The final exam is 100 multiple-choice items (five options for each) that you will respond to on scan sheets. Each is meant to rigorously test your knowledge, not to be tricky.
Class time will now be devoted to your studying. I will be the "guide on the side," answering questions and facilitating your individual progress. I will lead lessons by request and point you to where answers can be found. Learn in your own ways--however you learn best. Expand the study guide with the best and clearest samples, links, and lessons you can find.
Pictured is William Golding, eccentric and award-winning author of Lord of the Flies--which we'll study first in English 210: Introduction to Literature. Are you looking forward to shifting from composition to literary studies? Will you enjoy 50-minute Forums, where I say almost nothing while assessing your knowledge, insight, and critical reading levels?
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94 comments:
The semester is nearing end, finals surely await. I am not nervous for the final exam. I have taken “finals” before in HIST151, HIST152, APWH, and other semester tests. I am a bit nervous about remembering all the term names, not so much about what they are. My memory often fails me, so I understand I must take the time to commit everything to my brain as opposed to memorizing the words. I have worked very hard this semester, especially this quarter, so I plan on doing well on the final exam.
Of the many literary devices and terms we have learned, I am glad to have understood chiasmuses and hypophoras. I knew of JFK’s speech and use of this literary technique, a chiasmus. They are hard to come up with and even harder to meld into a composed work. I feel knowledgeable knowing what they are at least. Hypophoras are a literary device I have been using for years, I just never knew what they were called. Questioning a reader directly is a useful tactic in bring them into your ideas. I now understand how to use this device effectively.
My excitement to move on to Lit is not easily put into words. Writing essays has always come easy for me, but this semester I have found many difficulties. I think deeply about what I write; this year, I have reached writer’s block during every essay. The pressure of due dates has gotten to me numerous times. Writing in class is nearly impossible, I am not sure why. I have been able to add things and perfect my writing, just not get the initial words down. Maybe distraction from Hailey and Riley… hmmm. Reading a good novel and analyzing it fascinates me. I assume the canonized authors we study have an arsenal of excellent books I can read in the future. Once high school is finished, I plan on reading for fun yet again.
Darrington 3
I am relatively confident about the final exam. As of right now, I do not know the content of the test incredibly well, but by the time of the exam I believe I will be set. Through classroom study time and out of school review, I will be prepared to dominate. The sheer size of the test worries me, but this mountain of knowledge can be surmounted one rock at a time. Also, the assorted types of sentence structure is concerning. I find the different names and organizations of sentences easy to mix up. I will spend the most time of study deciphering the different types of sentences. I am glad that I know what a cliche is because I now know to avoid this common, overused descriptive technique. I am also glad that I understand semicolons now. Semicolons are a useful punctuation mark that transforms the level of your writing from amateur to that of an educated member of society. I plan to study by reading through my own study guide, along with the study guide of the class. I will record the terms that I do not know, and spend additional time reviewing them later.
As the semester and the Composition section of English comes to an end, I find myself increasingly excited to begin something new -- Literature. Just as beginning a new chapter in a book introduces new characters, twists, and ideas, starting a new section of class is bound to bring about changes. This switch will not be so much a complete change, but an addition to all of the knowledge I have previously gained in my life. I am excited to read the canonized books that have been highly regarded for decades. I am excited to see what literary enthusiasts have raved about for years. I hope to find connections to myself and possibly revise my viewpoints and understandings of the world. I enjoy listening to the obscure references, symbols, and purposes that my classmates uncover from author’s works as well. I hope to be able to interpret these works creatively and form my own opinions and ideas too.
Chmela 3
I am very confident in myself for this final exam. I believe that this semester in Composition 1 has helped me prepare greatly for such an exquisite exam. I will own this exam because of both Term Tuesdays and because I have used these devices in my works. I will look over all of my notes and have no problem when I have the exam in front of me. I have learned lots of new vocabulary and many terms that I plan on bringing with me to college and beyond. The two I am the most glad I have learned are using precise verbs and using modifiers in my sentences. I like to use precise verbs because it makes my writing less wordy and allows for more fluency. It also helps me get my topic, or point across more easily. I also like to use modifiers because they give extra information in a simplistic way that shortens my writing and allows it to be fluent. I have known how to use these devices for quite some time but, I feel that this year I have expanded them greatly, and it has made me a better writer.
I am excited for next semester and the books we will read. I have always felt that I am very good at reading and comprehending, however I do not like to read very much. I struggle to get involved into books, and therefore give up. Most books I read have boring beginnings and then become very interesting. I just need to get myself past the beginning and I become highly involved and enjoy it greatly. Next semester will be fun and I cannot wait to enjoy some books that I would not choose to normally read. Composition also set me up to understand the writing of these highly intelligent authors that we will meet in Literature. Next semester I switch to a different class period, stressful yet excitable, because I will meet more people and develop new skills.
Jeremiah Burkman
I am fairly confident about taking the final exam. My classmates have taught me with their Term Tuesdays. Their presentations have prepared me for this arduous task. I will study through my final exam document with the information from all of the Term Tuesdays. Not only did my classmates give solid definitions of what some terms are, they also gave examples and ideas that will help me remember later. The study chart with all of the clauses will be a great tool also. I learned a variety of vocabulary words this semester which has enabled me to give my writings better diction. I am apprehensive about some terms that are similar. For example, the term chiasmus was covered by one of my classmates earlier in the year and I am currently covering the terms anadiplosis and metabole; the three terms are very similar. An anadiplosis and antimetabole can be a chiasmus. I will worry the questions on the final exam will be grouped together so these terms will have to be a guessing game of sorts. Studying antimetaboles and anadiplosis deeply should assist me if I come along a group of similar answers. I am glad I learned what a chiasmus is along with a hypophora. Knowing what a chiasmus is has helped me understand other terms with more ease. I enjoy questioning the reader. It gets the reader more involved in the essay and may excite them more. I am looking forward to Literature next semester. I love reading novels or stories from great authors. I learn a lot from their style of writing and can compare some authors’ techniques. I personally dislike writing essays but I know they have to be done. Composition has helped me with my essay writing abilities. The skill will help and be used often when I go to college.
With the semester coming to an end, there comes a final exam. I am surprisingly confident taking on such a challenge. Throughout the course of this semester my fellow classmates have done an incredible job teaching me terms that will be included on such a test in an event called Term Tuesday. I also have found it especially helpful that we have had to utilize these terms in each composition of ours. Learning the terms is one thing, but learning to use them is much more difficult. Throughout the difficulties, I have learned a lot. I have learned that procrastinating until the last minute on an essay is not a choice that is in my best interest.
I am planning on preparing for the exam by reviewing the final exam study guide that was so kindly created in years past. Also, the lessons that Mr. C provides in class with help immensely. I am not worried about the exam, although, I am worried about forgetting the name of the term. If I have any problems with the exam, it will not include forgetting what makes a term but the name of it.
I am very glad that I have learned every term as it will help guide me in future classes. Two terms that I am really glad to know include the ellipsis and the hypophora. I was never quite sure if three (sometimes four) dots in a sentence was accurate to use in a work, therefore, I have never used one until this year. I enjoy the hypophora because I have always used this. I never knew what it was called, but I love to ask the reader a question to get their minds thinking. I also think that it helps to draw the reader’s attention.
Unfortunately, reading literature is not my thing and I would much rather write essays. I am excited for the change and I hope to enjoy it. I oftentimes struggle with understanding the lingo of many literature works read in previous English classes. Although I do not like reading, I like to listen to class discussions because they help clear up the language that I have a hard time to comprehend.
House 2
As the semester draws to a close, the thought of the final exam begins to taunt me. I have always struggled with taking finals (stressing out because I always expect absolute perfection from myself). I know I must take the time to not only memorize the terms and their definitions along with examples (because that would mean forgetting them after I conquer the test), but also learn them so well that I will be able to inform others and apply them later in life. In general, I am nervous for the test because oftentimes under stress, my mind fails me. And when testing, I often make silly mistakes because I simply go too fast or misread a question. I am now glad that I know what an active voice is and how to write with one. Last year in Honors English 11, Mrs. Sazama stated that one of the hardest things she had to do in college was learn how to write with an active voice. Now that I know this, I can try to perfect my own writing style by implementing the use of an active voice more. Also, I am pleased that I now know what a hypophora is because I often used it in my writing without realizing I was doing so. I have already begun preparing for the final exam with the hopes that the studying I am doing now will help me score well on the final but also boost my English score on the ACT as I am scheduled to take it (for the third time) on December 13. I will study by reading through my notes that I took during my classmates’ Term Tuesdays presentations. I have also found that by writing out my own definitions from memory without reading through my notes previously helps me focus my attention on the terms I do not already know. I will most likely also find myself partaking in study groups helping others learn the material as well because when I teach others the information I find that it helps me learn the information better myself. I am eager to switch to English 210: Introduction to Literature next semester because I enjoy reading novels. This semester was difficult for me and challenged me because I have always struggled with writing essays. However with the shift to reading next semester, I must prepare myself for the discussions (which I am not looking forward to because I despise speaking in public). I also my struggle with finding time to read the assigned pages with the looming deadlines of scholarship applications and my work schedule, but I know it can be done!
When it comes to the final exam, I am feeling...semi-confident. While watching and learning from my peers during term Tuesday I have gained a huge amount of knowledge and understanding about terms I previously knew nothing about. However, there were some presentations that didn’t explain or give enough detail into certain topics, so, I will need to find alternative sources to learn these topics from. I am apprehensive about some of the more rigorous and particular grammar aspects of the exam. Grammar has never been a strong suit for me, and so the mere thought of it and all the minute technicalities makes me nervous.
As I move forward into studying the for the final exam, I hope to use the presentations my classmates have creatively put together to review and boost my knowledge and overall understanding. I will also use my own work, however. By looking back into my essays and seeing how I used the final exam list of questions within my writing I can see them in context.
Two terms I am glad I now know are “commas in quotes” as well as dangling modifiers. Incorporating quotes into writing is very important and useful, but I was never confident in the punctuation that went with them. Dangling modifiers were another “no-no” I found myself using often, and I feel that by fixing and improving them I have improved my writing massively.
Moving forward I am very much ready to shift from composition to literature studies. Reading is an activity I find enjoyable and relaxing, and a good way to end the day. I hope that this second half of the semester will cause less stress but also help me gain knowledge and see that world from some different perspectives. My only fear, however, is that I will grow bored with reading book after book, as I have in previous English classes.
I am fairly confident about the final exam. I will need to study, as does everyone, but I feel as though over the years I have been taught well enough that I will be able to pass. This will not be an easy exam, but I like to believe that I have a fighting chance. I will not be able to receive college credit for this course, but I will still try my hardest to pass this exam; possibly just to see if I can do it. I would like to be able to be challenged, which I am willing to bet this test will be quite the hurdle. I am slightly looking forward to it, mostly to get it over with, but also to test myself and see if I can achieve this arduous goal I have bestowed upon myself.
Two final exam terms I am glad I know are absolute phrases, and ellipses. An absolute phrase is a group of words that modifies a an independent clause. I am glad I know this term because without me knowing it, I would not be able to write quite as descriptively, which is one of my strongest writing abilities. For example, a sentence such as ‘cats are droll’ can be changed into ‘cats, clumsy little fluff-beasts, are droll’ using absolute phrases. Ellipses are important to know because it is an extremely odd word that I had never heard previously. When used correctly, ellipses can add a flare of uniqueness to your writing. They are basically a very strong comma, but add variety to your writing so its not all commas all the time.
I am VERY excited to start literature. The reason I took this class is because I do love to write, however I love picking apart novels and finding hidden symbolism, and themes and fully analyzing characters. It gives my overactive brain something to focus on and think deeply. Deep thinking is probably my favorite hobby I guess you could call it.
At this very moment I am not very confident about the final exam. Never have I been a good test taker. Generally, I become nervous and I forget everything that I studied. Also, as of right now, I am supposed to take two tests at one time. This one and Mr. Risty’s Rising Scholars American History are scheduled for the same time. I do not know how I am going to do this, but I hope it gets worked out soon. I am scared that I will mix up similar terms and answer easy questions with rather stupid replies. I always end up taking the test too quickly and mess up. However, I am glad that I know what a chiasmus and a hypophora are as I had no idea what these were at the beginning of the semester. To me, these terms reminded me of some ethereal beast from Greek or Roman myths. Of course I know that they are very different from that now. I am not very good at studying so I feel a great apprehension towards that in particular. Hopefully my close friend, Megan Swets, will be able to help me better understand these terms. She has expressed that she is confident about the final exam and feels completely prepared for it. I hope that she will be able to pass these feelings onto me as we study for the final exam.
I am very much looking forward to switching to literary studies. It is not that I do not like composing, rather the opposite actually. I love it! However, I am very excited to have the opportunity to read books again as I have been a bit too busy for that lately. I am excited to read the books that you have prepared for us as they all seem very good.
I am fairly confident I will be ready for the final exam when the time comes as I have taken excellent notes during Term Tuesday and studied on my own at home. I believe that if I study hard during the nights that I will be perfectly fine during the test as stress does not get to me that much. Personally, I plan on studying by reviewing the study list with friends. We will quiz each other and make some flash cards to incorporate some memorization of the terms. I will ask my mother to read definitions to me and I will answer the correct response. Hopefully I can learn in class and review during the day so I am not swarmed at night. This would only cause stress equally poor performance on the test. I will be prepared when the time comes. I have a few apprehensions about problems on the test that are almost the same but differ in a slight manner. Those questions are the toughest to answer as you second guess yourself. I am also a little nervous about the length of the test and remaining focused when Christmas is right around the corner. Sometimes I tend to drift away from task at hand and think of what I will be doing later. Two words I am glad that I know are hypophora and cliche. I have always like using questions in my essay as it interests the readers. They make the reader want to know more and continue in the essay. My essay writing ability has increased this year as I am more confident in my ability and all the terms we learned have helped me grow as a writer. The other term I am glad I know is cliche. Although I knew what this was, I never realized how overused they were and that they actually weakened your writing style and technique. I have always used them until this year. I believed they strengthened my writing when in reality, I worsened the flow of the essay. Nobody likes to see boring writing and I refuse to be labeled as a boring writer. Excited for Lit? Of course I am. Essay writing has never been one of my favorite tasks, but I have grown a better understanding and liking towards it. Reading on the other hand, I enjoy. Books make you think and are a relaxer. I love reading even though I hardly do outside of school. Starting Lit will be stressful as we have to make sure each chapter is read and page due dates are met. Yet, Composition has prepared me for the tasks ahead. I am excited and ready to start a new chapter.
Burch
Pd. 3
I am fairly confident in my abilities to perform well on the final exam. Term Tuesdays have taught me plenty and have tremendously equipped me with tips and tricks that help me recall information accurately. If I make use of my notes, Bailey Quanbeck’s practice test, and the study guide, I believe that the test will go fairly well for me and all of my classmates. We have been given many tools meant to aid in our success. The idea of having five choices for each question makes me a bit apprehensive. Sometimes I begin to doubt myself if there are too many options. I am not assuming that this test will be easy, and so I would think that there will be many answer options that are extremely similar. I will need to study hard and work through the test thoroughly.
