Wednesday, July 31, 2013

August-September 2013 Junior and Senior Essential Questions

You will be required to answer specific Essential Questions by each due date, which will be announced at a later date.You may utilize the internet to find your answers, but you MUST cite your sources for each question in APA Format.  Please use citefast.com to assist you with the proper format.

Senior Essential Questions
1. What is the difference between literal, figurative, and technical language? How can a reader
distinguish between literal, figurative, and technical language in a text?
2. When are multiple word meanings utilized in a text? How do these multiple meanings help
clarify a text?
3. What is varied word choice? Why is it necessary for an author to vary their word choice?
4. What is a historical non-fiction document? Why is it an important literary work?
5. What are rhetorical features? How are theme and purpose revealed through rhetorical features?
6. What are seminal US texts? Why is it important to evaluate them?
7. What are constitutional principles and legal reasoning? How are they evident in seminal US
texts?
8. What is public advocacy? Why do public advocates publish argumentative written works?


Junior Essential Questions
1. What is theme/central idea? How is theme/central idea developed in a text?
2. What is a complex account? How is it created by multiple themes/central ideas?
3. What is a summary? Why is it necessary for summaries to be objective?
4. What are elements of writing? How are they utilized in a story?
5. Why should author's vary the text structure?
6.  What is aesthetic impact? How is aesthetic impact revealed in a text?
7. What are elements of writing? How are they utilized in a story?
8. What are setting, characters, and plot? How does the author’s development of these literary
elements impact a text? 
9. When are the author’s choices revealed in a text? How does a text reveal the choices the author
has made regarding the story?



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