tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802669795690759872024-02-08T11:32:39.995-08:00Brittany Cunningham's AP Lit Comp BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-37120622366834133682013-04-25T12:54:00.001-07:002013-04-25T12:54:47.011-07:00Seventh readingI decided to read Richard Cory because it's short, sweet, and to the point. It's by far the easiest poem to analyze because it starts off as a happy, cheerful poem and then you find out how unhappy he is because it is quoted in the poem that he literally shoots himself in the head. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-10921772824947526012013-04-23T23:13:00.001-07:002013-04-23T23:13:16.192-07:00Macbeth active reading notes. Act 2I'm not exactly an expert on Shakespeare but this is what I got from the act. It may not be accurate at all but i tried.. <br />
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-banquo and flea nice talk about how late it is. <br />
-Macbeth runs into banquo late at night and banquo explains how he dreamt about three witches talking about "truths" <br />
-Macbeth imagines a dagger hanging above him and he tries to grab it. As he continues to try for it he notices blood on it and it makes him think about Duncan's death. <br />
-Macbeth confesses to lady Macbeth about the death. <br />
- lady Macbeth gets mad when she realizes Macbeth hasn't left the daggers for the sleeping chamberlains to frame them for Duncan's death. <br />
-Lennox figures out the king is dead and lady Macbeth pretends to be horrified. <br />
- The chamberlains are framed for the murder and Macbeth wants them to be put to death for the crime they didn't commit. <br />
- Ross is walking outside the castle and Mcduff comes and tells him that Macbeth is the new king. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-49537938776466726112013-04-23T22:50:00.001-07:002013-04-23T22:50:22.035-07:00Carrie passages“People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings of flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it.” <br />
-This passage really stood out to me because Carrie kind of opens up and gets emotional. I can just hear a very distraught young girl saying it, I think that's why I couldn't get it out of my mind. <br />
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“They had become a fixed star in the shifting firmament of the high school's relationships, the acknowledged Romeo and Juliet. And she knew with sudden hatefulness that there was one couple like them in every white suburban high school in America.” <br />
-Every school has a premadonna teenage girl that thinks she's better than very one else. <br />
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“She did not know if her gift came from the lord of light or of darkness, and now, finally finding that she didn't care which, she wad overcome with almost indescribable relief, as if a huge weight, long carried, had slipped from her shoulders.” <br />
-When something good happens to us, or something benefitting us, we tend to not question it because whatever seems to be too good to be true usually is. So we ignore it. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-26847033048886124362013-04-23T22:36:00.001-07:002013-04-23T22:36:20.456-07:00AP practice test. Multiple choice questionsE<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Omniscient Point of View</strong>- knowing all
things, usually the third person</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Onomatopoeia</strong>- whose of a word whose
sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Oxymoron</strong>- a
figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to
produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Pacing</strong>- rate
of movement; tempo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Parable</strong>- a story designed to convey some religious
principle, moral lesson, or general truth</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Paradox</strong>- a statement
apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth;
an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Parallelism</strong>- the
principle in sentence structure that states elements of equal function should
have equal form</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Parody</strong>- an imitation of mimicking of a composition or
of the style of a well-known artist</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Pathos</strong>- the ability in literature
to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and/or sadness</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Pedantry</strong>- a
display of learning for its own sake</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Personification</strong>- a figure of
speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract
ideas</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Plot</strong>- a plan or scheme to accomplish a
purpose</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Poignant</strong>- eliciting sorrow or sentiment</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Point of
View</strong>- the attitude unifying any oral or written argument; in description,
the physical point from which the observer views what he is
describing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Postmodernism</strong>- literature characterized by experimentation,
irony, nontraditional forms, multiple meanings, playfulness and a blurred
boundary between real and imaginary</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Prose</strong>- the ordinary form of spoken
and written language; language that doesn't have a regular rhyme
pattern</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Protagonis</strong><u>t</u>- the central character in a work of fiction;
opposes antagonist</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Pun</strong>- play on words; the humorous use of a word
emphasizing different meanings or applications</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Purpose</strong>- the intended