I am very appreciative that I now know the difference between using a gerund as a predicate nominative, an introductory participial phrase, and as a way to start a sentence. I always used to get confused between the three types of employment of gerunds, but because of my peers excellent presentations each Tuesday, I am now confident in the differences between the three exam terms/topics. A gerund that begins a sentence functions as a noun and, typically, the subject of the sentence. For example, “Waking up on Mondays is difficult.” A gerund that functions as an introductory participial phrase also occurs at the beginning of a sentence, but it is not a noun, and definitely not the subject. It describes the following noun, which is typically the subject of the sentence, and therefore functions as an adjective. For example, “Snoring under the thick quilt, Susie slept peacefully.” When a gerund acts as a predicate nominative, it follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence. For example, “What I like most is eating chocolate chip cookies.”
Eichelberg- 2
The semester is drawing to a close and I am incredibly thankful for the release of stress that end will bring. Although I am not one hundred percent confident in my upcoming final exam preparation I am sure that when I start studying I will do splendidly. My notes, along with splendid term tuesdays and the study guide will help me to achieve success. I believe the most difficult parts will include, but are not limited to: staying calm, studying as often as possible, remembering lesser known terms, and keeping the definitions straight. I plan to make my own flashcards and maybe even set up practice tests(in addition to Ms. Quanbeck’s) to help refresh my memory frequently. The two terms I am most glad to have been introduced to are absolute construction and subordinate noun clause used as the subject. I use the latter quite frequently in my writing and so connecting the definition to the proper term is overall easy and is very useful to me. I knew nothing about absolute constructions before this class and so this term is helpful and proves that this class was useful to my knowledge base. I am absolutely giddy to start Lit. It is my favorite part of English class and mandatory reading is a favorite of mine because I am forced to set aside time for reading; which I normally do not have the opportunity to do. I have already bought myself two of the books we will read second semester so that I will be able to write and make notes in them. I also enjoy the literature aspect of English more because there is so much depth to it. One seemingly simple sentence could have a paragraph worth of hidden meaning and dissecting those meanings is magnificently thrilling. I cannot wait for Literature class to begin.
I don’t have much of a clue whether I’m confident about the looming final exam or not. Looking back on all of our Term Tuesdays we have had, I believe I have a decent understanding of the terms; I suppose when the time comes, however, that we shall see just how good of understanding of them I truly have.
I’m worried that it will turn out to be unexpectedly difficult, that even though I study and know the words, when I encounter the questions, my mind will sizzle and burn out. And then panic will ensue. I’m not too worried about this happening (on a scale of one to ten, the fear would probably be somewhere just over two), but, still. That apprehension is present, however small it may be.
As simple as they may be, I’m really glad I now know how to identify complex and compound-complex sentences (for the most part). Sentence structures are the foundations of all sentences; once they are mastered, more intricate designs and techniques can be applied to them, enhancing their deliveries, meanings, beings.
I plan on studying by using the resources/study guides provided to us, and by reviewing terms and connecting definitions and examples to them.
While I do enjoy English class, I’m not looking forward to Lit next semester. I love Composition. I love writing. What I don’t love is having to read books on a set schedule, take notes over them, and memorize it all for tests. But I love dissecting readings. I love discussing thoughts and ideas and occurrences. I love being able to explain a ‘higher-level’ concept to someone who does not immediately understand it. Very few works of what we have read in previous years of English classes have I actually liked. It’s easy to pick two favorites: A Tale of Two Cities and “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Not much else has truly caught my fancy. It’s a lot easier to be excited about and engaged in something when you like it. Unfortunately for myself, I don’t like many of the things we are normally assigned to read. Perhaps that is why I’m not looking forward to Lit. The idea of class-long forums, however, do excite me to some degree. Overall, I am looking forward to what this next semester of English has to offer.
With the semester coming quickly to an end, with every progressing day I feel an odd mix of confidence and nervousness when considering the final exam for Composition. I feel that if I study and review the notes and examples I have gleaned from term tuesday presentations, my chances for getting an adequate score on the final exam will be greatly increased. At the beginning of the semester, I was much less convinced I could do well on the final exam because I let myself become overwhelmed by the sheer amount of terms required to memorize. There are a couple of areas that still make me nervous. One of the issues I face is confusing terms with definitions, which can only be fixed through practice. The other is my testing anxiety, which is believed to be inherited from my mother. Thanks a lot mom. Other than that, I feel that the exam can go very well. Throughout this semester, numerous literary terms have been crammed into our heads in hopes of preparing us for semester tests. Two terms or concepts that I am grateful to have learned are the differences between hyphen and dashes, and the formulas for sentences. I learned that dashes are used in the case of adding information to a sentence that is not necessarily needed. Hyphens, however, are used to join two words together, ultimately making one word, usually an adjective. When dealing with the five basic types of sentence structures, it is extremely helpful to know how many independent and dependent clauses you will find in each. The five basic sentence structures are simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, and fragments.
When beginning Composition, I could not wait to get the class over with and move on to Literature. Having gone through almost a full semester of Composition, I have discovered that I actually have come to enjoy the class and I know I will miss it when it is over. I am, however, still excited to start Literature, I feel a bit more comfortable with Literature than I do with Composition (although my comfort has increased for Composition). I feel that it will be somewhat of a dramatic shift but I am ready for it. As for the fifty or so minutes having to read or work on other various literary pieces, I feel it will take some major adjusting before getting completely settled in to a totally different type of college leveled English class.
Ripperda 7
Snow blankets the ground, temperatures have fallen, and Turkey has been consumed. All signs point to a conclusion of the Fall semester of my senior year. The concluding factor will undoubtedly be the semester finals. I will be taking semester finals in this class, as well as Calculus 123. College finals can be daunting, I have previously taken them in US History 151 and 152. I know that in order to succeed I must dedicate much time and effort. Our main technique in learning the final exam information has been Term Tuesdays. Term Tuesdays have helped to teach these terms (especially the ones in which my group taught), but ultimately it will rely on my dedication to studying these terms in order to succeed. Term Tuesdays are a fun and unique way of learning, but the lack of repetition during the semester of particular terms hinders the technique. It relies on us, as students, to study particularly hard. In this the class provides the true essence of a rigorous college course. I feel that I know many of the terms well, many I had a grasp on prior to this course. I knew sentence structures and had the knowledge of prepositional phrases, but I had little idea of what a chiasmus or hypophora was. Without looking at this current moment I could not tell you what either was, I know I must study. I must study much more than just those two concepts, 100 questions await me. Even more daunting is the 500 different answers in which I can bubble in. There are not two terms in particular that I am happy to know now, for I am grateful to have learned them all. All can provide some benefit to my writing and overall understanding of English. I do well in school, but it is in no part due to my studying capabilities. I am not a good studier, I do not like to do it at all. I have gotten away with not studying for many years, but I know with the rigorous courses of college, it is required. I studied last year and it aided me in my semester finals for US History 151/152. I do it best by association. I have to do it much in the way in which I studly vocab. I pick a term and use my mind to tie it to its meaning. It is hard to explain the exact process, but it definitely is the way that makes my mind click the best.
As the semester finalizes I grow more and more excited for our break. The final in this class does worry me a bit however. Personally I have never been a very good test taker despite the studying I put in. Like always, I will prepare strongly for this exam like any other. My apprehensions include forgetting everything we have worked so hard on all semester long. Sometimes there just becomes a limit on how much information you can contain and this could be one of those times due to the lengthy study guide. This happens when you take the vocab 1-12 test when there is an abundant amount of words and some of them have common definitions which can easily confuse you and then you’re just screwed for the entire test because you cannot remember which was which. This will become rather evident in our semester final. I plan on using Bailey’s study guide to make my own flashcards to help prepare myself. I am happy that we have studied the difference between homonyms and homographs; also with different terms that have like definitions in which I cannot come up with an example right now.
I am personally extremely excited to transfer into our literature unit. Writing essays has been fun but I am ready for something new. I have never been a huge fan of just sitting and reading, but have enjoyed the books that we have read in the past honors classes, and cannot wait to see what types of books you will have in store for us. I always enjoyed when Mrs. Sazama let us talk about the books we were reading at the time and debate the meanings of certain things. We would also split sides and debate the good/evil of a character and choose sides on who is right and wrong. I think this helps us as a whole comprehend what is going on in the reading and become more involved. I think it shall be an excellent semester.
As winter, my least favorite season, settles in for the excruciatingly long haul, I remember that I must also try and prepare for testing. It is almost unfair that my two least favorite pastimes-- being cold and taking tests-- must coincide. I hope that I will spend time to prepare for the semester test in this class, but, as I remember back to the not so distant past, I do not study often. This unpreparedness stems from an absence of difficulty and an excess of apathy. It is a test like this, for a college class, that I must spend at least some time studying, or I will be doomed to fail, like I was during spelling class, back in 5th grade. 5th grade was a time of awakening, for me. I was an awful speller, and nearly failing spelling set me on a course of studying and reduced fun during recess, as I would study then. I suppose that physics last year might have had a similar effect. The college search and the ACT, for sure, have forced me to actually study, or else I would not be able to get into the colleges I want to get in to.
I am interested in the shift from composition to literary works. Contrary to popular belief, I can, in fact, read. I actually enjoy reading, and I have some ability when it comes to finding themes or other literary elements that deserve to be found and discussed. The idea of a forum is sort of scary, as my class does not always seem to speak up enough to necessitate a wonderful, engaging discussion. I will do my part and speak up as often as possible/required. As long as I enjoy the books we will analyze, I am sure I will enjoy literature more than composition.
Around this time last year I started getting pretty nervous for that semester’s Calculus final. This, ultimately, just made my month of December go by more slowly and painfully. I ended up doing pretty well on that final, but the rest of my grades took a hit. I was exempt from semester tests, but I was so worried about that one final, that I began to fall behind a bit in the rest of my classes.
This year, it’s the same deal. Unless I miss two or more of the next thirteen school days, I’ll again be exempt from every semester test except one: this one. I’m aided this year by two facts. First, besides Composition, I’m only taking three other classes this year, if you don’t count chorus (which I don’t); last year, I had five classes to deal with plus the Calculus final. Second, writing and grammar are areas in which I tend to excel far more than I do with mathematics.
My personal favorite term from this semester is one we’re not going over until tomorrow: anadiplosis. This is mainly because now I can put a name to the pre-chorus of “Glad You Came”, but also because it sounds cool. My second favorite is hypophora. I actually use this sometimes when I speak, but until last month, didn’t know what it was called or that there was even a term for it.
I’m going to study in some capacity, obviously. To not do so would be foolish, but unfortunately, I’m not really good at actually studying. Remember that study skills class we were required to take in seventh grade? I retained nothing from it. Luckily, I’m pretty good at memorizing terms by just looking them over a couple times. I’ll have to make sure I know how to use every term in the study guide, too. For vocab tests, I just look over the words a couple of times and make sure I know how to use all of them within a sentence, and that seems to work pretty well for me. Of course, I’m not going to go crazy overboard on studying like I did with Calculus last year. Academically, senior year has been going well for me thus far. I’m not going to let this final ruin that.
After the final, though, comes a break of more than two weeks. Looking past the Ball Drop, Intro to Lit takes the place of Composition on my weekdaily (Is that a word? I’m making it a word.) schedule, and it’s going to take some getting used to. I don’t really read for fun outside of class, so I haven’t really read on a regular basis since last spring in Sazama’s class. The roster of books we have for next semester’s class looks pretty strong, though. While I prefer writing to reading, I’m sure I’ll have a great time in Intro to Lit next semester. 50-Minute Forums might be a bit hard for me, though. I tend to be the person in larger groups like this who don’t say anything for fear of it being wrong. I need to get past that fear and succeed, not only for this class, but for the rest of my life.
Breitzman 6
When the day of the final exam arrives, I will be supremely confident that I comprehend all of the information for the exam. I am a bit nervous about simply taking a college level final exam, for I have never done so before. I do have two other college exams to take, with History 151 and College Algebra, so after this semester, I should be familiar and confident with the college exams. There are two terms I am thankful for learning during Term Tuesdays, and the first is absolute construction. Absolute constructions are essential to writing exceptional essays, which will not only be necessary throughout college, but through all aspects of life. I am also thankful for learning what a dangling modifier is, for I have always been confused as to what they exactly are.
My study plans for the Final Exam include many options. The first is to use the given class time to better enhance my understanding of all of these terms. I also will need to study vigorously at home. Another option could be getting together with a group of friends so we can all help each other with the understanding of these terms.
It will certainly be intriguing to switch from Composition to Literature. I look forward to reading some famous literary novels. The forums will certainly be interesting and quite possibly stressful. However, as with everything else, they will take some time to get accustomed to. Once I reach a comfort level with them, they will be a normal part of a school day, just like Term Tuesdays. Though Composition was fun and valuable, I am looking forward to the shift to Introduction to Literature.
Carley Kueter
I am fairly confident for the final exam. I am glad we had to use the literature terms in our essays, which helped me know how to use the term instead of just knowing the term. The term Tuesdays have helped tremendously and the practice exam that Bailey made will really help. I am worried that some of the questions on the final exam may be tricky. I am glad I know what a chiasmus is and a euphemism. A chiasmus is a rhetorical inversion of the first half of the sentence. The second part of the sentence reflects the first part of the sentence. For example, quitters never win and winners never quit. A euphemism is something I learned this year. It is a mild or indirect word or expression used in place of something harsh or unpleasant. For example, using restroom instead of bathroom. I feel confident about my knowledge of those two terms. I need to continue to study to feel confident about all the terms. I will do that by reviewing my notes and making flashcards. Using my time well in class to ask Mr. C questions will be helpful. I plan on studying a lot for the final exam so I can get a good grade.
I am looking forward to the literary studies but I have actually started to enjoy writing. I never liked to write essays but through this class I have learned a lot about how to write better, which made it easier to write. Composition has made me feel more confident on writing essays going into college next year. The literary part should be fun though. I am not a huge fan of reading books so hopefully I start to enjoy it like I did during composition. The books that we will be reading seem very interesting and I like when we have class discussions about the book--it helps me understand.
As the final exam approaches, I begin to feel more confident each day. Through the "Term Tuesdays", daily lesson, and study resources I feel as though it gives us a fine opportunity to finish with scores we hope for. Therefore, I am not too nervous. As far as the terms, I am very confident regarding the complex, compound, compound-complex, simple, and fragment sentences. Beginning during the semester I was very unsure, but now I can answer those questions with ease! Thankfully from all of the reviewing inside and outside of class regarding sentence structure. I hope the break won’t diverge me from my studying. As there is also the semester test in Calculus, I hope I will be able to balance both classes and study accordingly.I plan to study by taking each class period review very seriously especially on terms I'm unsure of. Also, I have found the 101 Exam Practice Test to be extremely helpful! By using everything we are given for reviewing purposes, there is a great chance I will score as I want. The days to review in class will help tremendously. I enjoy studying on my own time, but more often than not, the best way of studying is in a group setting for my knowledge. Therefore, it forces me to study, and I can’t get off track!
