Homework & Vocabulary October 2-5, 8

HOMEWORK

DUE Tuesday, October 2

·         Read and annotate p.279-294

·         Read “Waves of Destruction” p.295

·         Answer questions for Close Reading #1-4, p.299

·         Answer questions about Writer’s Craft #3-4, p.299

DUE Wednesday, October 3

·         Read “Waves of Destruction” p.303

·         Answer Questions for Close Reading ALL, p.306

         ·         Read “What Shamu Taught Me about Marriage” p.308

·         Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4, p.311

DUE Thursday, October 4

·         Read “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” p. 314

·         Answer Questions for Close Reading #1-4, p. 325

·         Read “The Fine Art of Complaining” p. 327

·         Answer Questions for Close Reading #2-4, p.330

·         Answer Questions about Writer’s Craft #3, p. 331

DUE Friday, October 5

·         Write a rough draft of a process analysis essay, p.333

·         Annotations DUE, Ch. 4-7

DUE Monday, October 8

·         Final draft of Process Analysis (typed and printed by the end of the school day- 3:30pm.)

·         Blog Post #12

 

VOCABULARY

·         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.”

 

·         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 or as. 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.”

 

·         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)

 

·         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)

 

·         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 huan qualities. Example: “The flowers were crying for my attention.”

·         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."

·         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

·         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.”

 

·         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.

 

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

·         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 September 24-October 1

HOMEWORK

DUE Tuesday, September 25

·         Read “College Pressures” p. 257

·         Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p.264

DUE Wednesday, September 26

·         Double Evens, no homework due

DUE Thursday, September 27

·         Read “Psst! ‘Human Capital” p.268

·         Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading p.268

·         Answer ALL Question about Writers Craft p.268

·         Read “Mother Tongue” p.271

·         Answer Questions for Close Reading, #1-4, p.271

·         Essay #3, p.276

DUE Friday, September 28

·         Rough Draft of Division-Classification Essay, p.277, handwritten, double-spaced.

DUE Monday, October 1

·         Final Draft of Division-Classification Essay, typed by 3:30

·         Blog Post #11

Homework and Vocabulary, September 17-21, 24

HOMEWORK:

DUE TUESDAY, September 18

·         Read & Annotate p.233-238

·         Photo writing Prompt bottom of p.226

·         Complete Pre-Reading Journal, p.239

DUE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

·         Read “Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising” p.239

·         Questions for Close Reading ALL, p. 244

·         Questions about Writer’s Craft #1,3,4 p.244

DUE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

·         No Homework Due!

DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,

·         Read “The Ways We Lie” p.247

·         Answer Questions for Close Reading, #1-4 p.255

·         Answer Questions about Writer’s Craft, #1,3, p.255

DUE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

·         -Essay, #5 p.256, handwritten, double spaced

·         -Blog Post #10

 

VOCABULARY: Matching & Fill in the Blank

·         penitent- expressing remorse for one´s misdeeds

·         obscure-  (adj.) relatively unknown (v.) to conceal or make indistinct

·         haughty- arrogant; vainly proud

·         cryptic- difficult to comprehend

·         servile- submissive; like a servant

·         opulent- exhibiting a display of great wealth

·         poignant- profoundly moving; touching

·         frenetic – wildly excited or active

·         egregious- conspicuously bad or offensive

·         mollify- to calm or soothe

Homework and Vocabulary September 10-14, 17

DUE Tuesday, September 11:

·         Read “The ‘Values’ Wasteland” p.198

·         Complete ALL Questions for Close Reading, p.205

·         Questions about the Writer’s Craft, #2,3 p.205

DUE Thursday, September 13:

·         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

·         Read “Bombs Bursting in Air” p. 211

·         Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p. 215

·         Answer Questions about the Writer’s Craft #2, p.215

DUE Friday, September 14:

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

·         Answer ALL Questions for Close Reading, p. 219

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

DUe Monday, September 17:

·         Final copy of the Exemplification essay due Monday, typed, end of the school day

·         Blog Post # 9

 

VOCABULARY

 

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 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 and Vocabulary September 3-6,10

DUE Monday, September 3

•       Blog Post #7

DUE Tuesday, September 4

·         No class, college fair at Chapel

DUE Wednesday, September 5

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

·         #4 p. 189

·         Study for vocabulary quiz

DUE Thursday, September 6

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

·         Answer all Questions for Close Reading p.194

·         Essay #1 p. 196

DUE Monday, September 10

·         Essay #3 p.196, TYPED due at the end of the school day

·         Blog Post #8 

VOCABULARY

•      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