Final Exam Study Guide

Eng 102 Study guide

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1.  Short Answer: Write out in detail what makes a good essay? 
2.  On the 28^th, write one essay on Justice from the questions our class wrote out on the blog AND/OR use the quotes from the final exam study guide. Remember you can combine the two into one good essay if you want. Write at least 5-7 pages typed.
3. Include vocabulary words in essay.

Conclusions:

Don’ts

1.     Don’t repeat what you just said

Do’s

Now that you have persuaded us to your way of thinking:

1.  Give us a “left upper cut” (give a wake up call, sound the alarm) (Louder)
2. Make the conclusion more universal   (broader)  (Softer)
3. Make it more personal (Quiet)

Vocabulary Words:

Surly – rude, impolite

Aloof – distant, cold

Narcissism – self preoccupation

Jostle - to knock or bump against somebody, or push or elbow somebody deliberately, sometimes as an expression of aggression or hostility

Peruse – read carefully, examine, scrutinize

Abject - allowing no hope of improvement or relief

Intractable - difficult to deal with or solve

Fidelity - loyalty to an allegiance, promise, or vow

To be faithful- consistently trustworthy and loyal, especially to a person, promise, or duty

Loyal-  always supporting someone, even in difficult times. willing to support, work for, or be a friend to someone, even in difficult times

Muster - to bring together a group of soldiers or the members of a crew, e.g. for inspection, or be brought together in this way

Immolation-   to kill someone by burning them

Repository -  a place where things can be store

Inside baseball- you’re talking about something with great familiarity as if everyone surrounding understands the subject

Capital unleashed- ability to make unlimited amount of money

Hegemony- conspiracy; a confluence of powerful influence that comes together to create the affect of a conspiracy [control society in favor of the more “elite” [rich]]

Social promotion- the practice promoting a child to the next grade level regardless of skill mastery in the belief that it will promote self-esteem.

Ironic/irony- the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Propensity- Statistical tendency

Indigenous-  originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.    

Legacy-  accumulation of the results of history

Sovereignty- supreme power or authority.

Gender (gentrification) - what sex; the way you stereotype or objectify a male or female (i.e. males macho, dominant, testosterone, heartless)

Cynical- believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity

Corroborate- supports a point

Foment- to inspire hatred

Synecdoche - a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

Agile- flexible, quick,

Situate- fix or build (something) in a certain place or position.

Diplomacy - the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.

Veto- a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body

Sanctions bill- a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule:

Censured- to express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement.

Quotes:

"get at it"

"situate"- or build (something) in a certain place or position


"Run roughshod"- cow boy term, even though terrain is rough and uneven you ride quickly through with your horse and buggy

Economist- studies economy

Boogeyman - a person or thing regarded as an object of fear

Dead horse-

Niche- specialty or focus

Spectrum- a position on a scale between two extremes or opposite points

Submerged- drowned

Articulate- to put into words

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