Freshmen English First Semester Final Exam Guide 2012-2013

Hello there. This is what you need to know about your final: The least important part of the exam is vocab exam that covers the first seven chapters of our book. The next most important part of the exam is the objective exam based on the writing techniques we have covered this sememster. This is all in your notes, and includes but is not limited to the following areas of study - lead and conclusion techniques, the 10% Solution, the Seven-Step Essay Process, different rhetorical devices, and free verese, haiku, and "Way" poems. Finally, you will be assigned an essay prompt that looks like what is below. The only change between what is on the blog and what you will be given is that in the blank space I will assign you one of the three modes of essay we have studied thus far (narrative, compare and contrast, or example/illustrative/descriptive).

Essay Exam: 100 points. Write a ________________ essay. Your essay must adhere to the conventions and parameters of this genre. You must have a header that indicates what genre of essay you are writing, which lead and which conclusion technique you are using, and you must have an interesting title at the top. Missing any of these elements will drop your grade by a full letter grade (10% each). The rest of the grade will be determined by how well you write in the assigned mode. Please double space and write as neatly as possible.