ENG 1100C- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 65 pages long!)
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ENG 1100C
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
ENGLISH 6/17/17 9:04 PM
Why Read?
• For enjoyment
• To learn or to gain information, to understand a topic
• Credibility
o i.e. for research, “fact checking”
• For guidance
o Like spirituality guidance [reading the bible]
o Faith Based; to understand other faiths
3 Approaches to reading:
1. Experience of reading fiction
• deals with
o our feelings
o how involved we are
o with the characters
o whether we are confused with the language
o happiness or disappointed by its ending
objective: not taking sides
subjective: taking sides
2. Interpretation of fiction
• explain that story to ourselves as we’re reading
• we want to make sure that it makes sense to us
• must understand whether we have stayed objective or subjective
• state and support arguments of what you think that story means
based on what you read
• when you interpret you do four things:
o observe
the details, visuals, how are the characters interacting
o make connections
bringing the details together; asking why? – finding the
purpose for the details
o make inferences
deduce what is going on; guessing what is going to
happen in the end
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o draw conclusions
draw the conclusion about the entire story based on
inferences
3. Evaluation of Fiction
• 2 things we evaluate
o assess story for literary quality
was it written effectively
o take into account the values espouses or refutes
do we agree or disagree based on our own morals, our
own values, our own judgments, our point of view.
cultural background
moral ethical upbringing or lack thereof
what is evil, right or wrong
3 Different Type of Stories
Parables
• Is a short story that teaches a lesson; that is implied
• Often a story that is religious in nature
• Usually serious in nature with a serious tone
Fable
• Is a short story that has a moral at the end
• The moral is explicitly stated
o States the moral; opposed to the parable in which the moral
is implied
• Features animals that have human characteristics
o Usually human frailties and failings
• Usually use a little more satire
Tale
• Relies on what’s happening in the story, rather than placing the
emphasis on a particular character or detail
• Usually a narrative that has a strange or unusual ending
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Document Summary
6/17/17 9:04 pm: to learn or to gain information, to understand a topic, credibility i. e. for research, fact checking , for guidance, like spirituality guidance [reading the bible, faith based; to understand other faiths. The details, visuals, how are the characters interacting: make connections. Finding the purpose for the details: make inferences. Deduce what is going on; guessing what is going to happen in the end: draw conclusions. Draw the conclusion about the entire story based on inferences: evaluation of fiction, 2 things we evaluate, assess story for literary quality. Was it written effectively: take into account the values espouses or refutes. Do we agree or disagree based on our own morals, our own values, our own judgments, our point of view. Parables: is a short story that teaches a lesson; that is implied, often a story that is religious in nature, usually serious in nature with a serious tone.
