1.Shed: to impart and release.
2.Subsequent: Occuring later.
3.Embody: to give a concrete form.
4.Cad: A local town young man.
5.Wits: perception.
6.Seamstress: a sewing woman.
7.Scrub: a slang meaning to cancel something.
8.Peering: To look intently at something.
9.Gawp: To stare with an open mouth in astonishment.
10.Behoove: to be worthwhile.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Sentence patterns #1, #2
Sentence = Complete idea /subject+verb
= independant clause
Clause = Incomplete idea /subject+verb
= dependent clause
= idea, part of the sentence
Phrase = Preposition /no verb (participle(in, on, at): present(-ing) or past(-ed))
CSL(S) has(V) 3200 students(object) in difficult programs (prepositional phrase)wich are interesting(clause).
example use of sentence pattern #1 :
independant clause+semicolon+independant clause
Csl(S) has(V) 3200 students(object); many are smart and talented(adjectives)
Sentences about ''the lady or the tiger''
1. Franck Stockton wrote many short stories; he filled 23 volumes
2. Franck Stockton's most famous story is ''the lady or the tiger;'' it's about a man being judged for his illicit affair with a king's daughter.
Independant clause+Semicolon+conjunctive adverb(therefore, hence, thus, however, etc.)+comma+independant clause
1. F.S.(S) started(V) as a wood engraver(object); however, he(S) became(V) a famous writer(object).
Independant Clause+comma+coordinating conjunction(fanboys(mnemonic: For And, N, But, Or, Y, So))+Independant clause
1. The story(S) has(V) no ending(object), so the reader(S) is(V) left wondering what happens(object).
SENTENCE PATTERN #2
IC+colon(:)
statement: explanation (specific)
ex1: Bernard shaw told a writer:
"There are three things I disliked about your story: they are the beginning, the middle and the ending."
ex2: There is one key rule in my life: always be well-dressed at work.
thesis statement (fourth link)
1. A good thesis statement will make a claim. bad example: Americans are violent. Good example: Americans are violent because they are fearful.
2. A good thesis sentences will control the entire argument. A thesis sentence must reflect the entire paragraph. (main idea)
3. A good thesis will provide a structure for your argument. Example: we shall demonstrate that X expresses itself in 3 ways: A, B and C.
Other points:
A good thesis statement should:
-be clear and avoid vague words
-avoid ''I''
-connect all the subelements of the text. (my point 3)
-pass the ''so what'' test. (be provocative)
-introduce an essay.
-determine the type of paper you write.
-use literary elements. (plot, point of view, metaphor, themes, etc.)
-make use of ''quotations'' as evidence, to support it.
***
Three Components :
-What : Claim about the text (interpretation)
-How : the literary elements (figure of speech, symbolism, theme)(you choose support your claim).
-Why : the significance of your claim answers the question : so what?
BAD THESIS STATEMENT :
1. This poem shows the narrator comparing his love to a summer's day. (plot summary)
2. The poem present the power of love to conquer death. (too universal)
3. The poem shows how Narratives cans last while Nature can not. (too general)
4. The poem proves that the penis is mightier than the sword. (cliché)
5. The structure character and dialogue in the poem show us how humans search for knowledge. (List)
GOOD THESIS STATEMENT :
1.Despite it's emphasis on love and physical beauty, the poem reveals the ways in wich humans can triumph over the vagaries of nature.
Qualities : specific / arguable / provides a structure for your argument
2. A good thesis sentences will control the entire argument. A thesis sentence must reflect the entire paragraph. (main idea)
3. A good thesis will provide a structure for your argument. Example: we shall demonstrate that X expresses itself in 3 ways: A, B and C.
Other points:
A good thesis statement should:
-be clear and avoid vague words
-avoid ''I''
-connect all the subelements of the text. (my point 3)
-pass the ''so what'' test. (be provocative)
-introduce an essay.
-determine the type of paper you write.
-use literary elements. (plot, point of view, metaphor, themes, etc.)
-make use of ''quotations'' as evidence, to support it.
***
Three Components :
-What : Claim about the text (interpretation)
-How : the literary elements (figure of speech, symbolism, theme)(you choose support your claim).
-Why : the significance of your claim answers the question : so what?
BAD THESIS STATEMENT :
1. This poem shows the narrator comparing his love to a summer's day. (plot summary)
2. The poem present the power of love to conquer death. (too universal)
3. The poem shows how Narratives cans last while Nature can not. (too general)
4. The poem proves that the penis is mightier than the sword. (cliché)
5. The structure character and dialogue in the poem show us how humans search for knowledge. (List)
GOOD THESIS STATEMENT :
1.Despite it's emphasis on love and physical beauty, the poem reveals the ways in wich humans can triumph over the vagaries of nature.
Qualities : specific / arguable / provides a structure for your argument
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Tell-Tale Heart
A) Author : Edgar Allan Poe
5 facts about Poe:
-He was born Edgar Poe and he had lost both parents at the age of three. He was adopted by the Allans and they renamed him Edgar Allan Poe.
-He married his thirteen years old cousin when he was twenty-six.
-He was found delirious and sick in the streets and wearing clothes that were not his own. He was brought to an hospital and he died four days after. His final words were: ''Lord help my poor soul''.
-He was one of the first writer to live solely on the money of his writings.
-His first work was published anonymously.
B) Plot (corrections made)
The Tell-Tale Heart is narrated by an anonymous man who assures us that he is not mad. He tells us about an old man he lives with and his dreadful white eye. He explains how he loved the old man, but hated the eye so much that he only wanted to destroy it. So every night, at midnight, he would slowly open the old man's door to enter his room. Then he opened a lantern so that only a tiny ray of light would reveal the eye. For seven days, the eye was closed, so the storyteller did not do a thing. However, in the night after, he made a sharp noise while opening the lantern and the old man awakened. The narrator waited anxiously in the dark, but the old man stayed upright in his bed, completely still. When he finally undid the lantern, the ray of light fell on the blank eye. A heartbeat could be heard and the man thought it was the old man's. Rage filling him, he smothered the old man under the mattress.
