Homework and Vocabulary September 1-5

DUE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

- Read “The ‘Values’Wasteland” p.198

- ALL Questions for Close Reading, p.205, Writer’s Craft, #2,3 p.205

 

DUE Thursday, SEPTEMBER 4

-Read “Bombs Bursting in Air” p. 211

- ALL Questions for Close Reading, p. 215,  Writer’s Craft #2, p.215

- Read “Black Men and Public Space” p.207

-Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p. 209

-Answer Questions about the Writer’s Craft, #2,3,4 p. 210

 

DUE Friday, SEPTEMBER 5

-Write an Exemplification essay, p.221 handwritten double spaced

 

DUE Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 9

- Read “Common Scents: The Smell of Childhood Never Fades” p. 217

-Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p. 219

-Final draft of the Exemplification essay, typed and printed- Due at 4:00pm

-Blog post #8

VOCABULARY LIST- QUIZ ON FRIDAY

INVECTIVE – an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language. (For example, in Henry IV, Part I, Prince Hal calls the large character of Falstaff “this sanguine coward, this bedpresser, this horseback breaker, this huge hill of flesh.”)

 

SYNESTHESIA – when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes the subjective experience of another. Ex: The sight of red ants makes you itchy. In literature, synesthesia refers to the practice of associating two or more different senses in the same image.

Example: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ song title,“Taste the Pain,” is an example.

 

HYPOPHORA – Figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered, often at length, by one and the same speaker; raising and responding to one’s own question(s). A common usage is to ask the question at the beginning of a paragraph and then use the paragraph to answer it. You can use hypophora to raise questions which you think the reader obviously has on his/her mind and would like to see formulated and answered.

Example: “When the enemy struck on that June day of 1950, what did America do? It did what it always has done in all its times of peril. It appealed to the heroism of its youth.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

EPITHET is an adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject (noun) by naming a key or important characteristic of the subject, as in "laughing happiness," "sneering contempt," "untroubled sleep," "peaceful dawn," and "lifegiving water." Sometimes a metaphorical epithet will be good to use, as in "lazy road," "tired landscape," "smirking billboards," "anxious apple." Aptness and brilliant effectiveness are the key considerations in choosing epithets. Be fresh, seek striking images, pay attention to connotative value.

Example: At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth of thieves and murderers . . . . --George Herbert

 

ALLITERATION: the recurrence of initial consonant sounds. Example: Ah, what a delightfully delicious day!

 

ENTHYMEME: an informally-stated syllogism which omits either one of the premises or the conclusion. The omitted part must be clearly understood by the reader. The usual form of this logical shorthand omits the major premise:

Example, Since your application was submitted before April 10th, it will be considered. [Omitted premise: All applications submitted before April 10 will be considered.]

 

DIACOPE: repetition of a word or phrase after an intervening word or phrase as a method of emphasis:

Example: We will do it, I tell you; we will do it.

 

EPIZEUXIS: repetition of one word (for emphasis): Example: The best way to describe this portion of South America is lush, lush, lush.

Homework & Vocabulary August 25-29

Due Tuesday, August 26

- Evaluate picture on the bottom on p. 177, follow instructions in the box.

- #4 p. 189

Due Wednesday, August 27

- Read “Tweens: Ten Going on Sixteen” p. 190

- Answer all Questions for Close Reading p.194

Due Thursday, August 28

- Essay #1 p. 196

DUE Friday, August 30

-Write essay #3 p.196

DUE Monday, September 1

-Final Draft of essay, typed, MLA, due 4:00pm

-Blog Post #7

Vocabulary List for Quiz on Friday, August 29

-Matching & fill in the blank

• assertion- a declaration or statement

• clarity- clearness in thought or expression

• cogent- convincing; reasonable

• coherent- logically connected

• cohesive- condition of sticking together

• didactic- intended to instruct

• discourse- verbal expression or exchange; conversation

• eloquence- the ability to speak vividly or persuasively

• emphasize- to give special attention to something, to stress

• fluid- easily flowing

• implication- the act of suggesting or hinting

• lucid- easily understood; clear

• rhetoric- the art of using language effectively and persuasively

August 18-22 Homework & Vocabulary

Due Monday, August 18

·         Final draft of the descriptive essay, emailed to me by 8:10am, MLA format