Now, switching from Composition to Literature I have mixed feelings. I do enjoy reading the novels and the discussions to go along with each. I’m excited to look into the many novels my older brother has told me so much about! I’m sure all stories will be exciting enough to keep my attention and the discussions keep the interest level high! I have not read a book in a very long time, so it will be a new transition for me. I’m glad for the change because now I’m I will largely enjoy the forums where we are allowed to enhance our knowledge by ourselves with minor instruction. I find it much more amusing to write essays, but I'm excited for the change!
As the final exam approaches, I realize that I am not confident right now, but I will be after a lot of studying. I am scared that I will look at the test and forget some of the terms. I plan to prevent this by actually using the terms and taking practice quizzes. Although I am grateful for learning all of the terms via Term Tuesdays, there are two that I am exceptionally grateful to have learned: homonym and ellipse. Homonyms have always confused me. I could never distinguish between a homonym and a homophone. Through a recent Term Tuesday I discovered that homonyms are two or more words that have the same spelling but have different sounds, meanings, and origins. An example used was, “To lead a tour group” and “This is made out of lead. Both words have the same spelling, but the way the word is pronounced and the meaning of the words are completely different. I tend to use ellipses a lot…especially when I write to my friends. Knowing how to use them properly has helped me to know when it is appropriate to use them to add suspense.
Composition 101 has done a great job of enhancing my essay skills. It will be an interesting change to go from writing to reading and comprehending, but I am excited for the switch. I have heard a lot of positive remarks about the books we are reading during this next semester and I am curious on what my opinion on the books will be. As for the 50-minute Forums, I believe that it will be interesting to gather other interpretations of the books. All of us have very different ways of thinking; therefore each person will have a different comprehension of the book. Some individuals have prior knowledge on a topic that may affect their thoughts on the topic. I believe it will be a substantial experience.
I feel reasonably confident for the final exam. However, I am apprehensive that I will doubt myself when it comes to the terms with similar definitions. As with any test, I am anxious about whether or not I will be prepared enough--I question if I will encounter a term on the test that I am not completely familiar with. I am glad I now know what an absolute construction and a chiasmus are; both are terms with which I had no prior familiarization. Additionally, I appreciate our discussions covering each of the terms—whether I knew them already or not—because I believe the elaborations helped in preparing me to readily utilize the tools to enhance my writings.
In order to study for this test, I plan to employ the use of the “101 Final Exam Study Guide” and Bailey Quanbeck’s practice test. Both tools, I believe, will ensure that I have the knowledge to handle the final exam with ease. To seek further explanations beyond what is provided in the study guide, I will look to the St. Martin’s Handbook. For supplementary practice, I will seek out additional resources on the Internet.
My writing skills enhanced, I am now excited to begin literary studies. I find reading to be a wonderful escape from reality, and furthermore, a great source of knowledge and entertainment. Books are the foundations from which we learn, and without them, we would have no way to document our thoughts, ideas, and knowledge. The novels we are going to study—though most are fictional—will demonstrate some impeccable writing styles and means of storytelling. I am anxious to witness such literary artworks. I also find enjoyment in deciphering the deeper level meanings and symbolisms beneath the main storylines. Because we are in a higher-level intellectual setting, I feel that I will greatly enjoy the 50-minute forums in collaboration with my peers. They are all knowledgeable people and I look forward to hearing what they have to say. Often times, my classmates have great insight on other points of view I may have never otherwise considered.
With little studying under my belt, I still feel relatively confident in the upcoming final exam. I am confident with my knowledge of grammar prior to this class, due to exceptional English teachers I have had in the past. With that being said, I have come across various terms this semester that I had previously been unaware of. Some of these foreign terms I had already been applying to my writing; I just did not know what the technique was called. For example, I did not know a hypophora was a rhetorical question you ask the reader, and then answer in the following paragraphs. However, I had been using this technique throughout my years of writing. A term I had not been using, but certainly employ now, is absolute construction. Absolute construction adds a feeling of finesse and sophistication to writing--when used properly. As I had no prior knowledge of the term and it will most definitely be on the final exam, I am pleased to have learned the proper usage.
I do not intend to put much emphasis on studying what I am already confident about, but rather terms that have been newly introduced this year. I plan to use the Term Tuesday presentations to refresh my memory of definitions. The presentations will also serve as a reminder of any special tricks to remember how to use the terms. I consider myself a fine test taker, and do not foresee too much stress about the exam.
Following the final exam for composition, I am immensely excited to begin literature. I have struggled to find deeper meaning in literature; my ability to read between the lines is lacking. However, I have grown greatly as a writer this semester--a feat I did not think I was able to accomplish. I am certain I will experience a similar growth in my ability to comprehend literature, and will take those skills with me to college.
The confidence level I have for the final exam is not very high. I feel like I have a much better understanding of the English language and a better understanding of the terms that we learned, but I always get extremely nervous about tests no matter how well I know the information on the test. Unless it is a science test, I will be completely unconfident. I am most concerned that I will either blank on most of the terms like I do for math tests or that I will mix up terms, proceeding to confuse myself, and doing badly on the final exam. I plan on studying in a way that I have never studied before. Not only will I be reviewing the terms on a daily basis, I will make sure that I can apply each term to anything that I am writing or anything I read. I have never tried searching for the use of any English terms I have learned. Since I am so nervous that I will not do well on the final exam, I think that it may be beneficial to me to keep applying all the terms we have used just to make sure that I remember how to use them.
Two terms that I am glad that I now know would have to be comma splice and active voice. I am glad that I know these two terms now because I feel as though readers will be more intrigued with the things I am saying if I use active voice and making sentences flow better by fixing an comma splices I may have.
I am very excited to start Literature! I love to read and having a group to discuss the book because having a group can sometimes make the book easier to understand. I feel the 50-minute forums will be no different than the in class discussions we have done in the Honor’s English classes. We may need a little help at the beginning but other than that, I feel as though it will be enjoyable.
The final exam will be on the desk in front of us before we know it. The first semester has jetted by, leaving all of us a little worried about what is to come. As juniors and seniors, we are supposed to be exempt from semester tests, but that rule comes with restrictions. We must take tests in all Rising Scholars classes. And with that being said, I am way more stressed about taking two college exams than I ever was taking 8 high school tests. I am not as confident as I wish to be for the final semester exam at this point. This could be because I am not completely prepared, or because I did not expect it to creep up on us so soon, or it could be because I worry about the overall effect on my grade. Some of my uneasiness towards this test has stemmed from my not so proficient test scores in the past. Also, my trepidation could be caused by me just learning about my other college exam, history, being at the same time. Either way, I have severe apprehensions about our Composition 101 final exam. Hopefully, with the study I do in and out of class, I can become more confident in this courses test.
Although many of the terms we have learned throughout the course of the semester have influenced my writing, there are two that stuck out in my mind above the rest. The two that have really helped me write more professionally are parallelism and euphemisms. The parallelism helps immensely when correctly formatting my sentences. I list things in my paper way to often. I am also glad that I now know of euphemisms. These not only create a different tone while saying something harsh, but they are also very fun to think of, and create for your essay.
I feel that studying is going to be very imperative to get ready for the final exam. My game plan is to review the term tuesday powerpoints sent out to us, and possibly to create games for my friends and I to review the information and hopefully retain it a little bit better.
I am fairly confident about the final exam. After having done a Term Tuesday, and having sat through and paid attention to even more, I feel like I will have to look over the study guide only once or twice more. My greatest apprehension comes from the terms that I had never been introduced to before this class. Two terms I am glad I now know are anadiplosis and passive voice, because I feel like I struggled to spice up my writing. With these new and informative terms, I can now improve not only my academic writing, but also my daily writing. In fact, I would venture that this class has actually changed the tone, diction, and vocal patterns of the narrator that is bouncing words, phrases, sentences, essays, and whole books around my head, hoping they stick. This class has also vastly expanded my previously paltry vocabulary. I plan to prepare for the pronouncement of my knowledge by printing out the final exam study list, and then writing down everything I know about each term. If my knowledge proves insufficient, I shall then go and do more research, and review my notes. I would be extremely worried if we did have to write essays to exemplify that we know the material, as I know that I would know what a term is, how to define it, but in my finals induced panic, would forget how to implement it.
As someone who loves to read and discuss, I am greatly looking forward to literature. I am extremely opinionated, and get very heated if my point falls on deaf ears, so next semester seems like it will be right up my alley. I have read Lord of the Flies, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, but they were read a very long time ago, so I am looking forward to rereading these classics, and discovering everything that I missed the first time.
With the end of the semester approaching finals will be among us. It is a dreaded time for some students, but a rather happy time for others. Finals represent the end of the semester and are a recap of the knowledge we have gained throughout the first half of the year. It also brings us to the wondrous two week break from learning. Which helps everyone keep their head up during finals because they know after that last test they are free for the next couple weeks! But the task of finals still lies ahead of us and we must prepare.
I am confident about the final exam and nervous at the same time. I am nervous because the final will naturally make me worried because it is over what we have learned the last four and a half months. This is a great test of knowledge and retainment. I am confident because I know that I will put in the time to study.
The two terms that I am happy to know for terms are two terms we have learned this last week. The first is Anadiplosis. It is the repeating the last word or phrase of one sentence at the beginning of a sentence. I have seen this used countless time in titles or in song lyrics, but never knew what it was called. This has extended my learning of terms. My second term that I am happy to know is procatalepsis. This word is assuming what you opponent would say next in an argument and jumping it before he has a chance to say so. This is a great way of defending yourself and getting ahead in a debate or argument.
It will be very different going to literary studies when I am so used to continually writing essays and letters for an entire semester. I enjoy writing essays much more than I enjoy reading but I am up to the the challenge. I look forward to forums; I believe that they help us grow as people and to interact more with one another and talk about our own interpretations in the books that we read.
My confidence with the final exam coming up is slowly dropping. I am not sure if I will be able to memorized and know how to use each of the terms presented. Studying every night is on my top priority list, going through each and every detail. I will find time to take Bailey’s final exam pre-quiz so I have an idea of the test. Some of the terms are easier to remember such as the different types of punctuations at the end of sentences and alliterative sentences. My studying hours will most certainly increase to reach my goal grade for class. Also having the class time to study and ask questions will be convenient and efficient. I plan to have study dates hopefully with Sarah House and maybe some other friends. I know most of the terms are not too complicated to understand and use.
I am looking forward to switching from composition to literary studies. I may not be very good at reading and understanding but I do enjoy learning about the author and his writing style. My favorite is seeing and hearing all of the descriptive details and picturing them. When we go into detail of the stories I am hoping to find the hidden message. Reading different styles of writing is fun as well; poetry, bibliography, novels, etc. Even though the forums are 50 minutes long I am expecting they will keep my attention focused on the literature. If anything I prefer to read or listen to literature than type long essays. I am not very good with the technology on the laptop tablet. This semester was not the worst but I am not the best at writing yet I enjoy it anyway. Literature will be fun and the final exam will hopefully be an easy A after studying.
I am not entirely confident for the final exam. I am glad that we will be devoting class time to studying, which should make a world of difference. I worry that I won’t be able to keep the terms straight, and wind up floundering. It’s almost like learning vocabulary, in the sense that many of the terms are unfamiliar. Some of my favorite terms include hypophora and antimetabole. The latter especially is not seen very often, and I love the way a well structured antimetabole flows. I’m going to try to incorporate more of both of these in my writing. Some terms, like FANBOYS;, will be very helpful on the exam. I hope that when we go over them in class we will do some kind of activity that will help solidify our knowledge.
I’m looking forward to shifting from Composition to Literature. While I enjoy writing, I prefer creative writing. I’ve learned a lot this semester about more formal writing, but I’m ready to get back into more creative, abstract things, which are of course best found in books. I love to read and love to analyze what I have read, and can’t wait to do so in this class. I’m glad that the books we are reading are (to the best of my knowledge) completely new to me. From what I have heard, they are all very interesting as well. I’m curious to see how you will structure the class and what kind of activities we will be doing. I also wonder what kind of homework will be assigned. I see a lot of projects around your room, and it gives me the feeling that we will have many opportunities to be innovative and creative in this next semester. There are some truly incredible art projects in your room, all incredibly unique, some eccentric and maybe even scary, and others I can’t even begin to understand but am fascinated by anyway. I can’t wait.
With more and more days rolling by during my last year of high school, there is only one thing that I do worry about the most. That is how well I will do on my final exam. Sure, the process will feel daunting and over all tiring as many tests are. I feel as though that I will do well on the final exam in order to accomplish the best score I can possibly muster. With that in mind, I feel I am fairly confident about how this test will go. I feel as though I have acquired the knowledge throughout this semester but then again, I may not be able to remember every little detail that will be included with the all eighty-nine terms that we have been taught by our peers (who all did a marvelous job).
However, there are a few terms that will stick with me even though they were not as important as some of the other terms we have previously discussed. Egregious sexist language only because it made me think of all the other titles that are considered sexist. For example: Fireman, Policeman, Defenseman, and many others all fall into this category. Another one was the Chiasmus. This stuck into my head for some reason for a while. Although that may seem like something weird out of all eighty-nine terms to stick in my head, that is one that I will be able to recall best.
Studying this topic will be hard most of all. Trying to remember all terms will be difficult to attempt. Although eventually it will be done, it will take a lot of studying. I will be reviewing for this test more that what I did for HIST151 and HIST152 for the final exam because history is easy to remember. I will attempt to put my nose to the grindstone when it comes to studying this material, only because it will put me ahead in the future.
I am slightly worried about the final exam. Not because I do not think I can handle it, but because of the pure mass of it. I know that with hard work and newly gained logic it is conquerable. One of my worries is that at the time I should be studying for this test I will be bombarded with homework from other classes. In order to avoid this situation, I need to start studying for the final exam earlier than I have on past tests this year. If I was to choose two final exam terms I am grateful to understand, they would be complex and compound sentences. This may seem sophomoric because both of these terms are technically review, but there is a reason why I choose these two terms. It is not that I learned what these terms meant, but that I learned a much higher understanding of the two terms. I also learned how to use these two terms in my writing more frequent and in a more professional way. I plan to study for the final exam by using my in class time wisely and putting in any other time outside of class that I feel is needed. I am looking forward to moving on to literary studies. Not because I hate composition, but because
I enjoy reading and critical thinking more than writing essays. The sound of this, “Forums”, sounds good to me. Not only does it sound like a easy and efficient way to learn, but it also sounds like a great way to have the whole class participating in the act of learning. What I am not looking forward to next semester is it being my last semester as a student at Brandon Valley High School.
