1. Benchmark Prep Vocab #14 Quiz Ethan Frome
Today, in English…
HW: none

2. Power-Up!
Day 18 – 1/8
Choose 2 of the words below. For each word, record a synonym & write a sentence correctly using each word.
genteel
grandiose
gratuitous
gregarious
hackneyed
Example from Week 13
Fidelity Synonym: faithfulness
John showed fidelity to his wife throughout their entire marriage.

3. Exam Day Essay Options
Consider the type of job that would best suit you. It might be a job working outdoors or in an office, or somewhere else. Write to convince an employer that you possess the qualities required to do well at the job that most interests you. Use specific examples to support your reasons.
Many occupations have dress codes for employees. Write to convince business leaders that dress codes should or should not be required. Support your position with reasons and specific examples.
American composer and musician, Laurie Anderson, said, “Literature is the traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from one generation to the next.”   Choose 3 works we’ve read this semester.  Explain what each conveys about American values at the time it was written. What values have been passed down to modern society?  Which have changed?

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5. Benchmark Prep Text Structure
Sequential – chronological: goes in order, tells a story, narrative
Enumeration – listing: makes a list of things
Concept – definition: explains/defines a concept
Position – argument: persuasive, trying to prove something

6. Benchmark Prep Situational Irony
What is it? - When the opposite of what you expect to happen actually does
How can you identify it? – look for the unexpected, not the bad situation

7. Benchmark Prep Point of View First Person: Uses “I” or “We”
Third Person: Talks about people using “He”. Can tell one person’s perspective (focuses on one “he”) or many people’s.

8. Benchmark Prep Can you start a sentence with but?
But is a conjunction, it joins, so NO!!!!
But means that we’re about to get THE OPPOSITE
What can we replace but with? - Instead or however

9. Benchmark Prep Sensory Details
What is it? Something you can see or feel or hear.. Another word for imagery.
If asked to add a sentence to give a sensory detail, what would you look for? – something that shows you something that you can see

10. Benchmark Prep Deleting a Sentence
You can’t delete a sentence that: gives a thesis, a reason, or makes a point
You SHOULD delete a sentence if: you can get rid of it without losing meaning; it’s not necessary or related to the point

11. Benchmark Prep Why Outline?
Outlines are used to: ORGANIZE!!! That’s it. Outlines organize details.

12. Benchmark Prep Personification
What is it? Giving humanlike qualities to a non-human thing.
How can you identify it? If some object has feelings or is doing things you can picture a person doing instead.

13. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

14. Tonight, for English…
HW: Context Clues #5