[ENGL 1500] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 23 pages long Study Guide!
29 Mar 2017
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Department
Course
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Waterloo
ENGL 1500
FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
īˇ Workshops
o The workshop dynamic is based on reciprocity
ī§ If îou doî
ļât offer îoî
ĩî
ĩeî
ļts to îour peers, theî îoî
ļât feel îoî
ĩpelled to
do the same for you
o Also îased oî
ļ the priî
ļîiple that îîritiî
ļg is reîisioî
ļî
o Reveal how collaborative writing is or can be
o Behind eîerî îestseller is a teaî
ĩ of îideal readersî, îeditorsî, ageî
ļts, puîliîists,
all of whom contribute to the final product
o Writing can be solitary, yes; but editing and publishing is often a team effort
īˇ How to comment on writing (creative or otherwise)
o Identify a strength + why
o Identify an area that could use some improvement; indicate how this could be
improved
o Identify and insight/inspiration (ex. What did this writing teach you about
life/human nature/ your own writing, moving forward etc.)
īˇ îLess is î
ĩoreî
o Saying the most with the least
o This doesî
ļât î
ĩeaî
ļ that eaîh îord is îsîî
ĩîoliîî. Rather, îords are îhoseî
ļ iî
ļ
deference to supporting the characters, mood, setting, and any other element
that builds the world of the story. Sometimes a rose is just a rose
o Limit adjectives and adverbs, modifiers that describe nouns and verbs,
respectively
ī§ Instead, choose strong, specific nouns and verbs, those which stand on
their own.
īˇ îHe îalked îarefullîî = îHe îrept/tiptoedî
īˇ îHe looked at her suspiîiouslîî = îHe sîrutiî
ļized/eîed herî
īˇ îThe thiîk, sturdî treeî = îThe oak/redîood treeî
īˇ îHis sî
ĩall, oî
ļe-floor houseî = îHis îuî
ļgaloîî
o All words count, even the title
ī§ Popular Mechanics was a magazine designed for men back in the day
īˇ Magaziî
ļe aîout fiîiî
ļg thiî
ļgs îut this dude îaî
ļât fix relationship
īˇ Francine Prose
o An author and essayist
o American
o Known for Reading as a Writer and The Blue Angel (about a creative writing
professor and his student)
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īˇ Can creativity be taught?
o Let your teachers be the books/poems you read
īˇ Line Editing
o Focuses on the language
o As opposed to a copy edit = editing for grammar, syntax
īˇ Close Reading
o Read text as a self-contained, self-referential entity, not determined by the
authorâs îiographî or soîio-political position
o Look into a text for meaning; not outside of it
o A formalist method of reading a text
īˇ Anton Chekhov
o Born in Russia in 1860
o A medical doctor, short story writer, playwright, and essayist
o îThe Ladî îith the Dogî is his î
ĩost faî
ĩous storî
o Died in 1904
o Massively influential on how contemporary literature and the short story
developed
īˇ Chekhov vs. Carver
o Spare, economical language
o îEîerîdaîî, real-life characters
o Observed characters rather than judged them
o Full-realized the potential of the short-story form
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Document Summary
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