As exams approach, I am getting nervous. I seem to know most of the terms but the few I do not seem to be troubling me. Most of the time I just confuse one term with another because there are a lot of similar terms. I will probably have to do the most studying for this class as there are many items that I will need to now. Incorporating our terms in our essays helped me as I knew how to write them but then I also did more research to check if I was using it the correct way. Bailey Quanbeck’s practice test will also come in handy. That will give me an excellent guide on what to expect so I do not have to stress as much as I would have. I am also worried about the size of the test plus the amount of time we have. I have a problem of spending too much time on one question because it takes me awhile to thoroughly think through all the possibilities. I am planning on studying every night until the test which is a lot of hours. This is a college class so it will not come easy. Two words that I am glad to know are chiasmus and hypophora. I was the one that taught them to the class and from a student standpoint, they would have been difficult to master but I did a lot of research to understand what they are and how they differ from each other.
As we transition from the composition to the literature, I think I will like the literature better. I was always more of a reader than a writer but my ability to deeply comprehend a book was not always the best. My weakness of literature is definitely poems. I like the type of literature where there is a story that takes place and a plot develops instead of a poem where there are many hidden symbols and emotions. I am looking forward to dissecting Life of Pi and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I have heard from past graduates that those are two really phenomenal books.
I am somewhat confident, but not nearly as confident as I would like to be. I have always never been a very good test taker. I always stress out if I do not know even one question and then I start to second guess myself. I need to study hard and trust the gut feeling I have about an answer because normally that feeling is right.
I will use the study guide that has been made for us and I plan on making flashcards of terms and having others that participate in this class help me as I will do the same for them. I need to put not only confidence in others, but in myself as well. These are terms that I have used many times since this class has begun, and I know a lot more now than I did just a mere three months ago. Term Tuesday has been a big help in learning this terms. My classmates have done a tremendous job of explaining and using examples to show how their specific terms work.
I am apprehensive that the test might be harder than I think. I am also fearful of studying and putting so much time into the wrong things. Normally if I am having difficulty learning a term or a subject I will practice it until I know it like the back of my hand. By doing so, I leave out valuable time to study other things.
I am very glad that I know the terms of Interrupting Modifier Between Subject and Verb and MLA Citations. I have found myself using both of these more and more. Learning about the MLA Citations really helped on my causal essay as we had to cite many different types of sources in the correct format. The Interrupting Modifier helped as well because I have always created sentences similar to those, but now I know how to do it correctly.
I truthfully am not too excited to be shifting from writing to reading in this class. I have always been a good writer but I have never been a great reader due to my short attention span and my ease to become bored. The only way I can read well is if I am really into what I am reading. I am hoping that the books we will read will be exciting and will draw me into what is written.
My confidence about how I will do on the final exam is steadily growing. I am confident in our study guide and in the our term tuesday notes. The presentations have gone incredibly well and we, as a class, have been very successful in teaching each other the final exam terms. I think that the results I will receive will depend on how much time I dedicate solely to studying for the exam the week before, which will vary due to work load and my motivation. I will study using my notes and the guide, also grammar term sets on quizlet. I am glad we clarified the use of parallelism as well as punctuation marks. These make writing more interesting. I am fairly excited to shift to literature, as I would most often rather read than write and I have not read nearly enough this semester. Also, it may be easier to read a book on the wrestling bus than to compose using a laptop. I will get more homework done this way. I am quite excited to dig into our cannon, all of the books seem quite interesting. I will enjoy the forums, however I do hope that the reading will be done outside of class to allow for classroom discussion, I believe discussion is the best way to learn and grow with a book. As a past honor student, I can attest to the fact that my fellow peers do very well when we are involved in discussion, we seem to focus more this way as well as discover hidden meanings this way. It is also more stimulating. That being said, I think that a group of 17-18 year olds can find time to read on their own. I do look forward to reading Life of Pi the most, because the motion picture was riveting and had a complex story line. The book form is usually better, therefore I hope for the best!
I am fairly confident going into the coming weeks and approaching the semester exam. I think that with a large amount of effort and studying I will be able to do well on the semester exam. I am very glad that the semester exam will be multiple choice because multiple choice questions are much easier to answer. With multiple choice it is easy to narrow down your answers. I am a little bit nervous about some of the terms I learned earlier in the semester. I need to refresh my memory on some of the older terms. As of right now I have forgot many of the terms from earlier on. I am glad I know what an independent clause and a complex sentence are. It is very useful to know what these terms are and how to use them. Many other terms involves the use of the independent clauses and complex sentences, so knowing these terms help you know other terms. I plan to study throughout the coming weeks and not hours before the test. I want to try to spread out my studying to make it less stressful. It is not good to procrastinate and cram. To study I will use flashcards and practice examples of the terms. I think the best way to study is to actually apply the terms and words that I learn. I am looking forward to shifting from composition to literary studies. I enjoy reading a bit more than I enjoy writing. I almost prefer reading others works than creating works of my own. I will enjoy the 50-minutes Forums because I have enjoyed class discussion in this class in the past. Last year, in Honors English 11 we did decent amount of discussion were our teacher would not speak. I enjoyed these discussions and actually learned a lot from them.
I am slightly worried about the final exam simply because it seems like there is a lot of words and grammatical terms that we have to memorize. Luckily many of the words were taught to us by our classmates and I am not extremely worried. Two terms that I am glad I know is euphemism and ellipses. Euphemism will not be a hard word to remember because of how I was introduced to the word. Anyone who has asked Mr. C to go to the bathroom has this word written on their planner. Ellipses is a good word to know because I use them quite often and it is just fun to know what they are called now. I plan to study by trying to connect the words to links, much like I do with vocab words. I will also probably take the practice test and study from all of the term Tuesday presentations that are in the folder. I might make flash cards as well to help me with terms as well as looking up worksheets to do. I have never been good at classifying sentences so that is where I will probably spend most of my study time.
I am pretty excited to start transitioning to literature because I have always loved reading. I do get nervous when having to speak in front of a large group so that is what worries me most about next semester. I have already learned a lot about writing when I thought I knew pretty much everything, so I am excited to see how much more I can learn about analyzing literature. The idea of watching the Lion King and dissecting it from an analytic view point is actually really interesting to me as it will give me a new way to look at one of my all-time favorite Disney movies.
The final exam has been something I have had in the back of my mind ever since we began our weekly Term Tuesday presentations. However, the test has not begun to grab my attention until more recently. Honestly, I feel that if I study each term carefully, I will be ready for the exam, and I shall receive a great grade. The only apprehension I have at the moment is mixing up some of the more closely related terms, such as a chiasmus and a antimetabole. It is difficult for me to understand and differentiate the nuances between each device. I plan to study these extra carefully.
If I had to pick two final exam terms I am very glad to know, I would select expletives and dashes. I never gave “there” and “it” much thought; I never understood that it is weak and could be replaced with a stronger, more effective word. Glancing over my first essays, I realize that I began Composition using these forbidden words. I am glad that I am now a skilled enough writer to avoid the use of expletives, thus making my writing more interesting to my readers. Secondly, I think the use of dashes makes my writing more engaging. Not only can you link independent clauses with this tool, but you can also insert comment, hesitations, and more. This gives my text a closer connection with the audience, which is something I strive for every time I write.
I plan to study for the final exam like I have prepared for similar tests I have taken. First, I will learn the definition of each literary device. Next, I will learn to identify each if given an example. Finally, I want to be able to create my own example of each device so I know I have fully mastered the tool.
I am looking forward to shifting subjects. Literature is fascinating, especially considering the multiple angles one can view the same story. I am looking forward to discussing identical text with peers while pondering various ways to view each detail, event, or object within the story.
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I am fairly confident--85% confident--at this point of my preparation for the final exam. I am most afraid of forgetting the definitions when it comes to the test… I don’t find the terms particularly difficult I just find taking a test under pressure to be very daunting. During our week of preparation for this test I will be focusing my questions on a select group of terms such as participles of all kinds and all placements. I will also like to review the terms with strange names such as chiasmus and antecedent because I commonly forget their definitions.
I have learned many things from the various Term Tuesdays this semester and I am thrilled to have a broader knowledge of all the terms I learned. I am very glad I now know how to write in, and know the difference between, active and passive voice. Also, I find it very beneficial that I now know how to write a flawless thesis statement. I found this to one of the most daunting tasks at first because I thought it be quite difficult to summarize an entire essay in one simple sentence. However, now that I grown comfortable with writing thesis statements I have been able to write better essays in not only this class, but also my other academic classes.
As far as studying for the final exam, I focus on 10 terms each night and take the “Bailey Practice Test”. I will be studying rigorously and attempting to add to the study guide throughout the next two weeks.
I am looking forward to literary studies seeing as I enjoy reading selections from Literary Canon. I would say that I am the most excited about reading “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest”. This is because I saw the play when I was a sophomore and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I will be interested to see how the book compares. However, I am slightly nervous that you will not be speaking much during the 50 minute forums, but I understand why it is a good form of assessment.
I feel somewhat confident about the final exam. I’m not really worried much about it, I just have a few concerns. my biggest concern is really just the size of the test. We covered a lot of words and phrases as a class and I worry that we may have covered to much to study it all. I am glad that I know about Procatalepsis and Parallelism since I feel that they can be useful for enhancing my writing. They are both good writing techniques that I can use to improve my skills. I can use Procatalepsis in my persuasive writing by making the reader think more about my point. Parallelism makes my writing look better and sound cleaner. It help gets my point across and makes writing look more artistic.
I plan to study for the final exam by reviewing the terms with my friends. We can quiz each other and help refresh our memories of the words and phrases.
I am looking forward to next semester where we will be doing much more literary study in comparison to the writing that we are doing now. I do not mind the writing, but some topics can be difficult. I am also a better reader than a writer. I do not know for sure how I will like the more reading and discussion-based classes, but it will be a nice change of pace from writing.
I am not that confident going into the final exam because I do not believe myself to be the best test taker. I also am going to have to get my act together and start to become a better studier. Not only will the final exam kick my butt if I do not, college will as well. My apprehensions are knowing all the terms and actually putting them to use. I am glad I know the name of an ellipsis now and that I finally figured out the differences between logos, ethos, and pathos. I will study by doing the practice tests and by reading and re-reading the study guide. I will also possibly try to study in study groups but if it is not helpful for me I will have to study on my own so I can do the best I possibly can do.
I do not look forward to shifting to literary studies. Books can be very hard to understand and often have some meaning that is hard to comprehend. I will not enjoy 50-minute forums because I will think I am doing something wrong and stress myself out. I also am not looking forward to literature because I will be switching classes so I will lose my awesome partner, Carley Kueter, who has helped me and we have become into an indestructible force when it came to our projects and group quizzes. I will miss the kid but I will have to power through and try to find a new partner in my new class who could possibly live up to her standards. I am not aware of how many books we read in literature but I am the kind of reader who falls asleep while partaking in the action so hopefully I can stay awake long enough to get my required readings done. I hope that literature will go as well as this semesters comp class went for me.
I feel rather confident about the final exam, although I do have my apprehensions as anyone would I suppose. I’m concerned about some of the less common terms that we have learned over the semester, terms like: absolute construction, antithesis, and chiasmus. I am happy I know words like antimetabole and anadiplosis, because although they are less common and frankly, hard to pronounce; they are very interesting words and devices to use in writing. I have never been the best when it comes to studying, but I plan on using the notes we took during Term Tuesdays to my complete advantage. Although there are a few terms that I do not feel completely confident about at this point in time, I am thankful that there are quite a few terms that I have at least a basic understanding for. I am hoping to learn the definitions by continuing to look at the notes I took, and then practice writing and creating my own examples of the terms as well. I will have my friends who are also in this class quiz me on things like the definitions also. I hope that that will be enough for me to fully understand the terms that will be on the final exam.
I am rather excited to start working on literature as opposed to what we have been doing, composition. I have always been a huge fan of books, and I have only recently gotten into writing so I would like to think that I am much more well-versed when it comes to literature. Although I was just getting used to composition so I am sure I will miss it at least slightly. I am also somewhat excited for the fifty minute forums, but I am not quite sure what they are exactly. I am not one to talk much in large groups so if it has to do with me talking, I may be slightly less excited. Nonetheless, it seems interesting and I guess I will have to give it a try, it never hurts to try something new I suppose.
I am skeptical about the final exam. I believe I have the tools to ace the exam, but I feel that it will require a lot of studying on my part. This is a college class and it is difficult to get an A in a college class. I need the A to maintain my 4.0 GPA, but I can surely do it. I am apprehensive about the terms to know list. I do take detailed notes in class every term tuesday, but I fear for the difficult terms. I know an absolute construction was a difficult term for me to master. Some of the terms in the term tuesday presentation were really easy to learn--such as ellipses--but some of the other terms were difficult for the presenters to explain--such as MLA citations. I am also apprehensive about MLA citations. Those are meticulous and require everything to be perfect. I am glad to know what an absolute construction is because it has made me a better writer. I also am glad to know what a homophone is. I am sure there will be a question about a homophone on the exam. I plan to study at my home and at school with my classmates. During class time, we will study for what people are worried about. I also am going to review my notes on term tuesday. I am going to read and reread the final exam study guide. That will be the key to earning an A in this class. I will study with friends as well, to make studying not so boring.
I am excited to start literary studies instead of composing essays. I enjoy writing a brilliant essay and being proud of it, but I am ready for something new. I tried to read lord of the flies a couple years ago, but I didn’t have enough time. We were starting a new book and I needed to read that. I enjoy book discussions as well. When we read the Kite Runner last year, I loved to converse with my scholarly classmates. Your forums intrigue me. I do not know what to expect. Is it us (the students) talking? I hope they will be fun and worth my time (I’m sure they will be).
As semester finals loom I am not filled with the infamous and familiar fear that usually accompanies the end of a semester. Instead I feel as though I am well prepared for all of the tests that I will be forced to tackle next week. As for composition, I have never felt more comfortable writing in my life and that is in no small part to the many things I have learned as a result of the class. My favorite newly found skill is that of the semicolon. It seems like such a simple thing to learn but I had never known how to use one and it is as though I have crossed a threshold into a world of writing that I didn’t know existed. My second favorite literary device is the deliberate fragment. I had always wanted to use them but I was not sure if the rules of English allowed for their use. These are simply a couple of the many things I have learned to insert into my essays to make them not simply nice to read, but impressive.
As excited as I was for composition, I cannot wait for literature. Reading has been a passion of mine since elementary school and now I am taking a class that will teach me how to read even better. I realize that there is more to reading than simply understanding what a word means and linking it with the words around it. Books often have a deeper meaning and can evoke emotions that cannot be expressed any other way. I do not doubt that I am prepared for Literature and it will be the one class during the day that I do not complain about receiving homework in. Reading has the ability to make a person well rounded, just because you can do math problems faster than a calculator does not mean that you have the ability to speak about it and share your skills with others. Reading is also simply fun, like a movie in your head that does not cost millions of dollars to create. I am looking forward to literature class.
I am nervous for this exam. I never did quite understand and contain knowledge of english grammar in the past. Working on that skill has been hard but hopefully fruitful. The class I feel has taught me more than I learned in my past three english classes. That is probably why I am hesitant to take an exam that will test my knowledge on it because it is what I know or remember least of. What I am most nervous about is the subordinating noun clauses, paired constructions and all other complicated sentence structures. I have built a solid base of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. Though researching my terms I am happy to know what a chiasmus, and inversion of a whole sentence. I know I will at least get those right. The way I am studying is I use the practice exam and do about 20 questions every night. Questions I get wrong I go back and study them.