result wished by an author</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Realism</strong>- writing about the ordinary aspects
of life in a straightforward manner to reflect life as it actually
is</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Refrain</strong>- a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a poem or
song; chorus</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Requiem</strong>- any chant, dirge, hymn or musical service for
the dead</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Resolution</strong>- point in a literary work at which the chief
dramatic complication is worked out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Restatement</strong>- idea repeated for
emphasis</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Rhetoric</strong>- use of language, both written and verbal in order
to persuade</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Rhetorical Question</strong>- question suggesting its own answer or
not requiring an answer; used in argument or persuasion</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Rising Action</strong>-
plot build up, caused by conflict and complication, advancement towards climax
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<span class="post-comment-link" style="font-size: xx-small;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-1549571202031848512013-02-25T21:10:00.001-08:002013-02-25T21:10:29.948-08:00Lit Terms 57-81<strong>Genre-</strong> a category or class of artistic endeavor having a particular form, technique or content<br />
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<strong>Gothic Tale- </strong>a style in literature characterized by
gloomy settings, violent grotesque action, and a mood of decay,
degeneration, and decadence<br />
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<strong>Hyperbole- </strong>an exaggeration statement often used as a figure of speech or to prove a point<br />
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<strong>Imagery-</strong> figure of speech or vivid description, conveying images through any of the sense<br />
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<strong>Implication-</strong> a meaning or understanding that is to be arrived at by the reader but that is not fully and explicitly stated by the author<br />
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<strong>Incongruity-</strong> the deliberate joining of opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to each other<br />
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<strong>Inference- </strong>a judgment or conclusion based on evidence
presented; the forming of an opinion which possesses some degree of
probability according to the facts already available <br />
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<strong>Irony-</strong> a contrast or incongruity between what is said
and what is meant , or what is expected to happen and what actually
happens, or what is thought to be happening and what is actually
happening<br />
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<strong>Interior Monologue-</strong> a form of writing which represents
the inner thoughts of a character; the recording of the internal,
emotional experiences of an individual; generally the reader is given
the impression of overhearing the interior monologue<br />
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<strong>Inversion-</strong> words out of order for emphasis<br />
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<strong>Juxtaposition-</strong> the intentional placement of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs to contrast with another near by<br />
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<strong>Lyric-</strong> a poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author's innermost thoughts and feelings<br />
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<strong>Magical Realism-</strong> a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday with the marvelous or magical<br />
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<strong>Metaphor-</strong> an analogy comparing two different things imaginatively; can be extended, controlling, or mixed<br />
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<strong>Metonymy-</strong> literally " name changing" a device of
figurative language in which the name of an attribute or associated
thing is substituted for the usual name of the thing<br />
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<strong>Mode of </strong>Discourse- argument, narration, description, and exposition<br />
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<strong>Modernism</strong>-literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology<br />
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<strong>Monologue</strong>- an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem<br />
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<strong>Mood</strong>- the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece<br />
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<strong>Motif</strong>- a recurring feature in a piece of literature<br />
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<strong>Myth</strong>- a story, often about immortals, and sometimes
connected with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the
mysteries of the world<br />
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<strong>Narrative</strong>- a story or description of events<br />
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<strong>Narrator-</strong> one who narrates or tells a story<br />
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<strong>Naturalism-</strong> extreme form of realism<br />
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<strong>Novelette/Novella- </strong>short story; short prose narrative, often satirical<br />
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<strong>Omniscient Point of View- </strong>knowing all things, usually the third person
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<strong>Dialect</strong>- the language of a particular district, class
