to be followed as instructions.
  • Correct the punctuation: After dinner we watched a movie.
    After dinner, we watched a movie.
  • What is Freytag’s pyramid?
    It’s a way to represent the structure of a narration through exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and denouement.
  • What is an illustrative definition?
    it says what something is through examples.
  • A story based on real events
    non-fiction
  • Its main purpose is to recount an event.
    persuasive writing
    narrative writing
    expository writing
    descriptive writing
  • Correct the punctuation: I don’t know what happened it all went so fast.
    I don’t know what happened. It all went so fast.
  • What is the difference between personal and objective description?
    one is a matter-of-fact and straightforward, the other is subjective and includes opinions.
  • This expository writing shows a how-to description.
    process paper
  • What is a formal definition?
    It is the one that appears in the dictionary and uses a form of be. It is accurate and precise.
  • She wore a ___ (wedding/silk/beautiful/white) dress to the ceremony.
    beautiful white silk wedding
  • What is the idea behind the narration?
    plot
    theme
    character
    problem
  • We stayed in a ___ (comfortable/stone/small/English) cottage near the lake.
    comfortable small English stone
  • What is a synonym definition?
    it adds one or more similar terms that can clarify meaning quickly and easily.
  • This paper establishes a connection of condition and result.
    Cause-effect
  • What is the MC trying to do?
    theme
    goal
    problem
    plot
  • He gave me a ___ (gold/lovely/heart-shaped) necklace for my birthday.
    lovely heart-shaped gold
  • What is a negative definition?
    It is possible to accurately define a term by indicating what it is not.
  • This paper is an exposition about similarities and differences
    comparison-contrast
  • Who is the story about?
    goal
    setting
    plot
    characters
  • Correct the punctuation: My brothers bike was stolen yesterday.
    My brother’s bike was stolen yesterday.
  • Correct the punctuation: She said “I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
    She said, “I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
  • State the purpose of descriptive writing.
    to tell the reader how something –a person, thing, or place– looks.
  • Correct the punctuation: The teacher asked us to bring: pencils notebooks and markers.
    The teacher asked us to bring: pencils, notebooks, and markers.
  • Mention the six elements of narrative writing
    characters, setting, goal, problem, problem, plot and theme.
  • What is a controlling idea in a description?
    the attitude of the author towards what is being described.
  • I bought a ___ (Spanish/wooden/large/antique) chair at the market.
    large antique Spanish wooden