I am delighted to start the section on literature! Reading and discussing books is one of my favorite things to do. I love to hear different points of view what they think is going to happen next. It also does not have anything to do with grammar, but knowing this class it will…. Lord of the Flies is a somewhat violent story but I do not believe it will be as graphic as the book I read as a Junior called Native Son. What I find interesting about books is what the underlying message that the author is trying to get across to the reader. They have to hint at it so we have the aha! moment. It is not like they are behind us making frustrating gestures about how we have not figured out what they were saying through the story. I also love the feel of books, and the time that takes to read them. The thought process that one goes through to figure out a plot before it happens. Books bring me joy, sorrow, and frustration. The books you have for us I hope are just as enthralling.
Mackenzie Nelson P.7
I honestly do not know how I feel about the final exam. I am very nervous about how I will do on the final exam. English has never been my best subject especially grammar, I have always had trouble with grammar. I try so hard to study but when it comes to the test it usually leaves my mind. The Term Tuesdays we have done in class have been a great help that have provided me with material to study from. Some of my apprehensions about the test are being able to pick out the different terms when given a sentence. Labeling has not always been something I am good at. I feel though that through all of the Term Tuesdays we have had I have gotten confident little by little. How well I do on the test heavily depends on how good I study, I cannot always be the best studier in the world. It is hard for me to just sit down at one time and study for a long period of time. I know though that studying will help me greatly with how I will do on the Final Exam. My studying will include looking through the final exam study guide as well as my own notes from term Tuesdays. I will look at my examples and try hard to remember all of the amazing information I have been given and taught. Some terms that I am glad to have learned are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, as well the differences between closely related terms such as a hyphen and a dash. These things have helped me greatly in my writing, I feel as though learning all of these terms on Term Tuesdays made me understand so much more than I did.
I am very well looking forward to switching from composition to literature. I feel so much more confident in the topic of literature than the composition. Reading is easier to me than writing. The fifty minute forums I will come to find out if I will enjoy them or not. I love the adventure that books take you through and how much it makes your mind think and imagine what is going on in the story. I feel that literature will be a great class.
Confidence in the final exam is something I do not quite possess just yet. However, I know that through studying, I will eventually gain that confidence. The things that I have apprehensions about are all lessons that will come back to me quickly. Things like grouping sentences (simple, complex, compound, etcetera) is one item that is worrying me. With some review, I believe I will excel in that area of the test. Grammar skills have always been a thing of challenge for me, but I believe this year things are finally starting to fit together in a way that I finally understand. The once a week lessons (Term Tuesday) helped me to learn grammar related subjects, as it was not something that I dreaded every day. Instead of a three week long course on grammar topics with pages of homework every night, Term Tuesday was something enjoyable for me. This type of teaching helped me to learn better, and although there are a few things I need to review, I have fewer apprehensions about the grammar related questions. The ways in which I personally plan to study is to make virtual flash cards. I do have a tablet, and that will create a less bulky study tool I can take with me wherever I may go in the coming weeks. Also, a group of friends, including myself, are planning on having a study group each night five days before, with possibly a study session or two before that time.
The shift to literature is something I have been looking forward to since day one of the semester. I have more of a preference towards literature. Reading is something I enjoy in my free time, especially classic novels. Next semester will give me a chance to read some of the books I have been waiting for since freshman year. I did not want to spoil them for myself, especially Lord of the Flies and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. All of these books, as well as the others on the list, sound incredibly interesting and academically challenging. That challenge is what I look forward to most.
I am fairly confident about the final exam. I knew many of the words before my fellow students gave their presentations. I plan to make flash cards to make my knowledge more concrete and embedded in my brain. Using flash cards helps me to learn the words when I write them down and as I study them. I will also compete the study guide. It is very convenient that Bailey Quanbeck made us this study guide. It will help me to practice using examples. My main apprehensions center around the fact that we are given examples, and we must discern which literary term is being used. This is different than many other test. They test vocab, not examples. i suppose it is better to know examples than vocab. Knowing examples will help us write in the future. If we only knew the vocab words, we could tell someone what the terms meant, but not pick them out of an essay. I am glad I know how to determine independent and dependent clauses. I had always been a little confused concerning which was which, but I am much more confident presently. I am also glad I know how to use a semi colon correctly. This has helped me in my essays to write lists and to combine sentences. It has been very handy when I want two sentences with similar themes to be near together. Overall, I am not too worried about this test. I do not need to study for any other semester test, so I have more time to study than in the past. Even last year, I had to take two semester tests. One was Calculus and the other was American History. These tests are both difficult. This year I have college algebra, which should not be as difficult as Calculus.
When thinking about the final exam, I am slightly worried about some of the items. This very possibly could be because I have yet to review. I am apprehensive about forgetting the definitions of the terms and being clueless as to what any of the terms mean. The two final exam items I am glad to have learned this semester are that of MLA headings and citations and how to use certain types of punctuation within a work of composition. I feel the knowledge of these items are essential to the composition of any work I may have to create in the future. I plan on studying by creating flashcards, practice quizzes, and referring to Bailey Quanbeck’s Practice Final Exam. I also plan on spending about a half hour to an hour each evening to prepare, whether it be at home, at the gym, or on the basketball bus. I will study by myself, with my parents, and with my peers up to the day of the test. I am hoping that all my hard work throughout the semester--and studying in the upcoming days--will result in the grade of an A.
In many ways, I am looking forward to the transition from Composition to Literature. I really enjoy reading but often have difficulty finding the time to sit down and enjoy a novel. I am excited to begin the semester by reading Lord of the Flies because during my sophomore year in Speech, I read the book. At the time I did not find it interesting nor did I find it interesting. I believe this was because we never discussed the book or spent time on it in class. We simply had reading assignments, a few quizzes, and a final test over the book. In my opinion, the 50-minute forums will be enjoyed by myself and my peers. I believe any opportunity we have to talk and discuss something--whether it be the argumentation topics from earlier this semester or the novels for next semester--opens the mind to creativity, critical thinking, and a deeper understanding of each other and the material we’re learning. From my experience, the students at Brandon Valley are much more open to the idea of expressing themselves and their ideas as opposed to the students as O’Gorman. This causes the discussions in class to be more enjoyable and less of a one-sided, teacher-preaching lesson. Overall, I am excited for the new--and final-- semester with my peers and the new course of study.
Greg Koehn
I believe that I am fairly confident about the final exam on the 19th. My classmates have taught me many terms and things that I need to know to prepare myself for this final exam. I have taken many pages of notes and gave my full attention during the presentations which will help me get through the test. I am not as concerned about the material that will appear on the test as all the names of the terms to remember. This test will be my first college semester test. I believe that this test will benefit me in many ways. I will experience what a college semester test feels like, and become educated about my studying habits. I will acquire much knowledge from taking this test regarding how to study for a big test. I honestly think that Comp 101 has improved my writing skills. Before taking this class I struggled with getting a paper started. It has become much easier with all the papers that we have completed. It also helps that I have incorporated the terms into my paper to enhance my knowledge of them. I am glad that I have knowledge of appositives and ellipsis. I plan to study the terms an hour a night to enhance my grade.
I am excited to shift from composition to literary studies. Although I am not the most proficient reader, I want to improve my reading to prepare for college. I am not a fan of reading, but believe that I will be interested in the books that we will read in class. I am really excited for Life of Pi because my sister told me all about it! I believe that the reading that we will do in class will be interesting and the class will participate to get the most out of it.
Ashley Guthmiller
I am feeling fairly confident about the coming final exam. I think I have learned a lot from my peers in the Term Tuesdays and I also learned a lot during the making of my own. I am a little wary about using some terms compared to others so I will have to focus on those when I study. I think I will have trouble with some terms that are similar with another term. I am apprehensive about being able to spot the differences between the similar terms. I am also apprehensive about taking it because sometimes having a time limit on a test freaks me out.
I am really glad I learned the term Absolute Phrase and Absolute Construction. Since they are similar, I think being able to tell the difference between the two will be difficult.
I plan on studying rigorously to prepare myself for the coming exam. I made a copy of the final exam study list and I’m trying to put my notes from all the term Tuesdays into that document with all of the information preceding the correct term. I am hoping this technique will work. I will also try to get my father or mother to test over the words. I have learned that I learn better if I am tested then if I just stare at the words trying to retain the information.
I am really looking forward to beginning the literary portion of the year! I think it will be a nice change after consistently writing essays. I am excited to find new ways of thinking and perceiving that I may not have seen. I have always liked to read so I will enjoy it greatly! I hope I will read a book that I will fall in love with as to make it more enjoyable to read.
With the materials I have been given, my confidence for the final exam continues to increase. Although I will admit, I am a little nervous due to the fact that this grade will be on my college transcript. Almost all tests make me nervous to begin with, but this test is a huge deal. My college transcript, unlike my highschool one, will be with me for a very long time. In order to prepare for the final exam, I plan to study the study guide and make sure that I know all of the terms to know. I also plan to utilize the practice exam that Bailey Quanbeck so kindly made for her fellow and future students. Not only am I happy I know two of the many final exam items, but I am happy that I know most of them. I am very ecstatic about my writing now more than ever simply because I am now able to use semi-colons in an effective and correct way. Hypophoria are also going to be useful in my writing. Not only is the word hypophora extremely cool and intelligent sounding, it can be extremely useful to an author’s writing. It also makes the readers brain think and work a little harder than normal. The next week will be dedicated studying for the exam both in school and at home. I hope to do small amounts of studying each day in order to total my studying together for a long period of time. Studying the terms I am not as familiarly with will be my main goal. I hope by the time comes to take the test, I am very confident in all of the knowledge I have obtained. Hopefully all of my studying efforts will pay off with a good grade on my college transcript.
Knowing that you will not be tricking us but just making us better as students is a relief. I know how smart you are so that scares me a little. These examples will not be a walk in the park. My main worries about the semester test is keeping all of the words straight. I know most of the words and do not want to lose points by mixing them up. I also do not want to have a brain fart or make silly mistakes. If I do not know a section and get it wrong, that is better than knowing the word and still getting it wrong. I plan on looking over Bailey's study guide and working with Carly on the practice test. I will make sure I understand why each answer is the correct answer. If I do not know the reason I will be asking you Mr. C. Many questions will be coming your way and I will need examples. Staying after class may happen to help me prepare. I am glad that I know the sentence structures because that is the start of knowing sentences and English. Also I am happy to know egregious sexist language because I strive to keep my words neutral. I do not like generalizing or guessing on things when it comes to gender-roles and other things.
I am ecstatic about starting literary studies. I enjoy thinking deeply about hidden messages in stories that the author leaves for people to find. Looking at thoughts and ideas in a different way is enjoyable for me. Taking in other people’s thoughts and points of view is another interesting activity for me. Sometimes I think differently than others or think deeper when I was younger but now at this level most people can think deeply as well. My mother and I are continuously sharing our opinions about shows we have watched or something that has happened to us. I hope that you Mr. C will share your thoughts as well. I am excited to be tested to think about situation that I had not thought of.
I don’t know I feel yet for the final exam. I am a bit apprehensive about remembering certain options, since I always second guess myself. I always get things mixed up too, so I’m nervous everything I have learned will blend together, not to be decipherable. I am glad I know about antithesis because it is a great way to get your point across, while being creative with sentence structure. Also I like procatalepsis because it gives more way if you want to argue your case, and gives more hook into what you are saying. I plan on studying (hopefully) every night or so, and going over the study guide and the practice test. I usually learn better by taking practice quizzes, so maybe that will help. I will also make flashcards on Quizlet to aid in this process.
I am a bit happy to shift the focus to literary studies, but I liked writing essays and i felt like I was good at it, but the deadlines and writer’s block sometimes impeded my progress and happiness. I like reading, but I don’t always get the hidden meanings or symbols all the time, so I’m not excited for that part of it. But some books I do not always enjoy reading, so I hope I do not dread reading some of these books, but rather be excited to divulge in the book. I hope I do not wait on the last minute to read the books either. I’m really good at procrastinating. Haha. I’ve heard a lot about Lord of the Flies, so I hope that it isn’t as weird as everyone says it is. I don’t really know what 50 min forums are, but if they are 50 min quizzes, I don’t think I’ll be up for that. And plus I like when you talk.
Kuehn 2
I am fairly confident about the final exam. Even though I know I am not completely ready to take the test right now and I still need to study more, I am confident that I will be ready for the test by the time it comes. I plan to review all of the terms before the test so everything is fresh in my mind when I go to take my final exam. I am apprehensive about the difference between homophones, homonyms, and homographs. I am worried that I might mix up the meanings of these words on the test. One term from the final exam list that I am glad I know is using colons in titles. Before taking this class, I would hardly ever use a colon. Once in a while I would use a colon in my writing to start a list, but never to enhance my title. After practicing using colons in titles all semester, I have started using them in other classes as well. I just made a presentation in sociology this week that had a colon in a title. Another term from the final exam list that I am glad I know is dash(es). In the past, I have seen dashes used, but never understood their specific purpose or the difference between using dashes instead of parentheses. Now I know that dashes are used to increase the emphasis on a phrase, whereas parentheses surround less important information that can generally be thrown out of the sentence without changing the meaning. I plan to make flash cards in order to study for the final exam. I find it helpful to write out what I am trying to study. I am also going to take the practice final exam made by Bailey last year as a way to learn what I already know pretty well and what I need to spend more time studying before the test.
Kuehn 2
(Sorry, I missed the last part on my first post)
I am looking forward to switching to literary studies. I enjoy reading and I am excited to discuss the books we will read in class and hear from my classmates what they think about the stories.
Concerning the final exam, I am not even slightly confident...to say the least. I feel as though this test will tear my brain to pieces. I do not feel in such a way that I am prepared for this final exam considering the fact that I have not learned much about the terms this year. If I have, then I have not reviewed them since hearing about the terms in the Term Tuesday presentations. I am, however, thankful that I have learned the difference between compound, complex, simple and compound-complex sentences. I am glad that there was also a chart presented to me as a way of remembering. Although, I am afraid that I will put forth labor to vigorously study these terms and receive a horrific grade in return. I wish that my studying will actually pay off for this test as I am depending on this final grade in my future college career. I hope to begin my freshmen year of college with a 4.0 as I have never accomplished this before. I believe acquiring this high GPA will aid me to excel in my future as a physical therapy student.
I plan on printing out the student made study guide to go through it and hopefully root out exactly what I must study to improve my knowledge on.
As the year comes to an end I am excited to move on to English 210: Introduction to Literature as I feel I excel more in this area. I am not much of a writer, but I do love ripping apart a good book, so to speak, to find the exact motives behind the publication. However, I am not particularly sound myself at critically pulling apart a quality book. I have heard many reports on the Lord of the Flies and other books read in Introduction to Literature. Thus I am eager to read them for myself.