or group of persons; the sounds, grammar, and diction employed by people
distinguished from others<br />
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<strong>Dialectics-</strong> formal debates usually over the nature of truth<br />
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<strong>Dichotomy- s</strong>plit or break between two opposing things<br />
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<strong>Diction-</strong> the style of speaking or writing as reflected in the choice and use of words<br />
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<strong>Didactic-</strong> having to do with the transmission of information; education<br />
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<strong>Dogmatic-</strong> rigid in beliefs and principles<br />
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<strong>Elegy-</strong> a mournful, melancholy poem, especially a
funeral song or lament for the dead, sometimes contains general
reflections on death, often with a rural or pastoral setting<br />
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<strong>Epic-</strong> a long narrative poem unified by a hero who
reflects the customs, morals, and aspirations of his nation of race as
he makes his way through legendary and historic exploits, usually over a
long period of time<br />
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<strong>Epigram-</strong> witty aphorism<br />
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<strong>Epitaph-</strong> any brief inscription in prose or verse on a
tombstone; a short formal poem of commemoration often a credo written by
the person who wishes it to be on his tombstone<br />
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<strong>Epithet-</strong> a short, descriptive name or phrase that may insult someone's character, characteristics<br />
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<strong>Euphemism-</strong> the use of an indirect, mild, or vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, offense or blunt <br />
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<strong>Evocative-</strong> a calling forth of memories and sensations; the suggestion or production through artistry and imagination of a sense of reality<br />
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<strong>Exposition-</strong> beginning of a story that sets forth facts, ideas, and characteristics in a detailed explanation<br />
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<strong>Expressionism-</strong> movement in art, literature, and music consisting of unrealistic representation of an inner idea or feelings<br />
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<strong>Fable-</strong> a short simple story, usually with animals as characters, designed to teach a moral truth<br />
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<strong>Fallacy-</strong> from Latin word "to deceive", a false or
misleading notion, belief or argument; any kind of erroneous reasoning
that makes arguments unsound<br />
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<strong>Falling Action</strong>- part of the narrative or drama after the climax<br />
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<strong>Farce- </strong>a boisterous comedy involving ludicrous action and dialogue<br />
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<strong>Figurative Language- </strong>apt and imaginative language characterized by figures of speech<br />
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<strong>Flashback</strong>- a narrative device that flashes back to prior events<br />
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<strong>Foil-</strong> a person or thing that, by contrast, makes another seem better or more prominent<br />
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<strong>Folk Tale</strong>- a story passed on by word of mouth<br />
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<strong>Foreshadowing-</strong> in fiction and drama, a device to
prepare the reader for the outcome of the action; "planning" to make the
outcome convincing, though not to give away<br />
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<strong>Free Verse-</strong> verse without conventional metrical pattern, with irregular pattern or no rhymAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-44513756749444291912013-02-25T21:08:00.002-08:002013-02-25T21:08:50.059-08:00Lit Terms 6-30 <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<strong>Analogy- </strong>a comparison made between two things to show the similarities between them<br />
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<strong>Analysis</strong>- a method in which a work or idea is separated into its parts, and those parts given rigorous and detailed scrutiny<br />
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<strong>Anaphora</strong>- a device or repetition in which a word or
words are repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, phrases,
clauses, or sentences<br />
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<strong>Anecdote</strong>- a very short story used to illustrate a point<br />
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<strong>Antagonist</strong>- a person or force opposing the protagonist in a drama or narrative<br />
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<strong>Antithesis-</strong> a balancing of one term against another for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness<br />
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<strong>Aphorism-</strong> a terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life<br />
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<strong>Apologia-</strong> a defense or justification of some doctrine, piece of writing, cause, or action; also apology<br />
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<strong>Apostrophe-</strong> a figure of speech in which an absent or
dead person, an abstract quality, or something inanimate or nonhuman is
addressed directly<br />
