Write 5 images:
Ex. Beating of the watch is compared to the ''stroke of a blacksmith's hammer upon an anvil.''
Ex. Sand is compared to ''diamonds, rubies, emeralds.''
Death is compared to a dignitary.
The sound ''hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife''. (s)
The pains the character felt were like ''streams of pulsating fire heating him to an intolerable temperature".
The movement of the rope in the water was like the one of a ''water snake''.
The water made a noise in the main character's ear that was like ''the voice of Niagara''. (s)
The ''dancing driftwood'' caught his eye. (m)
He found himself whirling around- spinning like a top. (s)
Define 10 words:
Ex. Dodge: The strive from something coming at you.
Ex. Dictum: A reccurent fact about something.
Rustic: A raw and not refined appearance.
Fetching: to go get something.
Driftwood: pieces of wood that float in the water.
Marksmen: people in the army who specialize at shooting at precise targets.
Slope: a piece of ground that slowly goes downward.
Anvil: a piece of metal that acts as a working surface when a blacksmith hits another piece of metal to shape it.
Muzzle: the tip of a cannon.
Thrust: to force something into something else.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Sentence Patterns
Background
IC = Independent clause = subject + v + direct object = complete idea
Ex: CSL has 3200 students.
DC =Dependent clause = subject + verb = incomplete idea
M = Modifier
Ex: CSL has 3200 talented students.
PP = Prepositional phrase ( no verb)
Ex: CSL has 3200 talented students in many programs
DO = Direct object
IO = Indirect object
SC = Subordinating conjunction = because, while, after, until
CC = Coordinating conjunction
Ex:
For,
and,
nor,
but,
or,
yet,
so
RP = Relative pronoun
Ex: CSL has 3200 talented students, which are very interesting.
CA = Coordinating adverb = hence, therefore, thus, moreover, nevertheless, likewise, consequently, accordingly, furthermore.
SP # 1. IC; IC
Ex:
-Hard work is only one side of the equation; talent is the other.
-Some people dream of being something; others stay awake and are.
-Hiding a body might be easy for some; keeping it secret is a whole different thing.
-Loving someone is one thing; trusting this person is an other.
-Ceasar, try on this toga; it seems to be your size.
1A. IC; CA, IC.
Ex:
-The narrator in the story, ''The Tell-Tale Heart'', claimed he was sane; however, he was really nuts.
-F. Stockton had one leg shorter than the other; therefore, he took up writing compensate.
-The narrator thought the old man's eye was mean; nevertheless, it was all in his head.
1B. IC; IC, CC IC
Ex:
-Poe was a great writer; he influenced many others, and he was immensely admired.
-The princess was semi-barbaric; she was manipulated and cunning, but she could not have her way.
SP # 2. IC: IC (General statement to specific statement)
Ex:
-Darwin's Origin of Species states a harsh truth: only the fittest survive.
-The empty coffin in the crypt had a single horrifying meaning: Dracula had awoken to search for fresh blood.
-Payton's faith was decided: he was about to be hanged.
-The story was quite ironic: Ambrose Bierce, a Northern soldier, took a Southern view.
SP # 3. Using a series without a conjunction: A, B, C for emphasis (A, B and C) (A and B and C)
Ex:
-With passion, determination, purpose, Lincoln fought slavery.
-Being a family man, being rich, being happy, he still gave up his life.
-Peyton closed his eyes, thought of his wife, felt pain.
SP # 4. An introductory series of appositives using a dash- and summarizing subject (These, those, each, all, such, someone)
Ex:
-''The Tell-Tale Heart,'' ''The Nightingale,'' ''Hills Like White Elephants'' - each of these has some form of internal or psychological conflict.
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IC = Independent clause = subject + v + direct object = complete idea
Ex: CSL has 3200 students.
DC =Dependent clause = subject + verb = incomplete idea
M = Modifier
Ex: CSL has 3200 talented students.
PP = Prepositional phrase ( no verb)
Ex: CSL has 3200 talented students in many programs
DO = Direct object
IO = Indirect object
SC = Subordinating conjunction = because, while, after, until
CC = Coordinating conjunction
Ex:
For,
and,
nor,
but,
or,
yet,
so
RP = Relative pronoun
Ex: CSL has 3200 talented students, which are very interesting.
CA = Coordinating adverb = hence, therefore, thus, moreover, nevertheless, likewise, consequently, accordingly, furthermore.
SP # 1. IC; IC
Ex:
-Hard work is only one side of the equation; talent is the other.
-Some people dream of being something; others stay awake and are.
-Hiding a body might be easy for some; keeping it secret is a whole different thing.
-Loving someone is one thing; trusting this person is an other.
-Ceasar, try on this toga; it seems to be your size.
1A. IC; CA, IC.
Ex:
-The narrator in the story, ''The Tell-Tale Heart'', claimed he was sane; however, he was really nuts.
-F. Stockton had one leg shorter than the other; therefore, he took up writing compensate.
-The narrator thought the old man's eye was mean; nevertheless, it was all in his head.
1B. IC; IC, CC IC
Ex:
-Poe was a great writer; he influenced many others, and he was immensely admired.