·         Peer Reviewed rough draft

·         Blog post #5

Due Tuesday, August 19

·         Read Chapter 4, p. 126-145

·         Complete ALL Questions for Close Reading on “Fourth of July” p. 143

·         Questions About the Writers Craft, p. 144 #3, 4

Due Thursday, August 21

·         Read “Shooting an Elephant” p. 146

·         Complete ALL Questions for Close Reading p. 152

·         Questions about the Writers Craft, p. 152, #1,4

·         Read “Someone’s Mother” p. 154  

·         Complete ALL Questions for Close Reading p.156

·         Questions about the Writers Craft p. 156, # 2, 4

Due Friday, August 22

·         Read “Salvation” p. 158

·         Complete ALL Questions for Close Reading p. 160

·         Write an essayp.161, #3

·         Write a narrative essay. Pick a topic from p. 173 –Handwritten, DOUBLE SPACED

·         Study for vocabulary quiz

Due Monday, August 25

·         Final draft for the narrative essay. Typed, emailed to me by 8:10am, MLA format.

·         Peer Reviewed rough draft for the narrative essay

·         Blog Post #6

 

VOCABULARY LIST

ASYNDETON- The omission of conjunctions between related clauses.
Ex: "This is the villain among you who deceived you, who cheated you, who meant to betray you completely." (Aristotle)

POLYSYNDETON- Repetition of conjunctions in close succession.
Ex: "We have ships and men and money and stores."

SYLLOGISM- Logical reasoning from inarguable premises.

Ex. If Johnny is eating sweets every day, he is placing himself at risk for diabetes. Johnny does not eat sweats everyday. Therefore Johnny is not placing himself at risk for diabetes.

ALLUSION is a short, informal reference to a famous person or event.

Ex. “You must borrow me Gargantua's mouth first. 'Tis a word too great for any mouth of this age's size.” –Shakespeare

Pleonasm: using more words than required to express an idea; being redundant.

Ex. “The vote was completely and totally unanimous.” (A unanimous vote cannot be anything but complete and total.)

Exemplum: Figure of amplification using an example, brief or extended, real or fictitious, to illustrate a point; an example. Examples can be introduced by the obvious choice of "For example," but there are other possibilities. For quick introductions, such as those attached to a sentence, you might use "such as," or "for instance." Examples placed into separate sentences can be introduced by "A case in point," "An instance," "A typical situation," "A common example," "To illustrate, let's consider the situation," and so forth.

Ex. "All this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans, traditionally, love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big league ball players, the toughest boxers. Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. Now, I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed." – George C. Scott

Metanoia (correctio) qualifies a statement by recalling it (or part of it) and expressing it in a better, milder, or stronger way. A negative is often used to do the recalling.

Ex. “The chief thing to look for in impact sockets is hardness; no, not so much hardness as resistance to shock and shattering.”

Anacoluthon: finishing a sentence with a different grammatical structure from that with which it began.

Ex. “Be careful with these two devices because improperly used they can--well, I have cautioned you enough.”

Homework & Vocabulary August 11-15

DUE MONDAY, August 11

· Blog Post #4

· Final Draft of p.60, #1, MLA format, emailed to me by 8:10AM

· Read and Annotate p.72-86

· Complete #3, p.85

DUE TUESDAY, August 12

· Read and annotate “Sister Flowers” p. 87

· Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p. 92,

· Answer Questions About the Writer’s Craft, p. 93 #2, 4

DUE WEDNESDAY, August 13

· Read and annotate “Flavio’s Home” p. 95

· Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading p. 101

· Complete writing assignment #1 OR #2 (your choice) on page 102, handwritten

· Read and annotate “Bloggers Without Borders” p. 111

· Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p. 114

DUE THURSDAY, AUGUST 14

· Read and annotate “A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood” p. 117

· Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p. 12

DUE FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

· Write a descriptive essay, chose a topic from p. 124, 1-20, handwritten

· Study for vocabulary quiz

DUE MONDAY, AUGUST 18

· Final draft of the descriptive essay, MLA format, emailed to me by 8:10AM

· Blog post #5

VOCABULARY LIST FOR QUIZ ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 18

DON’T FORGET- The quiz may contain questions over vocabulary learned from previous weeks.