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<strong>Argument-</strong>the process of convincing a reader by proving
either the truth or falsity of an idea in proposition; also, the thesis
or proposition itself<br />
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<strong>Assumption</strong>- the act of supposing, or taking for granted that a thing is true<br />
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<strong>Audience-</strong> the intended listener or listeners<br />
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<strong>Characterization-</strong> the means by which a writer reveals a character's personality<br />
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<strong>Chiasmus-</strong> a reversal in the order of words so that the second half of a statement balances the first half in inverted word order<br />
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<strong>Circumlocution-</strong> a roundabout or evasive speech or writing, in which many words are used but a few would have served<br />
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<strong>Classicism-</strong> art, literature, and music reflecting the principles of Ancient Greece and Rome (tradition, clarity, reason, balance and order)<br />
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<strong>Cliché</strong>- a phrase or situation overused within society<br />
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<strong>Climax-</strong> the decisive point in a narrative or drama; the
point of greatest intensity or interest at which plot question is
answered or resolved<br />
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<strong>Colloquialism-</strong> folksy speech, slang words or phrases usually used in informal conversation<br />
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<strong>Comedy-</strong> originally a nondramatic literary place of work
that was marked by a happy ending; now a term to describe a ludicrous,
farcical, or amusing event designed to provide enjoyment or produce
smiles and laughter<br />
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<strong>Conflict</strong>- struggle or problem in a story causing tension<br />
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<strong>Connotation-</strong> implicit meaning, going beyond dictionary definition<br />
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<strong>Contrast-</strong> a rhetorical device by which one element is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis or clarity<br />
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<strong>Denotation-</strong> plain dictionary definition<br />
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<strong>Denouement-</strong> loose ends tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion
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<strong>Allegory</strong>-a tale in prose or verse in which characters,
actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities; a
story that uses symbols to make a point<br />
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<strong>Alliteration</strong>- the repetition of similar initial sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words<br />
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<strong>Allusion-</strong> a reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize<br />
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<strong>Ambiguity</strong>- something uncertain as to interpretation<br />
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<strong>Anachroism- </strong>something that shows up in the wrong place or wrong timeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-12234831857684453472013-01-16T06:40:00.001-08:002013-01-16T06:40:41.921-08:00Spring Semester Plan 1English goals: obviously to pass the AP test with at least a 3. I'm going to step up my game and do exceedingly better than last semester. <br />
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Eventual life goals: I'm going to be in the process of opening my first restaurant in exactly ten years. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-79463970741116837772013-01-11T09:07:00.001-08:002013-01-11T09:07:01.997-08:00AP Prep Post #1<br />
1. If you were the river, would you be enlightenment or would you know enlightenment? In other words, what’s up with the river? What is it’s relation to enlightenment?<br />
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2. What does enlightenment look like in Siddhartha? Is it a feeling? An attitude?<br />
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3. What purpose does self-denial serve in Siddhartha? What about self-indulgence? <br />
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4. What is it meant by knowledge and why can it be communicated while wisdom can not?<br />
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5. Is it good that Siddhartha fails to help his son?<br />
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Questions: From http://www.shmoop.com/siddhartha/questions.htmlhttp://faculty.salisbury.edu/~jdhatley/101sidd.htmAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-69917729882403948762012-12-05T20:11:00.000-08:002012-12-10T20:11:43.386-08:00Literary analysis #5<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">By Nathaniel Hawthorne<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This novel is about a woman named Hester Prynne who is accused of committing adultery and having a child with a man who was not her husband. She is sentenced to wear a scarlet letter for the rest of her life and is asked to reveal the father but she refuses. Hester’s husband who was believed to be dead is actually alive and plans to seek revenge on the man (the town minister: Arthur Dimmesdale) who had the affair with Hester. The rest of the novel is filled with revenge and guilt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The main theme I saw in this novel was that of the identity that society seems to assign to each character, whether they like it or not. An obvious example is with Hester Prynne who is forced to