-The princess was semi-barbaric; she was manipulated and cunning, but she could not have her way.
SP # 2. IC: IC (General statement to specific statement)
Ex:
-Darwin's Origin of Species states a harsh truth: only the fittest survive.
-The empty coffin in the crypt had a single horrifying meaning: Dracula had awoken to search for fresh blood.
-Payton's faith was decided: he was about to be hanged.
-The story was quite ironic: Ambrose Bierce, a Northern soldier, took a Southern view.
SP # 3. Using a series without a conjunction: A, B, C for emphasis (A, B and C) (A and B and C)
Ex:
-With passion, determination, purpose, Lincoln fought slavery.
-Being a family man, being rich, being happy, he still gave up his life.
-Peyton closed his eyes, thought of his wife, felt pain.
SP # 4. An introductory series of appositives using a dash- and summarizing subject (These, those, each, all, such, someone)
Ex:
-''The Tell-Tale Heart,'' ''The Nightingale,'' ''Hills Like White Elephants'' - each of these has some form of internal or psychological conflict.
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Friday, September 11, 2009
The Lady or the Tiger?
4 points:
1. Frank Stockton discovered his passion for writing after winning a short story contest.
2 FS was writing when the romantic period was in bloom in the US.
3.He had a shorter leg, so he couldn't practice sports. However it made him discover litterature.
4.His stories were usually not only meant to entertain people, but to make them think too.
A.Vocabulary to define
Will: Something that someone orders, that this person commands to do.
Determination
Valour: The capacity to face risky situations with courage.
Courage
Poetic justice: A justice system where people are judged with irony for what they did.
Virtue is rewarded, evil is punished
Wails: Powerful cries of pain or sadness.
Cries
Mourners: People who mourn at funerals to commemorate someone's death.
People who mourn and grieve
Dire: Something very horrible and cruel.
Terrible
Fate: Someone or something's destiny.
Destiny
Fair: Something that is objective and that thinks with justice.
Pretty
Choristers: People who sing in a choir.
Singers
Maidens: A young virgin woman.
Young women
The apple of his eye: The most important thing for someone.
Somebody important
Unsurpassed: Something that was never surpassed by something better.
The best/unequalled
Startling: To be surprised by something.
Surprising
Damsels: A young noble woman.
Ladies
Glances: To look at something quickly.
Looks quickly
Mazes: Complicated schemes, with many complicated elements.
Labyrinth
Fangs: Long teeth that wild animals have to chew meat easily.
Sharp teeth
Gnash: When someone grinds his teeth together.
Grind
Shriek: A loud and sharp scream of fear.
Loud scream/Shrill
Anguished: The negative emotions with being uncertain about what is going to happen .
Tormented, tortured, anxious
B.What advice would you give the lover? Why?
I would tell him that it wouldn't matter which door he would choose to open because the girl could have told him to open the door of the room with the tiger in it not to seem him with the other girl by pure love for him. In fact, I think that the lover's own life is more important.
1. Frank Stockton discovered his passion for writing after winning a short story contest.
2 FS was writing when the romantic period was in bloom in the US.
3.He had a shorter leg, so he couldn't practice sports. However it made him discover litterature.
4.His stories were usually not only meant to entertain people, but to make them think too.
A.Vocabulary to define
Will: Something that someone orders, that this person commands to do.
Determination
Valour: The capacity to face risky situations with courage.
Courage
Poetic justice: A justice system where people are judged with irony for what they did.
Virtue is rewarded, evil is punished
Wails: Powerful cries of pain or sadness.
Cries
Mourners: People who mourn at funerals to commemorate someone's death.
People who mourn and grieve
Dire: Something very horrible and cruel.
Terrible
Fate: Someone or something's destiny.
Destiny
Fair: Something that is objective and that thinks with justice.
Pretty
Choristers: People who sing in a choir.
Singers
Maidens: A young virgin woman.
Young women
The apple of his eye: The most important thing for someone.
Somebody important
Unsurpassed: Something that was never surpassed by something better.
The best/unequalled
Startling: To be surprised by something.
Surprising
Damsels: A young noble woman.
Ladies
Glances: To look at something quickly.
Looks quickly
Mazes: Complicated schemes, with many complicated elements.
Labyrinth
Fangs: Long teeth that wild animals have to chew meat easily.
Sharp teeth
Gnash: When someone grinds his teeth together.
Grind
Shriek: A loud and sharp scream of fear.
Loud scream/Shrill
Anguished: The negative emotions with being uncertain about what is going to happen .
Tormented, tortured, anxious
B.What advice would you give the lover? Why?
I would tell him that it wouldn't matter which door he would choose to open because the girl could have told him to open the door of the room with the tiger in it not to seem him with the other girl by pure love for him. In fact, I think that the lover's own life is more important.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tell-Tale Heart
1. Point of view: In the story, the narator has a first person point of view because he also acts as the main character in the story.
2. Style: give one example of:
2.1 Imagery
''A watch's minute hand moves more quickly than did mine.''
This is a good example of the use of imagery in the text because it really shows how the narrator moved slowly and in a subtle way, juste like the long hand on a clock.
