Saturday, February 28, 2009
Narrative
I'm having trouble just starting the narrative. I don't know what kinds of things worth sharing in my life...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Vocabulary Quiz-7 sentence completions, three provided definitions, five questions about Shooting an Elephant. See you tomorrow! I really do hope you like TEWWG. It's actually a pretty good book if you just stop concentrating on the fact that it's "required reading" and just let Hurston tell a story. There is a wonderful film adaptation starring Halle Berry as Janie if we end up liking the book enough to warrant it, we can probably watch some of the film.
APOSTROPHE
apostrophe- The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition
is that a better definition mrs jones?
is that a better definition mrs jones?
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
ALL AP TERMS DEFINED
Allusion-in literature, an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.
Antithesis- An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, "The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself." Opposition; contrast.
Aphorism- a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton).
Connotation- the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”
Diction- style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
Euphemism- the expression so substituted: “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”
Flashback- narrative technique of interrupting the chronological sequence of events to interject events of earlier occurrence. The earlier events often take the form of reminiscence.
Imagery- The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas
Oxymoron- a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”
Rhetoric- A style of speaking or writing, especially the language of a particular subject: fiery political rhetoric. (double-check)
Alliteration- The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences"
Allegory- a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
Assonance- Also called vowel rhyme. Prosody. rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence.
Claim- to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
Colloquial- involving or using conversation.
Consonance- the correspondence of consonants, esp. those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse.
Jargon- Speech or writing having unusual or pretentious vocabulary, convoluted phrasing, and vague meaning. ;; unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish.
Litotes- understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying 'I was not a little upset' when you mean 'I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
Onomatopoeia- the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
Prose- the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. ;;; matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc.
Begging the question- assuming the conclusion to prove the conclusion.
Example:
Suppose Paul is not lying when he speaks.
Paul is speaking.
Therefore, Paul is telling the truth.
Canon- the works of an author that have been accepted as authentic: There are 37 plays in the Shakespeare canon.
Convention- A widely used and accepted device or technique, as in drama, literature, or painting: the theatrical convention of the aside.
Deuctive reasoning- The process of reasoning that starts from statements accepted as true and applied to a new situation to reach a conclusion (e.g., if 5+4 = 9, and 6+3 = 9, then 5+4 = 6+3).
Ethos- the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than his or her thought or emotion.
Inductive reasoning- A system of reasoning based on observation and measurement.
Parallel structure- the repeating of phrases and sentences that are syntactically similar (eg, phrases all starting with verbs, same tense)
Paradox- any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
Pathos- the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.
Rebuttal/refutation- Something, such as an argument, that refutes someone or something.
attitude- manner, disposition, feeling, position
apostrophe- to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word
didactic- teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson
elegy- a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem
eulogy- a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing,
epitaph- a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary
homily- a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.
juxtaposition- an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
metonymy- A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
satire- a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
Anaphora - The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs; for example, "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
Asyndeton- the omission of conjunctions, as in “He has provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect.”
Zuegma- a figure of speech describing the joining of two or more parts of a sentence with a single common verb or noun. A zeugma employs both ellipsis, the omission of words which are easily understood, and parallelism, the balance of several words or phrases. The result is a series of similar phrases joined or yoked together by a common and implied noun or verb.
Conceit- the use of such metaphors as a literary characteristic, esp. in poetry.
Chiasmus- a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
Epistrophe- the repetition of a word or words at the end of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences, as in “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong. …”
Isolcolon- a figure of speech in which parallelism is reinforced by members that are of the same length. A well-known example of this is Julius Caesar's "Veni, vidi, vici" ("I came; I saw; I conquered),
Loose sentence- a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses. The meaning of a loose sentence can be easily understood in the very beginning of the sentence
Mode of discourse- The way in which information is presented in written or spoken form. T
Periodic sentence- a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause
top right part of ap termssss
attitude- manner, disposition, feeling, position
apostrophe- to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word
didactic- teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson
elegy- a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem
eulogy- a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing,
epitaph- a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary
homily- a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.
juxtaposition- an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
metonymy- A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
satire- a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
apostrophe- to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word
didactic- teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson
elegy- a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem
eulogy- a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing,
epitaph- a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary
homily- a sermon, usually on a Biblical topic and usually of a nondoctrinal nature.
juxtaposition- an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
metonymy- A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
satire- a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Is this okay..