wear the scarlet letter, or move to a different town and forget about the letter. Hester refuses to leave town and to some this may seem odd because she could live a normal life, but to her it makes perfect sense. Leaving town would give the notion that society had won, instead she keeps the letter and wears it as a reminder of who she is and how her past actions/sins have made her who she is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">During the time this novel was written, Puritans were renowned for their morality and religious intolerance. In the Scarlett Letter, Hawthorne through his tone shows his views on Puritan society in a disapproving way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“being of the most intolerant brood” page 86<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“the blackest shade of Puritanism” page 211<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Meagre, indeed, and cold was the sympathy” page 47<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or your sense of the tone.<br />-Personification- “The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment” page 173<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Rhetorical question- “Is there not law for it?” page 45<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Metaphor- “poor little Pearl was a demon offspring” page 88<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Oxymoron- “die daily a living death” page 153<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Anaphora- “Live, therefore, and bear about thy doom with thee, in the eyes of men and women-in the eyes of him whom thou didst call thy husband-in the eyes of yonder child!” page 65<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Simile- “The door of the jail being flung open from within there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into sunshine, the grim and gristly presence of the town-beadle, with a sword by his side, and his staff of office in his hand.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Allusion- “Divine Maternity” refers to the Virgin Mary and is used to describe Hester Prynne<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Flashback- This entire story is basically a flashback. The narrator stumbles upon a manuscript describing the events that unfolded and he reads these descriptions to us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Situational irony- Chillingsworth is Hester’s old husband in disguise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Symbols- Hawthorne uses many symbols in this novel including the scarlet letter (shame and identity for Hester) and Pearl (Hester’s living scarlet letter).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />CHARACTERIZATION<br />1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization. Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Direct characterization: “<span lang="EN">But Hester Prynne, with a mind of native courage and activity…” and “beautiful from regularity of feature and richness of complexion” Direct characterization seemed to give away the tiny details that were almost irrelevant, but still important enough as to help progress the story and paint a more vivid picture of each character. They were more used as descriptions of appearances whereas indirect characterization gave insight to the personalities of each character. Some examples include Hester choosing to keep the scarlet letter on as opposed to leaving town and starting a new life, and also Chillingworth’s decision to go undercover and seek revenge on the man who had an affair with his wife.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character? How? Example(s)?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The diction and syntax change with the different personalities that are presented in this novel. Pearl who is younger and more contemplative asks a lot of questions but has a far less advanced vocabulary. Dimmesdale is a minister and his diction and syntax have a religious tint to them. A lot of his emotions are actually expressed through his sermons, and his guilt is prevalent in his speech and outer appearance (which we see degrade as the novel progresses).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic? Flat or round? Explain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hester Prynne is a dynamic and a round character. Because of her punishment, she is alienated and becomes a contemplative thinker. She has lots of time to speculate about moral questions and human nature. This matures her character and makes her more motherly and independent. She is a round character because of the wide array of emotions and characteristics she displays such as anger, love, compassion, caring, and hatred.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I feel like Hester Prynne was just another character that I read because her choice to defy society is so different from what people nowadays would do. It makes her an admirable character, but hard to view as a realistic one. In today’s time, people would rather go with the flow of things than stand out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-88611632137300702672012-11-29T20:04:00.000-08:002012-12-10T20:04:58.044-08:00"Thinking outside the box"<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1) Think about the place you have chosen as your hell. Does it look ordinary and bourgeois, like Sartre's drawing room, or is it equipped with literal instruments of torture like Dante's Inferno? Can the mind be in hell in a beautiful place? Is there a way to find peace in a hellish physical environment? Enter Sartre's space <a href="http://akuhlmanrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/11/thinking-outside-box.html?showComment=1354254160205#" id="_GPLITA_1" in_rurl="http://i.trkjmp.com/click?v=VVM6MjgxMTc6NDptb3JlOjgxNTA5ZDk5ZmZjMDJiMDkzZmRiYjhjZjM2ZmYwYWU5OnotMTI1MC04NjczNjpha3VobG1hbnJoc2VuZ2xpdGNvbXAuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tOjIxMzYwOmNjZDE3MzI1MjI3OWFkYjg2YWMwMmY2MzhmNzI0NDBk" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Click to Continue > by Vid-Saver">more</a> fully and imagine how it would feel to live there endlessly, night and day:<br />When I think of hell I think of a place where everyone worst nightmares come to life. It's where you are sent for sinning, doing something just unthinkable. I would imagine it to be dark, cold and dirty, no real warmth just enough to keep you alive to suffer a eternal life of misery. There is no exit only an entrance. It's a place where monstrosities roam to torture and bring pain to your soul. The mind can be in hell anywhere, even in the most beautiful places. For example it could be your home is your natural hell, has its on beauty. You are trapped by your limits, of what you can and cannot do.