The old man's body was hidden under the floor when three police officers came at the door. The neighbour had heard a scream and he had called the police. The storyteller showed the whole house to them so they could see nothing happened and that the old man was on vacations He said to them it was him that screamed when he awoke from a nightmare. The policemen where convinced and were about to leave the house when the narrator invited them for some tea. It was then, when they were seated, that he heard the heartbeats again. They were getting louder and he was sure the police officers heard it too. He thought they were jesting with him, for it was evident they could hear that loud sound. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and he told them where he had hidden the body so the heartbeats could stop.
C) Analysis
1) Setting: The narrator lives with the old man. The story
2) characters:
A) The narrator, who is the main character, is anonymous. The gender is unspecified, but we can assume it's a man because Poe always narrated from a man's point of view.
B) The old man with the blank eye, wich makes the narrator nervous.
C) The neighbour, who called the police when he heard a scream
D) The three policemen, who searched the house and arrested the narrator.
3) Themes:
A) A human being has a perverse, wicked side -another self- that can provoke him to doing evil things without an apparent motive.
B) Fear of discovery can bring about discovery.
C) The evil within is worse than the evil without.
4) Point of View: First person narrative
5) Sentence Style: Objet -there was none. Passion -there was none. ''I loved the man.''
6) Figure of speech:
Anaphora(repetition of sentences): I heard things in heaven. I heard things in hell
Personification: Death. ''Death becomes a black shadow that approaches him''
Simile: ''A single ray of light like the web of a spider.''
Alliteration(repetion of sounds): ''Observe, how! heartily, how! (...), How!''
Irony: ''I was never kinder to the old man during that week before I killed him''
5 facts about Poe:
-He was born Edgar Poe and he had lost both parents at the age of three. He was adopted by the Allans and they renamed him Edgar Allan Poe.
-He married his thirteen years old cousin when he was twenty-six.
-He was found delirious and sick in the streets and wearing clothes that were not his own. He was brought to an hospital and he died four days after. His final words were: ''Lord help my poor soul''.
-He was one of the first writer to live solely on the money of his writings.
-His first work was published anonymously.
B) Plot (corrections made)
The Tell-Tale Heart is narrated by an anonymous man who assures us that he is not mad. He tells us about an old man he lives with and his dreadful white eye. He explains how he loved the old man, but hated the eye so much that he only wanted to destroy it. So every night, at midnight, he would slowly open the old man's door to enter his room. Then he opened a lantern so that only a tiny ray of light would reveal the eye. For seven days, the eye was closed, so the storyteller did not do a thing. However, in the night after, he made a sharp noise while opening the lantern and the old man awakened. The narrator waited anxiously in the dark, but the old man stayed upright in his bed, completely still. When he finally undid the lantern, the ray of light fell on the blank eye. A heartbeat could be heard and the man thought it was the old man's. Rage filling him, he smothered the old man under the mattress.
The old man's body was hidden under the floor when three police officers came at the door. The neighbour had heard a scream and he had called the police. The storyteller showed the whole house to them so they could see nothing happened and that the old man was on vacations He said to them it was him that screamed when he awoke from a nightmare. The policemen where convinced and were about to leave the house when the narrator invited them for some tea. It was then, when they were seated, that he heard the heartbeats again. They were getting louder and he was sure the police officers heard it too. He thought they were jesting with him, for it was evident they could hear that loud sound. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and he told them where he had hidden the body so the heartbeats could stop.
C) Analysis
1) Setting: The narrator lives with the old man. The story
2) characters:
A) The narrator, who is the main character, is anonymous. The gender is unspecified, but we can assume it's a man because Poe always narrated from a man's point of view.
B) The old man with the blank eye, wich makes the narrator nervous.
C) The neighbour, who called the police when he heard a scream
D) The three policemen, who searched the house and arrested the narrator.
3) Themes:
A) A human being has a perverse, wicked side -another self- that can provoke him to doing evil things without an apparent motive.
B) Fear of discovery can bring about discovery.
C) The evil within is worse than the evil without.
4) Point of View: First person narrative
5) Sentence Style: Objet -there was none. Passion -there was none. ''I loved the man.''
6) Figure of speech:
Anaphora(repetition of sentences): I heard things in heaven. I heard things in hell
Personification: Death. ''Death becomes a black shadow that approaches him''
Simile: ''A single ray of light like the web of a spider.''
Alliteration(repetion of sounds): ''Observe, how! heartily, how! (...), How!''
Irony: ''I was never kinder to the old man during that week before I killed him''
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
movie project question 1
1. What questions.
What are you reviewing?
I'm reviewing the film: ''The mysterious case of Benjamin Button''
What is it about?
It's the story of a man who was born old and died young.
What is the plot or storyline?
What is the theme?
What is the director's purpose?
What genre or classification does it fit?
What is the tone?
What is the point of view?
What is the mood.
2. Who questions.
Who wrote, directed, or acted it?
The film was writed from a short story by Fitzgerald that goes by the same name. The writers for the movie are Eric Roth and Robin Swicord. The director is David Fincher. Brad Bitt is playing the role of Benjamin and Cate Blanchett is playing daisy, Benjamin's lover.
What else have they done?
David Fincher also directed Alien 3, Seven, Fight Club and Zodiac.
Who are the main characters in the story?
Who is the intended audience?
Who has said what about this?Why?
3. Where and when questions.
When does the action take place?
Where does the action take place?
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