In Gary Soto’s autobiographical narrative he take the reader through a mischievous journey of him own and gives the reader an example of his disapproved childhood guilt. Soto makes this narrative effective by his descriptive use of strong literary devices ( This sentence I feel needs help )
Sunday, February 22, 2009
a little help please!
okay so i want to talk about cross-eyed johnny as garys conscience but i dont know what catagory to put that under like imagery or syntax.. its really hindering me from progressing with this essay! and can i use allusions as a topic like when he talkes about adam and eve? this is giving memore trouble than i thought it would when i was in class!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
HELP!
so it would be really nice if someone that knew what our passage was about could give me a brief summary. i feel like that would help me with know what to look for with tones and syntax.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Grade Distributions for AP Lang Exam
In the 2008 administration 306,479 students took the exam. The mean score was a 2.82
The grade distribution for 2008 was:
Score-Percent
5-8.7%
4-18.2%
3-31.4%
2-30.5%
1-11.3%
So, the scores in my class pretty much reflect the national averages. It looks like most people make 2s and 3s.
In the 2008 administration 306,479 students took the exam. The mean score was a 2.82
The grade distribution for 2008 was:
Score-Percent
5-8.7%
4-18.2%
3-31.4%
2-30.5%
1-11.3%
So, the scores in my class pretty much reflect the national averages. It looks like most people make 2s and 3s.
The Rattler
Paragraph 1
1. After sunset…I walked out into the desert….
2. Light was thinning; the scrub’s dry savory odors were sweet on the cooler air.
3. In this, the first pleasant moment for a walk after long blazing hours, I thought I was the only thing abroad.
4. Abruptly, I stopped short.
Paragraph 2
1. The other lay rigid, as suddenly arrested, his body undulant; the head was not drawn back to strike, but was merely turned a little to watch what I would do.
2. It was a rattlesnake…and knew it.
3. I mean that where a six-foot blacksnake thick as my wrist, capable of long-range attack and armed with powerful fangs, will flee at sight of a man, the rattler felt no necessity of getting out of anybody’s path.
4. He held his ground in calm watchfulness; he was not even rattling yet, much less was he coiled; he was waiting for me to show my intentions.
Paragraph 3
1. My first instinct was to let him go his way and I would go mine, and with this he would have been well content.
2. I have never killed an animal I was not obliged to kill; the sport in taking life is a satisfaction I can’t feel.
3. But I reflected that there were children, dogs, horses at the ranch, as well as men and women lightly shod; my duty, plainly, was to kill the snake.
4. I went back to the ranch house, got a hoe, and returned.
Paragraph 4
1. The rattler had not moved; he lay there like a live wire.
2. But he saw the hoe.
3. Now indeed his tail twitched, the little tocsin sounded; he drew back his head and I raised my weapon.
4. Quicker than I could strike, he shot into a dense bush and set up his rattling.
5. He shook and shook his fair but furious signal, quite sportingly warning me that I had made an unprovoked attack, attempted to take his life, and that if I persisted he would have no choice but to take mine if he could.
6. I listened for a minute to this little song of death.
7. It was not ugly, though it was ominous.
8. It said that life was dear, and would be dearly sold.
9. And I reached into the paper-bag bush with my hoe and, hacking about, soon dragged him out of it with his back broken.
Paragraph 5
1. He struck passionately once more at the hoe; but a moment later his neck was broken, and he was soon dead.
2. Technically, that is; he was still twitching, and when I picked him up by the tail, some consequent jar, some mechanical reflex made his jaws gape and snap once more—proving that a dead snake may still bite.