Palmer Pd. 2
As the semester comes to a close, I always begin to feel nervous. No amount of studying seems to take these anxious feelings away, but I have learned to channel the nerves into motivation. I am confident that I have been adequately prepared for this exam throughout the semester. However, I will still continue to study and further commit the English terms to memory.
As for studying, I plan on using a variety of resources including, but not limited to: the St. Martin’s Handbook, Bailey Quanbeck’s study guide, the provided final exam review, notes from previous Term Tuesdays, and other scholarly resources (either web or print). For the most part, I feel knowledgeable on the topics to be included in the exam. I struggle with some of the unfamiliar terms such as antithesis and chiasmus, so I will work to become an expert in those fields.
After completing my own Term Tuesday, one of the terms I am thankful to know is homophone. I now know the difference between homophones (different spelling, same sound), homonyms (same spelling, same sound), and homographs (same spelling, different sound). In order to remember this, I think of the word “phone” in homophone and how this relates to sound (opposed to visual). I am also glad to know paired constructions (such as either/or and not only/but also). I believe that when used correctly, they are able to enhance any essay.
With the new semester on it’s way, I am eager to begin English 210: Introduction to Literature. While I have enjoyed writing essays and learning how to enhance my writing, my true passion is reading and analyzing literature. I am excited to study several canonized authors and their brilliant works. I can say with utmost confidence that I am looking forward to the 50-minute forums where I will be able to share my knowledge and insight to the class and discuss literature. I believe it is the reader's job to analyze and evaluate literature; the writer’s job is to create art worth analyzing.
I have not began studying for the final exam, so I do not feel prepared for this test at this moment. I feel confident I will do exceptionally well after hours of studying. Personally speaking, I feel like there are a plethora of terms we had glazed over, and I need to go back and really try to understand those terms to succeed on this test. I feel like I need to look at the final exam study list, and take the prep test to understand these terms. I plan to try and spread out my studying this week through the next, going in depth over approximately ten terms per day. My actual study habits consist of first looking over the material and possibly formulating questions I have towards the term. The next step in my studying process is to research these questions I have formulated to find answers to them. Finally I will ask someone to assist me in reviewing the words without me being able to look at them and recite their definitions, or give examples on how to use these terms.
Im glad my knowledge in colons, and knowledge in semicolons has improved substantially. By learning how to use these parts of speech, I have been able to create much variety of sentences in my essays. Previously before this class, I had never known how to use these parts of speech, but now I possess enough talent and knowledge to use them in sentences.
Lastly, though writing essays provided much knowledge in how to write exceptionally well, I am very much so excited for literature. I enjoy reading on a daily basis and pride myself in the vastness of books, articles, and other media sources I have read. I have heard many amazing stories about the books we will be reading, and have actually assisted my sister in the past on homework for these books. I am excited to experience this literature for myself.
Having taken advanced classes such as HIST 151 and 152, I have quite confident in taking this final exam. The consistent, in-depth note taking that I have done throughout the year and my dedication to studying will hopefully combine to present me with a desirable grade. My classmates and I have given great effort in creating our term Tuesdays, presenting them in a way for quick absorbency of knowledge.
Because we were forced to add certain terms to our essay, I feel that we learned unique ways to form sentences that make the essay more interesting and add more zest to it. Hypophora is the term that I enjoyed integrating into my essay the most. It worked extremely well in my argumentation essay and causal essay. It ask the reader a question which can keep them interested in the reading, then it answers said question. Hypophora is defiantly more interesting than just listing a litany of information. I am also glad we worked on titles, something that I have always struggled with. Titles are important in your essay, because they are the first thing the reader reads and they set the mood. Having a good flow and interesting title can console the reader to believe he/she is about to read the best essay of his/her life.
I plan to study in a way that is similar to how I study for vocabulary. I plan to go over the terms until I am fairly confident in them, either though reading the list or making flash cards. Than, I will take Bailey's practice test and see how I am doing and what I need to study more. Hopefully this will lead to success I am looking for.
I am looking forward to next year's literature class because I enjoy reading. Although composing essays poses a fun, creative challenge, I am very excited to start to read more next semester. The literature that we are going to read also looks very interesting and I have not read any of them. I can not wait to read One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and Life of Pi.
With the first semester quickly drawing to a close, I feel fairly confident for the final exam. While I know that a large amount of studying is required in the next week, I feel confident that my fellow classmates have provided me with the necessary information needed to excel on the exam. I have a few apprehensions about the exam itself, the biggest being that I will mix up the meaning of the terms. When I am taking a test, I often second guess myself, and sometimes I end up changing my answer. This usually results in me getting the answer wrong, as my initial ‘gut feeling’ was right. Grammar has never been easy for me, so knowing that the whole final exam is over grammar is slightly daunting. However, I am confident that if I study enough and work hard to completely understand each topic, I will do well on the exam.
With the help of Term Tuesdays, I am glad that I know what a hypophora is and how to use a block quote correctly. I enjoy asking thought provoking questions in my compositions. With the use of a hypophora, a question is not only asked, but it is also answered immediately. This makes the reader answer the question in his or her own mind first, but then learn the author’s ‘correct’ answer right away. Block quotes often add a helpful outside element to a composition, and I am glad that I now know how to use one correctly. I plan to use both of these elements in my future compositions. In order to do well on the final exam, I plan to read through my notes multiple times, as well as to look at the shared Term Tuesday powerpoints for examples of each of the different terms. Most importantly, I plan to take Bailey’s practice test to ensure that I know each of the terms well.
I am looking forward to switching to literary studies. Composition has allowed me to grow by leaps and bounds as an author, but I am ready to do less writing, and more reading and discussion. Throughout high school I have read many thought provoking books that have broadened my literary views. I hope to expand even more on these views next semester. My biggest problem next semester will be preparing for the discussions and actually talking about the books in class. I have been told by many teachers in the past that they wish I would speak up during class because my study guides contain great answers. Next semester I plan to speak more during the Forums, as I know that this will help me to excel in the class and prepare me for college.
As of right now, I am not too confident for the final exam because I have not done much studying. Once I study more, I will feel more confident. I am apprehensive about doing bad, making stupid errors, and missing the difficult answers that are testing my true knowledge. I am also fearful of not dedicating my time to studying. I know I need to study, but sometimes other activities sound more entertaining and I make the wrong decision. I am not going to make the wrong decision when it comes to studying for this extremely important final because I need to focus on raising my grade one and a half percent to receive an A for the semester. I am going to try to reach my goal of an A by studying in increments every night. Also, I am going to have my mom and friends quiz me on the words we need to know for the final. I learn best by being quizzed because the next time they ask me the same question I do not want to be embarrassed by answering it wrong a second time. Another reason receiving a verbal quiz is beneficial for me is because when I have to say it out loud I actually know if I know it or not, instead of just saying it in my mind and quickly looking at the answer in front of me.
I am glad that I now know how to do perfect MLA citations. In the past, I used to really struggle with this and always depended on easybib.com, but since composition 1 I now know how to cite a source and if I do refer to easybib.com I can check the citation. I am also glad I have learned to cut clichés. I always thought they were great to use and I thought they emphasized my work, but I was incorrect. They are too common and there are better sayings than clichés. I have learned that clichés are used to much, so I need to come up with a more creative saying.
As of right now, I am not too confident for the final exam because I have not done much studying. The term Tuesdays have helped me, so I am ready for parts of the test. I enjoyed Term Tuesdays and they have benefited my education in this class. Once I study more, I will feel more confident. I am apprehensive about doing bad, making stupid errors, and missing the difficult answers that are testing my true knowledge. I am also fearful of not dedicating my time to studying. I know I need to study, but sometimes other activities sound more entertaining and I make the wrong decision. I am not going to make the wrong decision when it comes to studying for this extremely important final because I need to focus on raising my grade one and a half percent to receive an A for the semester. I am going to try to reach my goal of an A by studying in increments every night. Also, I am going to have my mom and friends quiz me on the words we need to know for the final. I learn best by being quizzed because the next time they ask me the same question I do not want to be embarrassed by answering it wrong a second time. Another reason receiving a verbal quiz is beneficial for me is because when I have to say it out loud I actually know if I know it or not, instead of just saying it in my mind and quickly looking at the answer in front of me.
I am glad that I now know how to do perfect MLA citations. In the past, I used to really struggle with this and always depended on easybib.com, but since composition 1 I now know how to cite a source and if I do refer to easybib.com I can check the citation. I am also glad I have learned to cut clichés. I always thought they were great to use and I thought they emphasized my work, but I was incorrect. They are too common and there are better sayings than clichés. I have learned that clichés are used to much, so I need to come up with a more creative saying.
I am excited for Introduction to Literature. I am not the best reader and I have always had challenges when it comes to reading, but I am excited for this semester to push me in new ways to make me a better student and person. The fifty minutes forums will be a strange shift at first because in all of my other classes we are receiving information from the teacher most of the class period. I do think it will be a good shift for all of us.
Confident is sadly a term I am unfamiliar with when it comes to any final exam. Being in a class that is undeniably my toughest class, this test I cannot say I will be confident no matter how much I study. Truthfully, I have not studied all that much yet, but I will be starting to study every night starting twenty one hundred hours to remember and understand everything on the study guide. My apprehension would consist of the unknown. I am nervous that even when I study I will be unable to memorize and learn these terms to heart because they are not within my field of expertise. If they were a science term or a math term, I would have no issues learning them. I do not know why, but they just click into place and make sense through physical phenomenon while an English rule made by humans may not make sense nor have a definite reason behind being they way they are. The two terms I am positively glad to know would be the simply, understandable terms: Colon, and Dash. The reason is that for many many years I never knew what a colon was other than that it was between the hours and minutes in a digital clock, and i was always curious. However, now I understand the point of a colon proved by the sentence I used earlier in this paragraph. It allows meet to add a pause and shorten my writing just like the dash. Though in a different way the dash allows me to add a pause and a bit of possible unneeded detail that adds much excitement to my writing--bland writing is the reason for desiring the dash.
Additionally, I am looking forward to the literature part of my senior year though I will miss the part of English that comes easier to me. I am unfamiliar with all of the novels that are in our future to read, but I am hoping that they will be action packed and exciting like a Tom Clancy novel. I am a little hesitant to say that I would be looking forward to fifty minute talk periods though. I usually am one who has less educated and supportive input--which I hope to change.
I feel as if I will do very well on the final exam. I have the ability to memorize words fairly easily and I know how much studying I will need to do to prepare myself. One of my only apprehensions is that there are many words that I need to know, however I do know many of them already. Another apprehension is that I need to do well on this test to maintain an A for the semester, I do not worry about the test but its unfortunate that my grade rides on this test. I am glad that I know what a deliberate fragment is versus a normal fragment, if did not know the difference I may get fooled on the test. I am also glad that I know the differences between an absolute clause, absolute phrase, and absolute construction, knowing the differences of these words will help me on the test so that I do not mix them up. My plan for studying is to get familiar with the words that I was not familiar before hand. Secondly, I plan to memorize the words I know very well so that I can move on to the harder words; I will do this by reading through the study guide and picking out the words that I already know. I will then write those words with their definitions on a separate sheet of paper so I can see only those words. Finally I plan to participate in class so that I can become very familiar with the words and get an A on the final. I think it is awesome that a teacher has set a large portion of time to insure that we all do well on the final exam, I have yet to have a teacher that has set a whole week out of their schedule to make us as successful as we can be.
I am relatively confident about the Final Exam. My only apprehension is not studying studiously enough, but I think that if I hit the books with exceptional force, on the correct terms, I should be able to dominate the Final Exam. It will not be without toil or Coyle, though. I will most likely team up with a couple of my Composition compadres to assist in the amelioration of the studying process. I am absolutely glad that I understand absolute constructions. Although I used to use them frequently, I never was aware of their official terminology or structure; knowing both how and when to use them is definitely beneficial now. Also, I am a huge fan of paired constructions because they are a great way of organizing your thoughts in an efficient, deliberate, and interesting way. By the way, I am glad that the Final Exam is not expressly written to trick us. I think that there would be some sort of student uprising if that were the case. A Composition coup d'état of sorts.
I am glad that our class will be seeing a change of pace from constant essay writing, to study literature in-depth. Not that composing has become monotonous by any stretch of the imagination, I just am certainly ready to focus my English brain power towards interpretation and study. That being said, I believe that the essay composing is taught at the perfect time, when many students are struggling with writing college application essays. It is great to have that kind of guidance during this point in the year. Although 50-minute, open forum discussion sessions may seem intimidating to some, I am pumped to arrive to class with a fully stocked arsenal of literary knowledge to discuss with my classmates. It shall be completely, in its purest sense, totally rad.
A side note, William Golding has some admirably killer, yet subtle, facial hair.
As the final exam approaches, I realize I am not as confident as I would like to be. I have never been a good test taker, and I get very nervous while taking a test. This test intimidates me because there are 100 different terms. I always stress out while taking a test if I do not know an answer, and then I tend to do worse on the rest of the test. To be able to do better on tests, I need to be able to keep my composure and to stay positive. Also, to do better on the final exam I need to make sure I use my class time effectively. I will ask Mr. C questions if I do not know something, and I will work together with my classmates to understand everything. In addition, I will use the study guide prior students made and Bailey’s practice test to prepare for success. Two final exam terms I am glad I know now are chiasmus and anadiplosis. A chiasmus is rhetorical inversion of your sentence; your second sentence is a reflection of your first. I like using chiasmi because they make the sentence/sentences flow well, and they make them more interesting. An anadiplosis is repeating the last word or phrase of a sentence or clause at the beginning of the next sentence or clause. I like using anadiploses because they add rhythm to a piece of writing, and they make the writing more interesting.
I am very excited to start literary studies; however, I grown to better appreciate writing through this last semester. The first essay I wrote this year, the womanhood essay, was a struggle for me to write. It took me forever to reach five pages and I did not enjoy writing it. Now it is a lot easier for me to write five pages, and it is kinda fun; however, I am ready for a change. I enjoy reading, so I believe literature will be very amusing. Also, I am looking forward to discussing the books in class and listening to my classmates interpretations of the books.
I cannot really explain how I really feel about the final exam coming up next week! I have mixed emotions about it. I am obviously nervous because this will be the first college final exam I will be taking and I am hoping to do really well on it for a grade booster. English usually comes pretty easy to me so I’m not too worried about doing absolutely terrible. I am mainly very apprehensive about studying for hours on end and then having a mind-blank when it is time to take the test. I am also nervous that i won’t be able to get done with the test on time.
I am glad that I learned the different types of sentences; simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. I already had ideas of what these sentences were, but I never truly understood how to identify them with confidence until this year. I am also happy that I learned about paired construction. I now am able to use paired construction when I need to emphasize thoughts in my writings. I learned a lot while taking composition this semester. I plan to study for at least 30 minutes every night up until the day of the final exam. I will quickly skim through the terms that I am already familiar with and then go over the terms I am not confident on until I know how to pick them apart from one another.