<br />2) Could hell be described as too much of anything without a break? Are variety, moderation and balance instruments we use to keep us from boiling in any inferno of excess,' whether it be cheesecake or ravenous sex?<br />A way of restating what is question may be asking would be to say is too much of a good thing a bad thing for you. You can experience this through eating you favor meal everyday for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. After a while it gets old and may start hurting your health if it is a meal like fast food, all the time. You are able to over come this by being more diverse in your quantities at which you decide to eat fast food. You would have to take breaks and eat whole hearty food that is good for your body.<br />3) How does Sartre create a sense of place through dialogue? Can you imagine what it feels like to stay awake all the time with the lights on with no hope of leaving a specific place? How does GARCIN react to this hell? How could you twist your daily activities around so that everyday habits become hell? Is there a pattern of circumstances that reinforces the experience of hell?<br />Sartre creates a send of space by having Garcin ask numerous questions about objects in the room which are then elaborated on by Valet. They are mainly observations but these direct characterizations indirectly characterize the room. Without sleep you would go insane, you would be able to determine what reality was or is anymore. The world that you would live would be your absolute hell of bore-dumb. Even in our normal day lives we experience our own kind of hell that repeats over and over again until we can not take it anymore and give up and stray form our paths.<br />4) Compare how Plato and Sartre describe the limitations of our thinking and imply solutions to the problem. Be sure to analyze their literary techniques, especially their use of allegory and extended metaphor.<br />Sartre proposes a freedom from this, a inescapable room, through self reflection. While on the other hand Plato say we just have to want to believe, we have to want to know what is and what can be.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-18736853576464537622012-11-26T20:07:00.000-08:002012-12-10T20:07:52.449-08:00Literary analysis #4<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Christmas Carol</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">by: Charles Dickens </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A mean-spirited, miserly old man named Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his counting-house on a frigid Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/christmascarol/summary.html#" style="text-decoration: none;">spend money</a> on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge's nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two portly gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry "Bah! Humbug!" in response to his nephew's "Merry Christmas!" Scrooge receives a chilling visitation from the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley. Marley, looking haggard and pallid, relates his unfortunate story. As punishment for his greedy and self-serving life his spirit has been condemned to wander the Earth weighted down with heavy chains. Marley informs Scrooge that three spirits will visit him during each of the next three nights. After the wraith disappears, Scrooge collapses into a deep sleep. He wakes moments before the arrival of the Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. After pleading with the ghost, Scrooge finds himself in a churchyard, the spirit pointing to a grave. Scrooge looks at the headstone and is shocked to read his own name. He desperately implores the spirit to alter his fate, promising to renounce his insensitive, avaricious ways and to honor Christmas with all his heart. Whoosh! He suddenly finds himself safely tucked in his bed. Overwhelmed with joy by the chance to redeem himself and grateful that he has been returned to Christmas Day, Scrooge rushes out onto the street hoping to share his new-found Christmas spirit. He sends a giant Christmas turkey to the Cratchit house and attends Fred's party, to the stifled surprise of the other guests. As the years go by, he holds true to his promise and honors Christmas with all his heart: he treats Tiny Tim as if he were his own child, provides lavish gifts for the poor, and treats his fellow human beings with kindness, generosity, and warmth.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Redemption: The greatest pleasure in A Christmas Carol is watching Scrooge's transformation from money-pinching grouch to generous gentleman. His redemption, a major motif in Christian art, is made possible through free will. While Scrooge is shown visions of the future, he states that they are only visions of things that "May" be, not what "Will" be. He has the power to change the future with his present actions, and Dickens tries to impart this sense of free will to the reader; if Scrooge can change, then so can anyone. novel. Avoid cliches.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).<br /><br />The tone changes depending on the spirit. The tone with the ghost of Christmas past is sorrowful and reminiscent. The ghost of Christmas present's tone is jolly and happy. The ghost of Christmas yet to be is ominous. And the tone at the end is happy, light and repentant. