Choose 1:
150-250 words only
1. Write a compare and a contrast paragraph between the novel and the movie.
2. Discuss one symbol in the novel and how it impacted the theme and characters.
3. Discuss the stream of consciousness in the novel- how would the story be different from another character's point of view? Reference the novel.
Monday, May 16, 2016
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Last minute information
Tomorrow:
- Bring a pen and a pencil. Multiple choice must be answered in pencil. The essays must be in pen. I will also have these provided for you.
- pack snacks for the breaks. You will be hungry!
- Wake up with a positive attitude! You can do this!
Last minute terms to look over:
Terms
inductive vs. deductive reasoning
Conceit
trope
euphemism
litotes
expository
consonance
assonance
polysyndeton
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
AP test
Explanations
#21
Indirect objects are nouns or pronouns that identify to whom or for whom the action of the verb is performed, as well as who is receiving the direct object. Indirect objects are seen infrequently. In order to have an indirect object, there is a direct object.
Example: Joe threw the ball.
Joe is the subject-he is the one doing the throwing.v
What did Joe throw? The ball is the direct object because it
receives the action-it is the thing that Joe threw.
Example: Quinn ate cereal for breakfast.
Quinn is the subject-he is the one eating.v
What did Quinn eat? The cereal is the direct object because it
receives the action-it is the thing that Quinn ate.
Number 21 refers to line 26.
#30
Number 30: NOT a syllogism
Joe is the subject-he is the one doing the throwing.v
What did Joe throw? The ball is the direct object because it
receives the action-it is the thing that Joe threw.
Example: Quinn ate cereal for breakfast.
Quinn is the subject-he is the one eating.v
What did Quinn eat? The cereal is the direct object because it
receives the action-it is the thing that Quinn ate.
Number 21 refers to line 26.
#30
Number 30: NOT a syllogism
noun: syllogism; plural noun: syllogisms
an
instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether
validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each
of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or
middle term not present in the conclusion (e.g., all dogs are animals; all animals have four legs; therefore all dogs have four legs ).
paradoxical hyperbole. a contradictory statement that is exaggerated.. mixed metaphors. putting two metaphors together that are inconsistent
Thursday, April 21, 2016
4/22
impinge: to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon):
inchoate: not completely formed or developed yet
What colleges are you looking at??
4/21
Cursory- hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
Cupidity- greed for money or possessions
Differences on realism versus modernism?
Cupidity- greed for money or possessions
Differences on realism versus modernism?
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Wednesday, 4/20
calumny-a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation
contrite- feeling or showing regret for bad behavior
arrogate-to take or claim (something, such as a right or a privilege) in a way that is not fair or legal
aspersion- a sprinkling with water especially in religious ceremonies
Today's instructions:
1. Choose two of the vocabulary words to put into sentence form below.
2. In the American literature book, read the background information on pages 482-483.
3. Read the story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Twain.
4. "Writing about literature" located on the bottom of page 489 asks you to write a brief essay...you do not have to write an essay, but answer the two questions in order to analyze the setting: Why might Twain have selected this setting? How would the story be different if the narrator had met Wheeler in a city? No more than one paragraph each. Complete this in a word document, and turn it in the class bin.
5. We have touched on "realism" and now we are moving on to the modern period and how that affected American literature. View the slide below, and take notes accordingly. You do not need to know individual authors and their works of writing.
http://www.slideshare.net/jhazle/american-literature-introduction-to-the-modern-period
6. Watch this short bio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuQIZ7V9C7U
*Whatever you do not finish is homework
*If you were absent yesterday, check the absent folder. Time yourself on the MC: 25 minutes only.
contrite- feeling or showing regret for bad behavior
arrogate-to take or claim (something, such as a right or a privilege) in a way that is not fair or legal
aspersion- a sprinkling with water especially in religious ceremonies
Today's instructions:
1. Choose two of the vocabulary words to put into sentence form below.
2. In the American literature book, read the background information on pages 482-483.
3. Read the story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Twain.
4. "Writing about literature" located on the bottom of page 489 asks you to write a brief essay...you do not have to write an essay, but answer the two questions in order to analyze the setting: Why might Twain have selected this setting? How would the story be different if the narrator had met Wheeler in a city? No more than one paragraph each. Complete this in a word document, and turn it in the class bin.
