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Today we will  DOL  Rhetoric Review  The Art of the Short Answer

DO YOU KNOW - Simple sentences contain one independent clause; Compound sentences contain two or more independent clauses. Complex sentences contain both an independent and a dependent clause. A clause is a group of words that can act as a sentence – a clause may or may not be a complete sentence. All clauses contain both a subject and a predicate. A phrase is a group of at lease one or two words that do not have a subject or predicate and can never function as a complete sentence

DOL during the storm on lake o’neal last week a tanker which is an oil tanker developed a bad leak but it is alright now that repairs have been completed neither dad or i feel comfortable laying on the new sofa mike commented

Simple – Compound or Complex??? Some students like to study in the morning.

DOL during the storm on lake o’neal last week a tanker which is an oil tanker developed a bad leak but it is alright now that repairs have been completed neither dad or i feel comfortable laying on the new sofa mike commented

Simple – Compound or Complex??? Some students like to study in the morning. Simple

DOL during the storm on lake o’neal last week a tanker which is an oil tanker developed a bad leak but it is alright now that repairs have been completed neither dad or i feel comfortable laying on the new sofa mike commented

Simple – Compound or Complex??? Andrea loves to bake cookies, but Thomas prefers to grill hot dogs.

DOL during the storm on lake o’neal last week a tanker which is an oil tanker developed a bad leak but it is alright now that repairs have been completed neither dad or i feel comfortable laying on the new sofa mike commented

Simple – Compound or Complex??? Andrea loves to bake cookies, but Thomas prefers to grill hot dogs. Compound

DOL during the storm on lake o’neal last week a tanker which is an oil tanker developed a bad leak but it is alright now that repairs have been completed neither dad or i feel comfortable laying on the new sofa mike commented

Simple – Compound or Complex??? The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow.

DOL during the storm on lake o’neal last week a tanker which is an oil tanker developed a bad leak but it is alright now that repairs have been completed neither dad or i feel comfortable laying on the new sofa mike commented

Simple – Compound or Complex??? The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow. Complex

A Punny Joke A prisoner’s favorite punctuation mark is the period It marks the end of his sentence!

DOL during the storm on lake o’neal last week a tanker which is an oil tanker developed a bad leak but it is alright now that repairs have been completed neither dad or i feel comfortable laying on the new sofa mike commented

During the storm on lake O’Neal last week, an oil tanker developed a bad leak, but it is all right now that repairs have been completed. “Neither Dad nor I feel comfortable lying on the new sofa,” Mike commented. DOL - Corrections

THE ART OF THE SHORT ANSWER ACES

ACEing Your Way Through the test!  Whether you are trying to put together an essay or a short answer consider ACES  A – assertion  C – citation  E – explanation  S - shift

A = ASSERTION State your claim using cue words from the prompt – this is the thesis of the answer or essay

WHAT ARE CUE WORDS? Let’s give this a try

Here are the cue words Example Prompt: In this excerpt of The Old Man and the Sea, how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection.

C – IS FOR CITATION Reference the text

What is the text – What information is being asked for Example Prompt: In this excerpt of The Old Man and the Sea, how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection.

E IS FOR EXPLAIN Do I really need to explain – just answer the question!

S IS FOR SHIFT Either wrap up and end or transition to the next idea.

Example Response: He always thought of the sea as la mar which is what people call her. “He always thought of the sea as la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her.” This is trying to explain how other people see her. Score Point 0: Insufficient The student repeats verbatim the text. Example Prompt: In this excerpt of The Old Man and the Sea, how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection.

Santiago calls the sea “la mar” which means love because he see’s the sea as a woman. He always refers to her as “feminine” and of something that withheld “great favors.” So thinking of the sea as a woman is personification. Example Prompt: In this excerpt of The Old Man and the Sea, how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection. Score Point 1: Partially Sufficient The idea is reasonable, but only a general text reference is used to support the idea.

Example Prompt: In this excerpt of The Old Man and the Sea, how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection. Personification explains the relationship between the old man and the sea because he thought of the sea as a real woman and doing things a real woman would do. The old man thought of the sea “as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favors.” Thinking of it as a person makes him seem closer to the sea. Score Point 2: Sufficient The idea is reasonable and goes beyond literal (“makes him seem closer”). The evidence is relevant.

Example Prompt: In this excerpt of The Old Man and the Sea, how does personification help to explain Santiago’s relationship to the sea? Support your answer with evidence from the selection. Hemingway uses personification to explain that Santiago thinks “of the sea as la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her.” He is referring to the sea as a woman and he takes her side by not blaming her for the “wild or wicked things.” So he is defending the sea as if she had life, just like a man would do for a woman. Score Point 3: Exemplary The idea (“he is defending the sea as if she had life”) is perceptive and reflects awareness of the complexities of the text. The evidence (a combination of paraphrase and direct quote) is specific and well chosen.

Let’s give it a try  Page 237 in the text book – Prompt: What benefits can a debt-free life offer you as you get older? Support your answer with evidence from the magazine article. A – assertion C – citation of the text E – explain S – shift – end it

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