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or your sense of the tone. For each, please include textual support to help illustrate the point for your readers. (Please include edition and page numbers for easy reference.)<br /><br />Charles Dickens use symbolism in A Christmas Carol. An example may be the bells that Marley wears or the chains and register around Marley's waist.Foreshadowing: and example may be, " Mister Marley has been dead these seven years. He died seven years ago this very night." or " Yes, I'll not deny he's the hardest working apprentice to ever balance a book or close an account...".<br />Allegory: an example is the two children under the Ghost Of Christmas Present's robe.<br />Conflict: an example of this may be that if Ebenezer Scrooge doesn't change he will dye in the way the last ghost showed him, all alone.<br />Mood: the mood of this story makes you want to forgive Ebenezer Scrooge for his wrong doings and help him live the rest of his life full of warmth and joy.<br />Point of view: The point of view we as the reader is given show us how mean Ebenezer is, why he is this way, and final what will happen to him if he doesn't change.<br />Setting: the setting put the story in a more simpler time, were you did what you did to get by, so that you could feed your family.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tone: The tone changes depending on the spirit. The tone with the ghost of Christmas past is sorrowful and reminiscent. The ghost of Christmas present's tone is jolly and happy. The ghost of Christmas yet to be is ominous. And the tone at the end is happy, light and repentant. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CHARACTERIZATION<br />1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization. Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?<br />2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character? How? Example(s)?<br />3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic? Flat or round? Explain.<br />4. After reading the book did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a character? Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction.</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-70785532243956548512012-11-12T20:10:00.000-08:002012-12-10T20:11:10.982-08:00Literary analysis #3<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read.<br />The plot of the book has to do with Edna finding out who she is by "awakening". She learns how to express herself and her freedoms. She meets a young man, Robert, who helps her to love things again that she lost love for when she got married. Falling in love with this young man leads her to leave her family and become independent. Later she realizes she's done wrong and is still not happy so she goes to the place where she had first awakened herself and gives herself to the sea.<br /><br />2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.<br />I feel the theme of the novel is to not be afraid to live and love life. Edna wasn't able to do this at first so when she discovered this concept it was too late and she had already started her life with things she wasn't absolutely happy with.<br /><br />3. Describe the author's tone. Include three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).<br />The author's tone started off as depressing for Edna and later turned into a more loving tone when she meets Robert. He set a tone that showed happiness around Robert and a bit of guiltiness and a gloomy tone around her husband. For example one day she spent it all with Robert and she said it was one of the best days of her life, but when she returned home to her husband she barely spoke.<br /><br />4. Describe five literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthen your understanding of the theme and/or your sense of the tone. Include three excerpts (for each element) that will help your reader understand each one.<br />One literary element in the novel is flashbacks. Edna experiences flashbacks of being on vacation where she met Robert and was at her happiest point in life. This is significant because it didn't include her husband just her independent self. Also the setting because it was at a period of time where women obeyed men and had no opinions or self expression. This leads to her not being able to be herself. Another element is symbolism. A symbol that seemed important was caged birds in the novel. This symbolized Edna being trapped and inescapable of her life to be free and happy. Also the dialogue used helped to show the theme. When she was around Robert, who made her happy, she was joyful and talkative, but around her husband she was aloof and barely spoke. Finally the actions of the characters lead to the plot and theme. For example when Edna would hangout with Robert long enough she'd try courageous things like learning to swim. When she was with her husband she was boring and would try to get away from him like going back to the house or would stay outside.</span><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-4443850686108750552012-11-08T10:50:00.001-08:002012-11-15T20:34:58.525-08:00Big questionWhy is the struggle for education one of the biggest issues we face today? Shouldn't it be something we never have to worry About? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-10700757685303593452012-11-08T10:35:00.001-08:002012-12-10T12:01:26.249-08:00Fall vocab #11Affinity- relationship by <br />
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Bilious- of or indicative of a peevish ill nature disposition<br />
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Cognate- of the same nature<br />
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Corollary- A proposition inferred Immediately from a proved proposition with little or no additional proof <br />
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Cul-de-sac - a pouch<br />
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Derring-do- a daring action<br />
