Friday, January 31, 2014
The Time of My Life
In class today I studied my vocabulary for the lit term quiz on Monday. We also discussed the book Great Expectations and took mental notes.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Spring Literature Analysis #1
Death of a Salesman
General:
1) Willy Loman is a man who spends his life following "the American Way", by living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. As the story continues, the riches and respect he has held on to have done him wrong. At age sixty-three, he looks for the moment his life took a bad turn, the moment he lost his relationship with his wife and son, to whom he invested all his faith. This narrative fulfills the author's purpose in a way where the readers are able to understand what point the author is trying to get across.
General:
1) Willy Loman is a man who spends his life following "the American Way", by living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. As the story continues, the riches and respect he has held on to have done him wrong. At age sixty-three, he looks for the moment his life took a bad turn, the moment he lost his relationship with his wife and son, to whom he invested all his faith. This narrative fulfills the author's purpose in a way where the readers are able to understand what point the author is trying to get across.
Monday, January 27, 2014
What's the Story?
Why did Joseph Heller write the novel you're reading/reviewing? What in your analysis of literary techniques led you to this conclusion?
Joseph Heller wrote Catch 22, to show that no matter what you do, people will never cease to amaze you. He is able to show humor through war, with the use of his syntax and diction. His tone throughout the book is depressing, yet you can't help but smile by the way he writes about his stories while the war is going on. Heller's writing is something else, but he is able to get across what he wants you to know.
Vocabulary #4 Lit Terms
1. Interior monologue: A piece of writing expressing a character's inner thoughts.
2. Inversion: Reversal of the normal order of words typically for rhetorical effect.
4. Lyric: Expressing the riders emotions usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.
5. Magical realism: A literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.
6. Extended Metaphor: Can go on first sentences or even a paragraph.
7. Metonymy: The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjuct for that of the thing meant.
8. Modernism: modern character or quality of thought, expression or technique.
9. Monologue: A long speech by want to actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
10. Mood: A temporary stay of mind or feeling.
11. Motif: A decorated designer pattern.
12. Myth: A traditional story one concerning the early history of the people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
13. Narrative: A spoken or written account of connected events.
14. Narrator: A person who narrates something; a character who recounts the events of a novel.
15. Naturalism: A style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail.
16. Novelette/novella: A short novel or long short story.
17. Omniscient point of view: One who can see and report everything. Has awareness.
18. Onomatopoeia: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
19. Oxymoron : A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
20. Pacing: A single step taken when walking or running.
21. Parable: A simple story used to illustrate amoral of spiritual lesson.
22. Paradox: A statement or proposition that leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable or self-contradictory.
2. Inversion: Reversal of the normal order of words typically for rhetorical effect.
3. Juxtaposition: The fact of two things being seen our place close together with contrasting effect.
4. Lyric: Expressing the riders emotions usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms.
5. Magical realism: A literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique are combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy.
6. Extended Metaphor: Can go on first sentences or even a paragraph.
Controlling: A symbolic story used in a poem.
Mixed: A combination of two or more incompatible metaphors; produces a ridiculous effect.
7. Metonymy: The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjuct for that of the thing meant.
8. Modernism: modern character or quality of thought, expression or technique.
9. Monologue: A long speech by want to actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
10. Mood: A temporary stay of mind or feeling.
11. Motif: A decorated designer pattern.
12. Myth: A traditional story one concerning the early history of the people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
13. Narrative: A spoken or written account of connected events.
14. Narrator: A person who narrates something; a character who recounts the events of a novel.
15. Naturalism: A style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail.
16. Novelette/novella: A short novel or long short story.
17. Omniscient point of view: One who can see and report everything. Has awareness.
18. Onomatopoeia: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
19. Oxymoron : A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
20. Pacing: A single step taken when walking or running.
21. Parable: A simple story used to illustrate amoral of spiritual lesson.
22. Paradox: A statement or proposition that leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable or self-contradictory.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Vocabulary Lit Terms #3
1. Exposition: A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
2. Expressionism: The style of painting music or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the in the external world.
3. Fable: A short story typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
4. Fallacy: A mistaken belief especially one based on unsound argument.
5. Falling action: The events of a drama after the climax but before the denouement.
6. Farce: A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
7. Figurative language: Expressing ideas indirectly.
8. Flashback: A scene in a movie novel etc. set anytime earlier than the main story.
9. Foil: Prebend something considered Brownmoore undesirable from succeed.
10. Folk tale: A story originating in popular culture typically passed on by word-of-mouth.
11. Foreshadowing: A warning or indication of a future event.
12. Free verse: Poetry that does not Rymer have a regular meter.
13. Genre: A category of artistic composition as a music or literature characterized by similarities and form, style.
14. Gothic tale: A genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and Romance.
15. Hyperbole: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
16. Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language especially in a literary work.
17. Implication: The conclusion that can be drawn from something although not explicitly stated.
18. Incongruity: The state of being incongruous or out of keeping.
19. Inference: A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reason.
20. Irony
: Expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies opposite, typically for humorous effect.
2. Expressionism: The style of painting music or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the in the external world.
3. Fable: A short story typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral
4. Fallacy: A mistaken belief especially one based on unsound argument.
5. Falling action: The events of a drama after the climax but before the denouement.
6. Farce: A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
7. Figurative language: Expressing ideas indirectly.
8. Flashback: A scene in a movie novel etc. set anytime earlier than the main story.
9. Foil: Prebend something considered Brownmoore undesirable from succeed.
10. Folk tale: A story originating in popular culture typically passed on by word-of-mouth.
11. Foreshadowing: A warning or indication of a future event.
12. Free verse: Poetry that does not Rymer have a regular meter.
13. Genre: A category of artistic composition as a music or literature characterized by similarities and form, style.
14. Gothic tale: A genre or mode of literature that combines elements of both horror and Romance.
15. Hyperbole: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
16. Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language especially in a literary work.
17. Implication: The conclusion that can be drawn from something although not explicitly stated.
18. Incongruity: The state of being incongruous or out of keeping.
19. Inference: A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reason.
20. Irony
Thursday, January 9, 2014
AP Prep Post 1: Siddhartha
Questions on Siddhartha:
These questions tell me that the AP exam will test your knowledge thoroughly and we need to be prepared for any question they are going to throw at us. Due to the fact I didn't read this book my sophomore year, I can't accurately answer these questions.
- If you were the river, would you be enlightenment or would you know enlightenment? In other words, what’s up with the river?
- What is it’s relation to enlightenment?
- What does enlightenment look like in Siddhartha? Is it a feeling? An attitude?
- What purpose does self-denial serve in Siddhartha?
- What purpose does self-indulgence serve in Siddhartha?
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Hacking My Education
1. What do you want to know by the end of this course that you don't know now?
2. What skills do you want to be able to demonstrate on your blog?
3. What experiences do you want to get under your belt before you graduate?
Personal Learning network: 1) peers 2) Public 3) The experts
What's In This for Me?
I understand Dr. Preston didn't really want a hallmark response on what we wish to accomplish this semester, but I hope to be successful. My definition of success is having peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. I want to finish this course knowing I did the best I could do. It will take hard work and determination!
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