3. There was blood in his mouth and poison dripping from his fangs; it was all a nasty sight, pitiful now that it was done.
Paragraph 6
1. I did not cut off the rattles for a trophy; I let him drop into the close green guardianship of the paper-bag bush.
2. Then for a moment I could see him as I might have let him go, sinuous and self-respecting in departure over the twilit sands.
Paragraph 1
1. After sunset…I walked out into the desert….
2. Light was thinning; the scrub’s dry savory odors were sweet on the cooler air.
3. In this, the first pleasant moment for a walk after long blazing hours, I thought I was the only thing abroad.
4. Abruptly, I stopped short.
Paragraph 2
1. The other lay rigid, as suddenly arrested, his body undulant; the head was not drawn back to strike, but was merely turned a little to watch what I would do.
2. It was a rattlesnake…and knew it.
3. I mean that where a six-foot blacksnake thick as my wrist, capable of long-range attack and armed with powerful fangs, will flee at sight of a man, the rattler felt no necessity of getting out of anybody’s path.
4. He held his ground in calm watchfulness; he was not even rattling yet, much less was he coiled; he was waiting for me to show my intentions.
Paragraph 3
1. My first instinct was to let him go his way and I would go mine, and with this he would have been well content.
2. I have never killed an animal I was not obliged to kill; the sport in taking life is a satisfaction I can’t feel.
3. But I reflected that there were children, dogs, horses at the ranch, as well as men and women lightly shod; my duty, plainly, was to kill the snake.
4. I went back to the ranch house, got a hoe, and returned.
Paragraph 4
1. The rattler had not moved; he lay there like a live wire.
2. But he saw the hoe.
3. Now indeed his tail twitched, the little tocsin sounded; he drew back his head and I raised my weapon.
4. Quicker than I could strike, he shot into a dense bush and set up his rattling.
5. He shook and shook his fair but furious signal, quite sportingly warning me that I had made an unprovoked attack, attempted to take his life, and that if I persisted he would have no choice but to take mine if he could.
6. I listened for a minute to this little song of death.
7. It was not ugly, though it was ominous.
8. It said that life was dear, and would be dearly sold.
9. And I reached into the paper-bag bush with my hoe and, hacking about, soon dragged him out of it with his back broken.
Paragraph 5
1. He struck passionately once more at the hoe; but a moment later his neck was broken, and he was soon dead.
2. Technically, that is; he was still twitching, and when I picked him up by the tail, some consequent jar, some mechanical reflex made his jaws gape and snap once more—proving that a dead snake may still bite.
3. There was blood in his mouth and poison dripping from his fangs; it was all a nasty sight, pitiful now that it was done.
Paragraph 6
1. I did not cut off the rattles for a trophy; I let him drop into the close green guardianship of the paper-bag bush.
2. Then for a moment I could see him as I might have let him go, sinuous and self-respecting in departure over the twilit sands.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
So I just did the homework and honestly I thought the bottom part was difficult. I am doing this from memory, but I think there are only 2 compound complex sentences. I also want you to know that one sentence uses an elliptical clause, which means it the clause has a subject and a verb, but one of those is implied. Another sentence has a subordinate clause that uses an implied "that". For instance: The shoes I wanted were on sale. There is an implied "that" before the word I. Really it's saying the shoes that I wanted were on sale and therefore this is not a simple sentence, but a complex one instead. This stuff is tricky.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Tuesday's HW Sentences in case you want to print them out to write on them
Classifying Sentences
1. At Shark Valley part of the fifteen-mile bike path was once a road that led to an oil-drilling operation.
2. Three of the people who were invited called to say that they could not come, but everyone else is coming.
3. Under hypnosis Taylor Caldwell remembered eleven past lives, but she still was not convinced that reincarnation occurs.