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Divination- The art or practice that seeks to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge due to the interpretation of omens <br />
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Elixir- A substance capable of prolonging life indefinitely <br />
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Folderol- a useless accessory <br />
Materialistic ways <br />
Gamut- an entire range or series<br />
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Hoi polloi- the General populace<br />
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Ineffable- incapable of being expressed in words <br />
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Lucubration- to study by night <br />
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Mnemonic- intended to assist memory<br />
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Obloquy- abusive language<br />
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Parameter- an independent variable used to express the coordinates of variable point and functions of them<br />
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Pundit- a learned man <br />
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Risible- provoking laughter<br />
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Symptomatic- having the characteristics of a certain disease but arising of a different cause <br />
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Volte-face- a reversal in policyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-33039516766472566962012-11-08T10:31:00.001-08:002012-11-08T10:31:19.755-08:00SonnetMen call you fair, and you do credit it,<br />
For that yourself you daily such do see:<br />
But the true fair, that is the gentle wit<br />
And virtuous mind, is much more praised of me.<br />
For all the rest, however fair it be,<br />
Shall turn to naught and lose that glorious hue:<br />
But only that is permanent and free<br />
From frail corruption that doth flesh ensue,<br />
That is true beauty; that doth argue you<br />
To be divine and born of heavenly seed;<br />
Derived from that fair spirit, from whom all true<br />
And perfect beauty did at first proceed:<br />
He only fair, and what he fair hath made:<br />
All other fair, like flowers, untimely fade.<br />
-Edmund Spencer<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-54828199102110529182012-11-02T10:21:00.001-07:002012-11-15T20:39:54.682-08:00Hamlet questions and factsQuestions: <br />
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1. Why does Shakespeare choose to kill everyone except horatio? <br />
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2. Could horatio be biased when retelling the story? <br />
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3. What events could he change? <br />
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4. What's horatio's role in the play? <br />
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5. Why does Shakespeare draw out hamlets death? <br />
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Major facts: <br />
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1. Everyone except horatio die <br />
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2. The thrown is now peaceful <br />
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3. While trying to get revenge, hamlet turns out to be as bad as everyone he killed Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580266979569075987.post-38364074112681610052012-10-29T20:33:00.001-07:002012-10-29T20:33:06.356-07:00Literary analysis #2Grapes of Wrath<br />
By: John Steinbeck <br />
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General<br />
1. The story took place during the Great Depression, about mid 1930s. The main characters were a family that was traveling from Oklahoma to California because they wanted a better life. The whole book is really about their adventurous road trip and the many conflicts they encountered. <br />
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2. The main theme i found while reading this novel was to treat people the way you want to be treated. The joad family was treated very poorly while on their trip and for no reason really. Innocent people have to suffer because of the lack of judgment. <br />
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3. The author uses a lot of dialogue and indirect characterization which made me feel really bad for the characters. The author really wanted to grasp the severity of the situation and I say he nailed it. I learned a lot about the Great Depression but I've never felt so into it like you feel reading about a family in the middle of it. <br />
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Characterization<br />
1. The author doesn't really use direct characterization. He uses indirect because the entire story is based around something much bigger than a characters appearance. When he explains Tom joads experience in life after getting out of jail for four year, he tells you how scared and frightened he is without using dialogue. <br />
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2. The story definitely changes as Steinbeck changes his diction and syntax. He just changes character points of view throughout the story. <br />
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3. The main character , Tom joad , is a dynamic character because in the beginning he didn't have any goals or or dreams to do anything. He just got out of jail and was just worried about what he was going to do the next day yet as the story goes on he learns what is like to be on his own and creates his dream life in his thoughts and hopes to achieve it in California. <br />
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4. I can honestly say I feel like I've met someone like a joad family member. I know people that are in the slums and have to worry about what there doing the next day and it breaks my heart but that's life and everyone has their problems. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438638836860150865noreply@blogger.com0