5. We have touched on "realism" and now we are moving on to the modern period and how that affected American literature. View the slide below, and take notes accordingly. You do not need to know individual authors and their works of writing.
http://www.slideshare.net/jhazle/american-literature-introduction-to-the-modern-period
6. Watch this short bio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuQIZ7V9C7U
*Whatever you do not finish is homework
*If you were absent yesterday, check the absent folder. Time yourself on the MC: 25 minutes only.
Monday, April 18, 2016
Poe :)
adumbrate- to foreshadow vaguely
alacrity- a quick and cheerful readiness to do something
Why do you think Poe ended his story with the main character being saved? Think of Gothic elements, the time period, and the message that could have been behind the decision.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-literary-realism-movement-a-response-to-romanticism.html
alacrity- a quick and cheerful readiness to do something
Why do you think Poe ended his story with the main character being saved? Think of Gothic elements, the time period, and the message that could have been behind the decision.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-literary-realism-movement-a-response-to-romanticism.html
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Vocab & Terms- happy Friday!
metonym- the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing
Meiosis can be used as a simile for litotes....same thing, different name. What's litotes? See yesterday's journal :)
*using vocabulary from the "Fall of the house of Usher," write a reaction to the story. No more than one paragraph...use at least two words. This must make sense.
*using vocabulary from the "Fall of the house of Usher," write a reaction to the story. No more than one paragraph...use at least two words. This must make sense.
A Dream
Heptameter- an iamb times 7.... in one line
litotes- ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g., you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad ).
A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
In visions of the dark night
I have dreamed of joy departed-
But a waking dream of life and light
Hath left me broken-hearted.
Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?
That holy dream- that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding.
What though that light, thro' storm and night,
So trembled from afar-
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth's day-star?
Analyze:
SOAPS...
Why did Poe write this poem?
litotes- ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g., you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad ).
A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe
In visions of the dark night
I have dreamed of joy departed-
But a waking dream of life and light
Hath left me broken-hearted.
Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?
That holy dream- that holy dream,
While all the world were chiding,
Hath cheered me as a lovely beam
A lonely spirit guiding.
What though that light, thro' storm and night,
So trembled from afar-
What could there be more purely bright
In Truth's day-star?
Analyze:
SOAPS...
Why did Poe write this poem?
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
POEtry (cred: Aaron Stoner)
envoy (envoi)- An envoi or envoy is a short stanza at the end of a poem used either to address an imagined or actual person or to comment on the preceding body of the poem.
https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/terms-envoy
epithet:
http://literarydevices.net/epithet/
Annabel Lee
by Edgar Allan Poe
(published 1849)
(published 1849)
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;--
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
She was a child and I was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love--
I and my Annabel Lee--
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud by night
Chilling my Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me:--
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling
And killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we--
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in Heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:--
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea--
In her tomb by the side of the sea.
How does Poe's word choice affect his purpose??
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Monday, April 11, 2016
4/12
No vocab
Breaking down poem lit terms:
cacophony- sounds that clash when said out loud
euphony is the antynym of cacophony.....examples here:
The following poem was used as a rhetorical writing prompt. Instead of writing to respond to the prompt, analyze (SOAPS, DISS TP, poem strategies) with a group of no more than three people. Respond as a group and include everyone's name.
1991
Read carefully the following poem by Emily Dickinson. Then write an essay in which you describe the
speaker’s attitude toward the woman’s death.
Using references to the text, show how the use of language reveals the
speaker’s attitude.
The last Night that She
lived
It
was a Common Night
Except
the Dying—this to Us
Made
Nature different
5 We
noticed smallest things—
Things
overlooked before
By
this great light upon our Minds
Italicized—as
‘twere
As
We went out and in
10 Between
Her final Room
And
Rooms where Those to be alive
Tomorrow
were, a Blame
That
Others could exist
While
She must finish quite
15 A
Jealousy for Her arose
So
nearly infinite—
We
waited while She passed—
It
was a narrow time—
Too
jostled were Our Souls to speak
20 At
length the notice came.
She
mentioned, and forgot—
Then
lightly as a Reed
Bent
to the Water, struggled scarce—
Consented,
and was dead—
25 And
We—We placed the Hair—
And
drew the Head erect—
And
then an awful leisure was
Belief
to regulate—
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