4. Phrenologists believed that a person’s character could be read from the shapes and bumps in the skull.
5. Hives look like a rash, and they are usually a reaction to some food, drug, pollen, or stress.
6. Cheryl has sent me two postcards from Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky, and Tightwad, Missouri.
7. The image that appears on the retina is upside-down, but the brain corrects the image so that you “see” the object right-side up.
8. Castor oil, which is derived from castor plant beans, is a heavy, oily liquid still used as a laxative.
9. In 1905 an educator named Mary Lyon became the first woman in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.
10. Clogged pores can lead to acne, boils, and blackheads; sunlight, mild soap, and fresh air can help prevent these conditions.
1. At Shark Valley part of the fifteen-mile bike path was once a road that led to an oil-drilling operation.
2. Three of the people who were invited called to say that they could not come, but everyone else is coming.
3. Under hypnosis Taylor Caldwell remembered eleven past lives, but she still was not convinced that reincarnation occurs.
4. Phrenologists believed that a person’s character could be read from the shapes and bumps in the skull.
5. Hives look like a rash, and they are usually a reaction to some food, drug, pollen, or stress.
6. Cheryl has sent me two postcards from Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky, and Tightwad, Missouri.
7. The image that appears on the retina is upside-down, but the brain corrects the image so that you “see” the object right-side up.
8. Castor oil, which is derived from castor plant beans, is a heavy, oily liquid still used as a laxative.
9. In 1905 an educator named Mary Lyon became the first woman in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.
10. Clogged pores can lead to acne, boils, and blackheads; sunlight, mild soap, and fresh air can help prevent these conditions.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Second chunk
Example-- While reflecting on the old times the boys had together the narrator "loves the boys' voices bloomed around him..." but while they "floated through the river shouting each other down..." the narrator began to drift back to reality.
Commentary-- The author conveys the narrator as feeling happy and filled with excitement while thinking his relationship with his brothers might be taking a positive turn.
Commentary-- The reader quickly realizes that the bothers relationship is damaged ans will never result in the positive turn the narrator longs for.
Commentary-- The author conveys the narrator as feeling happy and filled with excitement while thinking his relationship with his brothers might be taking a positive turn.
Commentary-- The reader quickly realizes that the bothers relationship is damaged ans will never result in the positive turn the narrator longs for.
Homework
Does this sound alright???? this is just the first chunck
Topic--The authors detail potrays a nostalgic tone by using audio and visual imagery.
Example--"The boys swam in silence" but tried to make the akwardness cice by "telling stories to each other..." of the old times they used to have.
Commentary- The boys felt extremely unpleasnt with one another as it would be if you entered an elevator with a couple of unknown persons and rode it all the way to the tenth floor being able to hear a penny drop.
Commentay(I feel like this is weak)-- The reader feels as though the boys envy the old times they used to have together; laughing and being able to talk about anything without the conversation feeling hollow.
Topic--The authors detail potrays a nostalgic tone by using audio and visual imagery.
Example--"The boys swam in silence" but tried to make the akwardness cice by "telling stories to each other..." of the old times they used to have.
Commentary- The boys felt extremely unpleasnt with one another as it would be if you entered an elevator with a couple of unknown persons and rode it all the way to the tenth floor being able to hear a penny drop.
Commentay(I feel like this is weak)-- The reader feels as though the boys envy the old times they used to have together; laughing and being able to talk about anything without the conversation feeling hollow.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Stephen King On 'Twilight' Author: 'Stephenie Meyer Can't Write Worth A Darn'
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Stephen King's opinion may drive a stake through the heart of "Twilight" author, Stephenie Meyer.
In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling , the author of the Harry Potter series.
According to Stephen, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."
Meeooww!
While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie's writing, he understands the appeal of the series.
"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because it's not overtly sexual."
He further explains, "A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet."
What do you think?
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Stephen King's opinion may drive a stake through the heart of "Twilight" author, Stephenie Meyer.
In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling , the author of the Harry Potter series.
According to Stephen, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."
Meeooww!
While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie's writing, he understands the appeal of the series.
"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because it's not overtly sexual."
He further explains, "A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet."
What do you think?
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