Darkness
Sounds-Heart beat/beating of drums/clock ticking
2.2 Metaphor
The narrator frequently calls the old man's eye the ''vulture eye''. As mentionned by the main character, the old man's eye looks like a vulture's eye, thus explaining the metaphor.
Stone dead
2.3 Simile
''His room was as black as pitch...''
In this sentence, Poe compares the darkness of the room with pitch, a black and thick substance.
Heart beating like a drum
Ray of light like the thread of a spider
2.4 Personification
''ALL IN VAIN, because Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim.''
In this sentence, the narrator clearly talks about death not as an event, but as a character because of the use of a capital letter for the word Death, the fact that Death ''approached'' and ''stalked'' (actions) and finally because of the use of the pronoun ''his'' to mention Death.
2.5 Irony
It is the main character's problem with his too sharp senses that leads him to kill the old man. However, it also leads him to reveal that he commited the old man's murder at the end of the story, which makes the ending ironic.
''It's ironic that the narrator thought the old man was kind, but he killed because he was evil.'' (kindness vs. cruelty)
''It's ironic that he conceals the body really well, then he gives himself away.'' (precautious vs. being honest)
''He says that he is not mad, but he really is insane.'' (insanity vs. sanity)
Prefixes:
Dis-ease/simulation
Im-possible
Fore-sight
De-tect/definiteness
Mid-dle/night
UN-did
Con-cealment
Pre-caution
Intro-duce
Ex-cite
Suffixes
Motion-less
Uncontroll-able
Imposs-ible
Themes:
1. ''A human being has a perverse, wicked side that can goad (force) him or her into doing evil things with no apparent motive.''
2. ''Fear of discovery can bring about discovery.''
3. ''The Evil within is worse than the Evil or ugliness without.''
2. Style: give one example of:
2.1 Imagery
''A watch's minute hand moves more quickly than did mine.''
This is a good example of the use of imagery in the text because it really shows how the narrator moved slowly and in a subtle way, juste like the long hand on a clock.
Darkness
Sounds-Heart beat/beating of drums/clock ticking
2.2 Metaphor
The narrator frequently calls the old man's eye the ''vulture eye''. As mentionned by the main character, the old man's eye looks like a vulture's eye, thus explaining the metaphor.
Stone dead
2.3 Simile
''His room was as black as pitch...''
In this sentence, Poe compares the darkness of the room with pitch, a black and thick substance.
Heart beating like a drum
Ray of light like the thread of a spider
2.4 Personification
''ALL IN VAIN, because Death in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him and enveloped the victim.''
In this sentence, the narrator clearly talks about death not as an event, but as a character because of the use of a capital letter for the word Death, the fact that Death ''approached'' and ''stalked'' (actions) and finally because of the use of the pronoun ''his'' to mention Death.
2.5 Irony
It is the main character's problem with his too sharp senses that leads him to kill the old man. However, it also leads him to reveal that he commited the old man's murder at the end of the story, which makes the ending ironic.
''It's ironic that the narrator thought the old man was kind, but he killed because he was evil.'' (kindness vs. cruelty)
''It's ironic that he conceals the body really well, then he gives himself away.'' (precautious vs. being honest)
''He says that he is not mad, but he really is insane.'' (insanity vs. sanity)
Prefixes:
Dis-ease/simulation
Im-possible
Fore-sight
De-tect/definiteness
Mid-dle/night
UN-did
Con-cealment
Pre-caution
Intro-duce
Ex-cite
Suffixes
Motion-less
Uncontroll-able
Imposs-ible
Themes:
1. ''A human being has a perverse, wicked side that can goad (force) him or her into doing evil things with no apparent motive.''
2. ''Fear of discovery can bring about discovery.''
3. ''The Evil within is worse than the Evil or ugliness without.''
Friday, September 4, 2009
4 Speaking Criteria
1. Delivery:
- Loudness
- Eye contact
- Speed (pauses)
- Natural
- Fluency
2.Content:
- Main point/idea
- Development
- Examples
- Good introduction: questions, facts/statistics, structure, historical period, quotations, place, startling, anecdote/joke
- Structured
- Transitions: however, therefore,
- Sequencers: first, second, third, then, finally
- Vocabulary
- Grammar (verbs)
- Sentence variety
Literary Elements
Plot- 1,2,5,8,11,12,13,14,17
Story line, dramatic structure, action:
Story line, dramatic structure, action:
- Exposition
- Conflict
- Rising action
- Complication
- Climax
- Falling action
- Denouement resolution
Setting- 2,8,9,10
Time:
- Hour, day, week, month, year, season...
- Flashback (past)
- Foreshadow (future)
Place
Characters- 2,3,4,6,20,22,25
Protagonist, antagonist, foil (minor character)
Conflict: internal or external
Physical description
Dialogue
Action
Theme- 1,2,16,19,26
Subject = meaning
Narration- 7
Point of view:
- 1st person
- Omniscient
- Multiple narrators
Style (Diction, syntax)- 15,18,21,23,24
Dialog: tone/mood
Irony/Satire
Figurative language:
- Simile (like)
- Metaphor
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