2019 Final Exam Prompts

English 12B: Here is your final exam prompt for Monday:

In a well-crafted and well-supported essay, teach the reader about the hero concept. Use the things you learned about the hero through the Hero Catch-Phrase Project (especially those ideas captured in your thesis statements), as well our study of archetypes, the four stages of the hero, and the monomyth. Your essay should have the following components:

1. A header that lists the introduction and conclusion techniques you are using, and effective use of those techniques.

2. An interesting title.

3. Few, if any, conventions errors.

4. A strong focus on the hero concept.

CNF: In a well-crafted and well-supported essay, answer the question posed the first day of class: Which is better, intuitive Blink-style thinking, or meticulous Freakonomics-style thinking? Support your answer with evidence from the texts we read, the documentaries we studied, and your own personal experience. 

Monday, May 13

Your Capstone Projects are due Friday. Today in class we did this:

Capstone Project Research Paper They Say I Say Technique Use Evaluation

Go back into your Capstone Project Research Paper and prove that you can use the techniques covered in the book They Say I Say. Highlight at least one passage according to this legend:

-Highlight any place you “enter the conversation” or “start with what others are saying” green.

-Highlight any place you summarize someone else in red.

-Highlight any place you quote someone directly in blue.

-Highlight any place you agree, disagree, or agree and disagree with someone or something in yellow.

-Highlight any place you distinguish what you say or think from someone else in purple.

-Highlight any place you plant a naysayer or a counterclaim in orange.

-Highlight any place you address why your topic matters or address the “so what?” of your topic in magenta.