CHIASMUS - Repetition of ideas in inverted order. Sometimes called reverse parallelism. Example: "I had a teacher I liked who used to say good fiction's job was to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." (David Foster Wallace)

PARALLELISM- Also referred to as parallel construction or parallel structure, this term comes from Greek roots meaning“beside one another.” It refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. This can involve, but is not limited to, repetition of a grammatical element such as a preposition or verbal phrase. Example:“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of believe, it was the epoch of incredulity....” (Charles Dickens)

ZEUGMA - When a word is used with two adjacent words in the same construction, but only makes literal sense with one of them. Example: "He carried a strobe light and the responsibility for the lives of his men." (Tim O'Brien)

CLICHE: A trite expression--often a figure of speech whose effectiveness has been worn out through overuse and excessive familiarity. Example: “What goes around comes around”

SARCASM: is defined in The Oxford Universal Dictionary, published in 1933, as "a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt." More contemporary definitions often emphasize the false, mocking praise and verbal irony of sarcasm rather than its malicious or scornful intent. Example: I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.

EUPHEMISM: A word or words that are used to avoid employing an unpleasant or offensive term. Example: “My grandpa unexpectedly passed away yesterday” (use of “passed away” instead of “died”)

MALAPROPISM: the unintentional use of a word that resembles the word intended but that has a very different meaning. Example: “He’s a wolf in cheap clothing” (using “cheap” instead of“sheep”).

PERSONIFICATION: The figurative device in which inanimate objects or concepts are given human qualities. Example:“The flowers were crying for my attention.”

Homework and Vocabulary August 4-8

Due Tuesday, August 5

-Review writing assignment, p.12

-Read Ch. 2, pg. 13-40

-Complete # 1, 2 on p. 27 IB

-Complete #1, on p. 31 IB, WRITE THESIS STATEMENT, IDENTIFY PURPOSE, AUDIENCE, TONE

-Complete #1, p.38

-Complete #4 on p. 39

 Due Thursday, August 7

-Finish Ch. 2 pg. 40-71
-Review #3 on p. 46
-Complete #1, p. 60
-Prepare for the quiz

Due Friday, August 8

-Study for the quiz
-Log onto EDLINE, figure it out if yours isn’t working

Due Monday, August 11
-Blog Post #4

-Final Draft of p.60, #1, emailed to me by 8:10am, MLA format

-Read and Annotate p.72-86

-Complete #3, p.85

Vocabulary List, Quiz on A

Write out the definition:

· Logos- an appeal to reason and logic.

· Ethos- an appeal to speaker´s credibility

· Pathos- an appeal to the emotions, values, or desires of the audience

Fill in the balnk:

· Hyperbole- an overstatement or exaggeration it is the use of figurative language that significantly exaggerates the facts for effect. In many instances, but certainly not all, hyperbole is employed for comic effect.

EXAMPLE- “My backpack weighs a ton!

· Simile- comparision between two unlike objects, in which the two parts are connected with a term such as like oras

EXAMPLE- “She is like a rose.”

· Metaphor- a simile without a connecting term such as like or as.

EXAMPLE- “The birds are black arrows flying across the sky.”

· Oxymoron- an apparent contradiction of terms

EXAMPLE- “That was a seriously funny joke.”

· Pun – a play on words. In general, a pun either plays on the multiple meanings of a word or replaces one word with another that is similar in sound but very different in meaning. Puns are almost always used for comic effect.

EXAMPLE- “He had a difficult time bouncing back from his bungee cord accident.”

· Metonymy – the use of figurative language in which characteristics are substituted for the things in which they are associated.

EXAMPLE- “The United States will be delivering the new product to us very soon.”

· Aphorism – a concise, pithy statement of an opinion or a general truth

EXAMPLE- “Many hands make light work.”