I am actually really excited to be starting Introduction to Literature next semester! When I get myself into a good book, I can’t stop reading it. I think this class will fit me a lot better because I enjoy reading more than I enjoy writing essays. I am looking forward to 50-minute forums because I will be able to hear the ideas of my classmates and learn from them. I will form a greater mind throughout these forums and become more intelligent.
Vanessa Heinrichs pd.3
I feel pretty confident about the final exam. There is some apprehension about some of the first terms just because they were discussed a while ago, but nothing a little studying can not take care of. I am glad that I know and understand the different ways to grammatically classify sentences and how to cite a novel that has one author. I feel that both are important and are a base for much more. I will be studying several different ways, but the most efficient way for me to study is to do flashcards. I will also be using the practice test that we were provided with because it was written by a former student who has already completed the exam and I feel that it is a beneficial study source.
I am kind of on the fence about the shift from composition to literature,in all honesty I am not a very big fan of reading. I enjoy writing much more than I enjoy reading, and that is how it has always been for me. I have no idea why, but that is just how it is. Even though reading is not all that enjoyable for me, I do embrace the reading and always try to do my best with reading and participating in class when there are class discussions. When it comes to forums, I enjoy listening to what others have to say but I do not really like to say much. It does not necessarily mean that I am not confident in myself, I just like to hear what other people think and see what their opinions are in comparison to my own opinion and thoughts. Overall, I am looking forward to the novels that we will be reading and I am very interested to see how the forums go. Like I said, I really enjoy seeing and hearing what others have to say compared to what I think and say.
The final exam at the moment does not cause much anxiety thankfully. My lack of anxiety stems from the plethora of resources that have been provided to me. I genuinely appreciate both the final exam study list and the final exam study guide. I believe those will be the most effective tools for me to study, along with the info I have compiled from all the Term Tuesdays throughout the year.
My only apprehension applies to the length of the test, as 24 pages seem incredibly daunting. But I have been assured that time is not a big concern; some students have previously completed the test in a time period of just 30 minutes. All my other apprehension applies to the Calculus final. My hope is that I will not be in bad spirits after the Calculus final, as this may affect my performance on my Composition final. However, I will make my best effort to not allow my mood to be tainted by Calculus.
One term I have enjoyed stumbling upon in the 101 Final Exam Study Guide is anadiplosis. I am particularly happy to learn this term because I find this literary device quite intriguing. I wish that I myself could be clever enough to create my own anadiplosis, and perhaps someday I will be able to. I feel that this technique is effective in demonstrating a point while at the same time creating a word sequence that is smooth and almost poetic. I also appreciated knowing the literary technique of antimetabole. I was entertained by this device mainly for the reason that I have actually been exposed to many antimetaboles before and never known it! This is also a literary technique that I am very impressed by when I come across it as I feel it would be difficult to construct. Impressive antimetaboles contain a certain artistic value that also places emphasis on a particular message.
My strategy for this exam is to use my resources and also time effectively. This is not something that I have always utilized in the past. But this time I will gladly utilize the 101 Final Exam Study Guide as my main source as well as returning to my own notes regarding Term Tuesdays. Some of my classmates have been kind enough to share their own Term Tuesday presentations with the class so I will also return to these for help.
When asking how confident I am about the final exam, I would say on a scale from one to one hundred, I am an eighty-nine. I am eighty-nine percent confident. Meaning I know eighty-nine percent of the words with full confidence. My apprehension for the final examine is that right when the paper is placed in front of me i forget all of the knowledge that I have gained over the past 4 months. I am glad that I learned what an expletive and a comma splice are. I had been using expletives in my writing before this class, but I was not even realizing that I was using them. I am glad I now know what I am using in my writing. I am also glad to learn what a comma splice is and how to fix it. I used those in my writing and because I now know that comma splices are bad, I correct myself everytime. My plan of study is to create flash cards (which I already have) and study every night and about 20 minutes each day. I also plan on taking the practice test that Bailey made and then studying the ones I get wrong with full force.
I am looking forward to shifting to literary studies. I love to read and I feel like I was not the best writer, but I evolved into a better one over the past months. I am looking forward to our class discussions and seeing what other people think certain objects in the story represent. I will enjoy to hear the discussions my classmates are having and the things they caught in the book that I did not even notice. It will help me get a better understanding of the book and make me a lot more confident to know I was not the only one thinking a certain way while reading a book.
In regards to my feelings towards the final exam, I am comfortable saying that I feel slightly confident but will admit to needing to put in more study time. If I were to set away just a half of an hour a day to study and quiz myself, I believe that I will own the final exam on the 19th. Many of the terms presented during the term tuesday presentations were already pieces of my knowledge in which I had learned previously (parallelism, semicolons in a long list, precise verbs, designating the title of a short work, designating the title of a long novel, etc), but there are certain terms such as dropped quotes, subordinate noun clauses as predicate nouns, quotation marks and indirect quotes, and absolute phrases that I need to review. The two final exam terms that I am glad to have learned and now know would have to be fixing a comma splice (creating two separate sentences using FANBOYS) and the importance of connotation (used to enhance description, meaning, and tone). In order to assist myself and aid my testing I will study by using the provided study guides and also by using other classmates as a quizzing resource.
I am extremely excited to shift from composition to literary studies because I feel that a break from essays will be great! Also, I enjoy reading and I feel that with class discussion it will be an interesting learning experience to hear how other students interpret the stories we read. I believe that I will benefit from the fifty minute forums where you will say very little because I think it will force me to bring about my own ideas to share with the rest of the class. Overall, I can’t wait to take the final exam in which I am positive I will pass, and expand my intelligence into stories and their symbolism.
I am ready for the final exam, I am confident that I will get the grade that I want in order to succeed in this class. It is my goal to succeed with an A overall from this class. I have been studying for about a week now, and have been using flashcards, doing online quizzes. The apprehensions that I do have involve remember each of the terms, and being able to identify them in a sentence. I do believe that I will be able to identify most of them, and am confident in my ability to classify sentences grammatically. I am glad that of all the terms that I know what the word expletive is a term that describes how you do not want to write your sentences. I am happy to know this term so I know how not to write sentences in my essay. I am also glad that I know how to use elliptical construction in a sentence. Before, I never really understood how to use ellipsis in a sentence. I have learned now where they can be used correctly and, why we use them in certain sentences.
I am really excited to start reading Lord of the Flies, and also One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I think that both of these will be very intriguing books, and I will be unable to put them down. I really enjoy reading, I although need utter quiet, and attention on what I am reading otherwise I will not comprehend what I have read. Literature is exciting, and brings up exciting ideas and plots. Although, if the books are not very exciting, I tend to get very bored with what I am reading. I am also excited to also read Shakespeare, Life of Pi also. These books have greatly influenced your life and I hope that they will influence mine.
The final exam to me is going to be difficult. I have to work really hard in order to get good grades! It does not come easy to me like others. I have been studying and will be studying a plethora and not stop until I understand the concepts. I could not be anymore ecstatic with what other students have given us to study and the advice you are giving us. It is nice to know what is going to be on the test and how to study. I like to prepare ahead of time and with all this information I feel like I will be ready. This test is going to be difficult and I am not setting my expectations high. I hope to get a good grade and I will be studying; however, I know when I see the grade I will be okay with it because I know I studied. I plan to study using my term tuesday notes and the study guide Bailey made. The two final exam teams I am happy to know would be a euphemism and chiasmus. I think these two terms are fun to use while writing and they are meant to be placed strategically to make your writing more fun to read and sound more intelligent.
I am excited for the shift into reading. I enjoyed writing but I really do like to read and with the books that we are expected to read I expect to be appealing. I hope these books catch my attention or else I will not enjoy reading and also find it hard to get the pages done. I am sure you would not let us read boring books though. The forums will be interesting and appealing because we get to listen to our friends speak about how they felt about the book and their ideas about it. There are a few people I cannot wait to hear what they have to say because they are really smart and I find what they have to say very interesting. With all of that, I cannot wait for next semester!
I am cautious in regards to the final exam. This is due to the quantity of words that we must learn. There are quite a few terms that I believe we have known for quite some time, such as dependent clauses. There are others that we have not, such as absolute constructions. I am also trying to figure out when I am going to get the time to study, however, this also usually fixes itself as the test draws nearer. Overall, I am not too worried about the final exam. We have worked with these terms in our essays for quite some time, which hopefully means we have a decent amount of experience with these words. The two terms that I am glad to now know are the deliberate fragments and absolute constructions. I find deliberate fragments interesting because we have always been told to not use fragments. Being told that we can deliberately use them is peculiar. I can’t say that I am a master at using deliberate fragments, but I think it is an interesting skill to try and master. I found it astonishing that we were adamantly told to not use deliberate fragments. I am also glad to know about absolute constructions because I feel that they can vastly improve the way we write. Absolute constructions almost force us to use more descriptive wordings that also enhance the essay on their own. It’s also fairly difficult to come up with a good absolute construction, which is also why I find them fascinating. Terms that are easy to implement are not as respectable as those that are not. I plan to study by first studying the terms by just reading through the various terms. When I think I know the terms I will create a document that only has those terms on them. I will then attempt to define the terms or come up with examples for those terms.
I have confidence that I will do well on the semester final. I am scared that I will make a dumb slip-up, or not be as prepared as I thought I would be. Becoming too stressed out to focus is another fear of mine. I am also worried that I will be tired from taking my two other college math exams on the same day. But, knowing about LiFT and CoPY, and absolute phrases will definitely help me, not only on this test, but in the rest of my writing. I plan on studying through written cards, or through online studying cards. I may also create a document made of examples of every single term, which I can label and study, or share with others, in case they’d like to study as well. It is helpful how the numbers line up, and the words are in order. I will do the best of my ability to do as well as possible.
As much as I enjoy writing and taking time to put my own words into projects and essays, I am eager to read new books, and to delve into their meanings and messages. I like being told to sit down and read, especially for a class such as this. From what I have heard from previous students, I am excited to take this next class. I cannot wait to hear insights from others, and see what new ideas can be inspired. The books we are going to read have been on my list for years, but I did not want to read them quite yet, because we might eventually read them in class, so I am excited to finally check them off. I am also interested in how the class discussions will play out. Will there be heated discussions, or simple agreement of similar minds? I cannot wait to see!
Alex Hillestad period 6
I am nervous about the final exam. Not really because I’m not confident that I know the information, but more because it this is a college class. If I do not do well on it, it will be in my college record and I want to continue to earn good grades through college. I have never done super well in english and hope to get an A or B on the final exam. I am a bit nervous about remembering all of the new terms we learned from term Tuesdays. I am very glad that there will not be vocab or essays on the final exam. I am glad I know the terms parallelism and wrong word because they were terms I already knew from past education. I am glad I already knew most of the term Tuesday words because it will make the final exam a bit easier. I plan on studying by reviewing the Term Tuesday material and maybe making myself a study guide or flash cards with sentence examples. I do not think I will study too much or too often because I think if I over study, I will end up getting worried and do worse. I hope that studying during class and studying Thursday and Friday night will be enough.
I was not looking forward to Introduction to Literature until today. I was really scared about forums, not realizing it was a class discussion. Now that I understand it's not a one-on-one discussion, I think it will be fun. I think I will enjoy the book we’ll read in class. I hope that I do not let myself procrastinate and I will make sure to keep up with the reading. Last year, I did not read more than half of the books we were suppose to read.
The end of the semester is approaching at a rapid pace. With this comes semester final exams. It is a stressful time of the year with the holidays, activities, and school. Trying to do a balancing act between these three area can become difficult but there is one test I am gaining confidence on with every passing day. This test is that of Composition. A few weeks ago I was very nervous for the upcoming exam but as it grows nearer my nerves are becoming calm. I am still a little nervous for the exam but with the tools at my disposal, the nerves are being calmed. I am thankful that Mr. C has such an extensive and useful study guide for this test. After a few days of scanning and interacting with this tool, I will be ready for the test and all it has to throw at me.
Two terms I am happy I know are Parallelism and Paired Construction. The two terms are similar in nature but have slightly different meanings. After examination of these two words it will be easier to distinguish them and complete their questions on the final exam.
The shift from Composition to Literature will be a definite change for sure. I am both excited and nervous for this shift. I am excited because I think class will be entertaining and enriching. It will be helpful to be able to read both in and out of class. It will lighten the work load a little bit and make it easier to succeed in this class. I am nervous because I am not only changing studies at the semester, but also class periods. I enjoy the class I am in now and I will be sad to leave but I am also looking forward to learning with other class mates of mine.
When it comes to the topic of forums, I am excited. The forums will be a good way to break up the traditional style of learning. It will be a chance for students to interact on topics, pertaining to the novel, which we want to talk about. The forums will be a good way for students to succeed in the classroom in an enjoyable manner.
With the semester coming to an end, no more essays needing to be written, we reach the precipice. I am semi-confident about the test in this class, English Composition. I have never really been in terms, good at the subject of English, but am sure that if I study hard enough I will be able to ace it. Inversion of the entire sentence is one that I am glad to know now. The reason I mostly enjoy this is because it makes the sentence sound more interesting, and a little like Yoda. Chiasmus is another term I am glad to know now. I have always enjoyed them, but never really knew they were chiasmus. Now to my studying strategy, it is quite simple, look over the study guide and handbook repeatedly. Until my mind is bursting with everything I would need to know for the test. I have always been better at studying from a sheet laid out before me than in a book or on the internet. The ability to move the papers quickly without having to change pages or scroll has always worked to my benefit.
I am looking forward greatly to the shift from composition to literary studies. I have always enjoyed reading books, especially ones I haven’t read yet, The Lord of the Flies is one sed book. Essays and english in general has never been my strong point in school, so going to something I enjoy like reading will be a great change for me. I think I will enjoy the 50-minute Forums; it may be interesting to hear what the class has to say about the books we read. To know how they interpret specific scenes in the story, maybe pointing out something I glanced over. Bring to light something I would have never noticed or thought about.
As of right now, I am confident in myself that I will do well on the final exam. I do not know the contents of the test well enough but I will prepare myself to take this test down. In general, tests tend to get the best of me so one of this size really worries me, especially since it is so much of our grade. In order to prepare for this test, I plan on using the notes I have taken from previous term tuesdays. I plan on separating the terms I know well and the ones I do not know at all or are not confident with my knowledge in them. The way of separating them out shows me how far I have to go in order to know all of the terms. The terms I am unsure of, I plan on going over them and use them in examples so that I can understand how to recognize them. With all of the terms, I want to become so confident in my knowledge that the test will not worry me. Two literary devices I am glad to have learned are procatalypse and homonyms. Procatalepsis would be used in an argument to retort what your opposer says. I feel this literary device is important when writing an argumentative essay. Even though when learning how to spell back in elementary school we were taught the difference between there, they’re, and their, I feel it is still important to go over all of the homonyms. When I am mindlessly writing, I find myself using the wrong version of a homonym by mistake. It is easy, if you are not paying attention, to mistake one. I am looking forward to switching to literary studies. After so long of writing essays, it started to become very boring. I enjoy reading, as it comes easy to me, so I do think that reading multiple books this next semester will be enjoyable. In every English class I have taken, I know most kids do not read the books and I am one of few who read the entire book. I am mainly excited to start something new.
