Class Notes
February 6, 2013
*Study for Parts of Speech Quiz
*Going forward use track changes when revising your essay
instead of highlighting
Concision:
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Repetition- sentences, words
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Information the reader already knows
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Quotations- many of the same, try incorporating
them into sentences, cut down to only necessary information
o
Janie was disloyal to her husband because he
“made her wrap her hair” (12).
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Filter Words- Janie was able to leave her house
after this conversation. Janie left her house…
o
There are many ways to interpret the language
that Tannen uses. –This days nothing
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Change to: When Tannen says “marked she might be
referring to social markings or individual marks
Sense and Sensibility (Chapters 1-3)
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Monthly allowance/yearly worth- multiply what
your worth is by .05
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Family Tree
Old Mr. Dashwood
(Norland) (Old and dies)
--
--
Mrs. Dashwood ---------Mr. Henry
Dashwood ---- Old Wife (deceased)
(Nephew/Dead)
Marianne, Margaret, Elinor John
Dashwood---- Fanny
(Unwelcomed guests) Norland Son
(Harry)
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Old Mr. Dashwood leaves the estate to John
Dashwood and his wife and only gives the three daughters 1000 pounds each
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Fanny has two brothers: Edward Ferrars and a
younger brother
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Fanny tries to convince John Dashwood not to pay
the three sisters- goes all the way to having the sisters pay them instead of
John taking care of the sisters
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First three chapters set up how ridiculous it
can get with the will
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Austen- setting up complex problems to show how
greedy and rich the people can get- she wants the reader to confuse the names
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