We are nearing the end of the semester and our final looms in the near future. I am a little bit nervous for it, but only because I have never really been one for grammar and it is just a harder topic for me than others that we study in English. There are a handful of grammar terms I am glad I know now, but two that I had no idea whatsoever before hand are anadiplosis and hypophora. I now know what they are because Mr. C discussed them in class on the board today in class. I plan on studying by looking through the study guide that past year’s students have made, as well as using my handbook for any terms that I find I need more information on. I may even try to study with a few friends over the weekend if our schedules will allow us to.
As much as I have enjoyed writing about the multitude of subjects we have been handed, I am extremely excited to get to the literature part. I have always been more of a reader than other kids ever since we started to learn to read. Although sometimes I tend not to like the books we read in class, I am hoping the two we are starting off with will be great! Not all the books I have read in class have been bad, but some I just find boring and hard to relate to during my reading. Breaking down the books can also become tedious rather than just being able to read the book for enjoyment. I am not sure if I will like the forums too much because sometimes I like to be told what to do-- or in this case what to discuss, so we will have to see how that goes. However it will probably be a good thing for me, because we must push our comfort levels in order to gain knowledge.
Danny Eitreim
Period 3
It's truly the most wonderful time of the year, with both Christmas and the Composition final exam quickly approaching. I hope I can be forgiven for being slightly more excited for Christmas. That is not to say, however, that I am dreading the final exam. In fact, I feel fairly confident about it. Although maybe it’s more accurate to say I’m confident in my ability to study for the exam. I wouldn’t be so confident if I were tested tomorrow, but I feel quite certain that I’ll be prepared by the time that the nineteenth rolls around. Of course, there’s always that worry in the back of a student’s mind that on the day of the test they will look at the first question and discover that they’ve forgotten everything--or even worse--studied the wrong things. Fortunately, I won’t have to worry about studying the wrong things for this exam, as the topic of each question has been provided. With this knowledge in hand, studying should be quite straightforward. I will go through the list of exam questions and look up the terms that I am not familiar with. After several rounds of this the previously unknown terms should be firmly cemented in my mind.
Although I think every final exam term has helped my writing (that’s why they’re on the final exam, after all), a couple stand out as being particularly useful. Knowing how to cite in MLA format is surely a skill that I will use for the rest of my life. As far as writing strategies go, I think that learning how to properly utilize the dash has greatly enhanced my writing. A well placed dash can really improve the flow of a sentence--but a misplaced one can ruin it.
I am greatly looking forward to studying literature in English 210. In-depth discussion of classic works is something that I think I will enjoy. Though I consider myself a somewhat avid reader, I very rarely discuss books with other people and certainly not with the depth that we will be during our forums. Overall, I am optimistic about what next semester holds.
I believe the exam will mentally exhaust me, causing stress and anxiety. I am a stupendous test taker, (ACT=33) but yet I feel as if this test in particular will result in late nights studying. In other words, I am not confident as of right now. When the test does roll around I do hope I am well-prepared, for I will study for days on end. My fears coming into the exam will be the application of my knowledge on the exam. I do know I struggle with remembering easy terms on long test, and I hope that my studying will hopefully prepare me well for the test. The method in which I will study has not been determined yet, and I presume I will meet with some friends or studying alone. I do intend on either myself or someone else to create a “Quizlet” with all the terms located on it. I find Quizlet to be the easiest way to study. I do also intend on printing out the Quanbeck Final Exam Example to help ready me for the ideas that will be thrown at me come test time. I will also listen avidly in class, adding to my copy of the final exam study guide and listen to the topics brought up by my peers. I am most indefinitely looking forward towards the next semester. I love to read and my literary knowledge is higher than the average. In middle school I fell in love with books and dominated the AR Points Total come the end of my eighth grade year.(Well over a thousand I believe) I will read any sort of genre, my favorite types of books are historical, and post-apocalyptic.(Such as The Road or Gone With the Wind) I do think that the forums will not be the best for me, for I am a man of few words, but I think I will keep a steady grade with the scripts that we will type.
The final exam is one I am anxious to take for various reasons. First of all it is my first college test so that causes some anxiety, along with the fact that it is called an “exam” and not a “test”. Frankly, the word “exam” is a little more intimidating than “test”. My apprehensions are mainly the unknowns. I am not entirely sure what to expect from the final exam in terms of test layout, question difficulty, and time management. I am nervous/scared that I will not finish the exam in time. I have a tendency of taking tests quickly when I am nervous. I am grateful that I had the chance to learn all terms, and it hard for me to narrow it down to just two. Parenthesis is one I would have to say I am glad I know to a “T” now. I was always unsure of where to put the period, also when to actually use them. Also, I am grateful that I learned euphuism because Mr. C would always write it in my planner from day one and I was always so curious on what it exactly meant. Lastly, I plan to study in various ways. I want to try all study habits if possible, or as many as I can think of. If that does not scream anxiety I do not know what does. I have printed off the study guide to look over in between classes, in my down time, and well any time I really can. I have copy and pasted the study list into my own google doc and will be adding my own study habits to that along with examples of my own to help myself. Lastly, I will be making flash cards because they are more accessible while moving about. I will prepare myself as much as possible for this exam because I truly do want to do well and believe with the help of Mr. C and all the class time he is providing I will conquer this exam and make it my own!
Riley Duncanson
Period 2
As the first semester draws to a conclusion, I believe that I will not run into any difficulties on the final exam. However, I still have a great deal of studying to do. If the exam was tomorrow, I would under perform and significantly drop my grade. This said, I am still confident that after I put in the time to study, I will rock the socks off the final exam. I feel as though my sentence structure identification is the area where I will have to do the least studying. I have always had a solid understanding of the different types of sentences and the parts of a sentence. The area where I feel as though I will need to do the most studying would be in absolute constructions. This is an area where I have seemed to struggle recently. I believe that I can master this if I put in the effort however. One area where I am glad that I made progress in this year was MLA formatting. As I attend college next year, knowing how to format correctly will be a huge advantage for me. Another term that I am glad to have learned was how to properly use a dash. I have always seen them in writing, however I know know how to properly use one myself.
I am looking forward to the switch from composition to literature. I feel as though I will enjoy this class much more as we begin to read and discuss novels. Intelligent discussion over novels has always been one of my favorite aspects of English. Looking for character motivation and greater meaning of actions has always interested me. I believe that the 50 minute forums will benefit me in multiple ways. They will encourage me to speak my beliefs on a subject and I will gain useful insight from many intelligent people.
I am very confident about the final exam. One of my apprehensions is how daunting the final appears to be. There is a vast amount of knowledge required to perform well, but I feel as if I have a good understanding of most of it. Another Apprehension is studying the material. Although it seems overwhelming, there is a technique I plan on using. How I plan on studying is going through the final exam study list and identifying if I recognize and can use the term sufficiently.
Two final exam terms I am glad I know are gerunds and grammatical classification. Even though grammatical classification is more of a topic, I believe it will help me substantially on the final exam. As for gerunds, I have struggled with them in the past but now I fully understand them and that makes me powerful when it comes to understanding grammar.
I am looking forward to making the switch between composition and literary studies. Although composition has improved my writing exponentially, I feel as if my critical reading skills could also improve. I enjoy critical reading because it is very interesting. Finding the truth behind the authors motives is truly moving. Although some authors do not write with the deep symbolic style as others, I feel that the books we will be analyzing have an impressive amount of hidden meaning. I look forward to the forums because I feel they will provoke uncanny responses from all students using their intelligence.
As the semester draws to a near end, I am beginning to study for the semester exam that is to come and am moderately confident about taking it. As long as I do not let procrastination get the better of me, I should not falter when the exam is in front of me. We have learned a great amount this semester and I have enjoyed your unique style of getting information in to our minds. I feel confident for the test because I have always felt that I have a good ability to memorize terms and their meanings. The main concern that I have about the exam is the considerable amount of words to remember and all of the similarities between them. Figuring out the differences between the words will be key to make sure I do not get confused. I am glad that I learned how to use semicolons. Before this class I have truly never used them In my papers, but now I know how to use them correctly. I also am grateful that I have learned how to use modifiers. They are a great way to insert information without making the sentence confusing. Along with just studying traditionally from the study guide, I will be making flashcards to test my self.
I am very excited to begin literary studies, especially know that you have revealed the first two books that we will be reading. I am a lot more interested in reading than I am in writing, so I expect the second semester will be better than the first. I enjoy reading because your view of the story can be completely different from someone elses. I think I will enjoy the forums, but my only worry is to talk in front of the class, which is my weak point. Other than that I think we will have many interesting discussions and I look forward to picking apart literary works the last half of the year.
Huizenga 6
I am fairly confident about this final exam, I consider myself to be very acquisitive when it comes to terms and definitions. I am somewhat nervous however, about some of the newer, more unusual terms such as hypophora and anadiplosis. Some terms that I am glad I now know are elliptical construction and egregious sexist language. I have often typed with elliptical construction finding complete parallelism to be too repetitive, so it is pleasing to finally know the term for my preferred style of writing. I am glad that I know egregious sexist language, because even from a very young age I found that using the masculine term to describe a person of unknown gender to be an unfair representation of said person. I will study by reading the provided study guide and my own term Tuesday notes, as well as researching terms that I do not understand, based on the definitions I have been given, looking for it to be explained in another manner.
I am truly excited to transition over to literary studies. A large part of that is because I do not have the mental capacity for another essay, even if they are a necessary part of life. I find the repetitive motions of an essay every two weeks to be very tedious and am looking forward to a class that requires a little more free motion. The novels you have chosen for us to dissect are novels that I have personally been desiring to read, but have not had the time to read for myself. I am unsure about my feelings towards forums, they sound like they will be a great help in terms of study and comprehension, but they also seem like they could become boring and tedious if it follows a set time/date. The concept of students teaching each other through these forums is a great idea in theory, but this concept has backfired in the past so I am worried about if I will gain enough knowledge for the test.
For the semester test in composition, I am very confident in my study practices. In order to prepare for this exam, I am using all of my resources. I am using the practice test that Bailey Quanbeck so graciously prepared for the composition class last year. Next I am looking at the study guide list and researching the terms that are unfamiliar to me. This is a very advantageous system because I am not only reviewing the unfamiliar terms but, I am also recalling the ones that I do know. Next I will make flashcards and have my family quiz me. I learn best with the repetition of flashcards and always repeating the right answers.
I am very excited for the change of pace and topics with the change to Literature of next semester. Writing essays were fun to compose but, change is always good. I enjoy talking about books with people, therefore, our 50-minute forums will outstanding. I hope that the books that we read and analyse will be enjoyed and easily read. Reading books is a hobby of mine and sometimes I can read for a whole day if the book is good. Reading for a grade is almost a dream come true.
One of the terms I am fortunate to know is how to classify sentences. I have been studying them since the last test, trying to understand them more. I have memorized the chart for the sentences and where a leech belongs and on what sentence. This is actually easy if you do not over think and over complicate the situation.
The second term that I will hopefully crush on the test is, the ability to spot egregious sexist language. This is a simpler term, but I am able to spot it.
I feel fairly confident about the final exam. Throughout the semester, I have learned many terms from my classmates on Term Tuesdays. They have taught me many new terms while also helping me study for the final exam. Like any other test, I always get very apprehensive and nervous. I tend to make silly mistakes. I also tend to not process the whole answer before I come to a conclusion. No matter how much I study, I am afraid I will underestimate myself and tell myself I did not study enough. I am also afraid that I might mix up terms that have similar definitions.
Two final exam terms I am glad I know now are colons and hypophoras. I have always known what a colon was but I never really understood why someone would use it other than for listing things. After learning about them on Term Tuesdays, I will be using colons in my writing often. I have always wrote essays with hypophoras but did not know it. Through Term Tuesdays, I learned that pophoras are when the author answers the questions they pose. They are put in essays or any kind of writings to spice it up. Both colons and hypophoras make writings more interesting. I am glad I know these two final exam terms. I plan to study for the final exam with friends by using the final exam study guide along with the St.Martin’s Handbook. I also plan to study using my notes I took during my classmates Term Tuesdays.
I am really looking forward to shifting from from composition to literary studies. I love reading and digging deep into books but sometimes I struggle with the deeper thinking questions at times. I think I will probably enjoy the 50 minute forums because they will keep me motivated to dig deep into the books and think outside the box.
In regards to the final exam, I feel fairly confident. I feel very confident in the fact that I will know the information; however, my test taking skill is an area of which I strongly lack. With this being said, I think that Bailey Quanbeck’s practice exam will help tremendously. For me,
just reading words off of a study guide or out of a book is very ineffective. I struggle to internalize while studying this way. However, having a practice test to take it very effective as learning comes much easier when I am able to apply it. I also plan on studying by not just reading the definitions and examples but transferring them to paper. I have much more success when I right definitions and examples out. The two terms I am now glad to know are absolute construction--noun, participle, I.C.-- and dangling modifier--modifier out of place.
I'm very excited to start the literature of English. Reading has always been a strong suit of mine compared to writing. However, I have not been an avid reader since middle school so I hope this unit will change that. The forums will be very beneficial for me into different ways. That only will I be able to learn from others knowledge about the novels, I will also be able to pour out my own knowledge. Speaking in class is a fear of mine as I am always afraid of stating or asking something unintelligent or simple. However, with these forums I hope to be able to surpass this fear before I go to college where my grade may and most likely will depend on it. It will also not become as monotonous as sitting and listening to a teacher ramble about a book for fifty minutes. Also, students may analyze in a different way than teachers do.
Tristin Pliska Period 6
I am fairly confident in my ability to take the final exam. I believe I got an A or B on it. My apprehensions for the test would be stumbling on some confusing sentences and forgetting some terms and their definitions. I am glad I know what procatelepsis means and andalipisis.
These are large and unique words, and it is fun to know them. They also each describe smart, creative writing techniques. Procatalepsis meaning to anticipate an opponent's argument before they have stated it and writing against it while recognizing the argument in the essay. Anadiplosis means using the same word that you would end one sentence with to start your very next sentence. Such as in: We decided it was time to begin leaving. Leaving was a good idea. These techniques can help an author create a more interesting essay. In the essay I am also glad I can recognize parts of a sentence making it easier to decipher and correctly answer the question. I studied for the exam by rereading the study guide multiple times, and practicing the terms. After awhile of this I studied with other people, by quizzing each other.
I am looking forward to the next semester of literary studying, I believe I will enjoy studying other people’s works rather than composing my own. I will enjoy listening to my classmates’ ways of comprehending and understanding these works. However, I believe I will struggle with voicing my own opinion. The novels we are looking to read are all mainly books that I have been recommended to read in the past and I have wanted to read myself. I will enjoy looking into the symbolism that will be hidden within these books’ stories, and trying to come up with my own interpretation. I believe this will be a good coming semester.
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