Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Lit Analysis #2
Lit anal #2
1. The rising action of My Life Next Door by Huntly Fitzpatrick is when Sam (narrator of novel-- 17 year old girl) starts to date her neighbor Jase. Samantha's mom is a politician and is very strict and Jase Garret is one of 8 sibling in the very neurotic loving family that live next door. The climax of the book is when Sam's moms boyfriend hits Jase's dad in a hit and run accident. The falling action of the novel is the drama that the hit and run causes and inevitably united the two opposing families. The resolution is when Sam and Jase are starting their senior year together.
2. The theme of the novel is to always be honest because the truth will come out anyway.
3. Authors tone is enduring. Sam the narrator of story never gives up.
#1 -- page 82: "things come at you fast, and that helps."
#2 -- page 391: "but I'm not the watcher anymore."
#3 -- page 104: "and this is where I've wound up."
4.
#1 -- Imagery -- page 105 -- "I would be if I didn't keep picturing"
#2 -- hyperbole -- page 148 -- "it's a movie how bad can it be."
#3 -- alliteration -- page 214 -- "saying short speeches"
#4 -- antagonist -- Tim is a troubled kid in the story.
#5 -- dramatic monologue -- page 254 -- "stop.. STOP"
#6 -- figuratively language -- page 214 -- "much to everyone's surprise."
#7 -- genre -- this book is a fiction novel.
#8 -- motif -- Tim's struggles are a common motif in this book.
#9 -- narrator -- in this story it is Sam.
#10 -- point of view -- this novel is written In 1st person.
1. The rising action of My Life Next Door by Huntly Fitzpatrick is when Sam (narrator of novel-- 17 year old girl) starts to date her neighbor Jase. Samantha's mom is a politician and is very strict and Jase Garret is one of 8 sibling in the very neurotic loving family that live next door. The climax of the book is when Sam's moms boyfriend hits Jase's dad in a hit and run accident. The falling action of the novel is the drama that the hit and run causes and inevitably united the two opposing families. The resolution is when Sam and Jase are starting their senior year together.
2. The theme of the novel is to always be honest because the truth will come out anyway.
3. Authors tone is enduring. Sam the narrator of story never gives up.
#1 -- page 82: "things come at you fast, and that helps."
#2 -- page 391: "but I'm not the watcher anymore."
#3 -- page 104: "and this is where I've wound up."
4.
#1 -- Imagery -- page 105 -- "I would be if I didn't keep picturing"
#2 -- hyperbole -- page 148 -- "it's a movie how bad can it be."
#3 -- alliteration -- page 214 -- "saying short speeches"
#4 -- antagonist -- Tim is a troubled kid in the story.
#5 -- dramatic monologue -- page 254 -- "stop.. STOP"
#6 -- figuratively language -- page 214 -- "much to everyone's surprise."
#7 -- genre -- this book is a fiction novel.
#8 -- motif -- Tim's struggles are a common motif in this book.
#9 -- narrator -- in this story it is Sam.
#10 -- point of view -- this novel is written In 1st person.
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Summary
The Clerk's Tale
This is a story of a man who marries a women below his class and constantly test her love for him by pretending to divorce her and making her plan his new loves wedding. She does all faithfully and he tells her it was a coax to test her love and they love happily ever after.
The Clerk's Tale
This is a story of a man who marries a women below his class and constantly test her love for him by pretending to divorce her and making her plan his new loves wedding. She does all faithfully and he tells her it was a coax to test her love and they love happily ever after.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Vocab #6
Beatitude- Supreme blessedness.
Bete noire- a disliked person.
Bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome
-Their argument did not bode well for the future.
-Their argument did not bode well for the future.
Dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
Ecumenical- Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches.
Fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate.
Fetid- Smelling bad.
Gargantuan- of great mass
Heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity.
Incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety.
Infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation.
Inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
Kudos- Praise for an achievement.
Lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift.
Prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
Protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career.
Prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
Sycophant- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer.
Tautology- The saying of the same thing
twice in different words.
Truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously.
Accolade- noun: an award or privilege
Acerbity- noun: sharp
Attrition- noun: action of gradually reducing in size
Bromide- noun: unoriginal remark or idea
Chauvinists- noun: a person who believes one gender is superior to to the otherChronic- adjective: constant
Expound- verb: to explain or interpret
Factionalism- noun: relating or belonging to a factionImmaculate- adj: perfectly clean or neat
Imprecation- noun: a spoken curse
Ineluctable- adj: unable to be avoided
Mercurial- adj: sudden change in mood or mind
Palliate- verb: make less severe
Resplendent- adj: impressively colorful
Stigmatize- verb: regard as worthy of disgrace
Sub Rosa- noun: confidently, secretly
Vainglory- noun: excessive vanity
Vestige- noun: trace or visible evidence
Resplendent- adj: impressively colorful
Stigmatize- verb: regard as worthy of disgrace
Sub Rosa- noun: confidently, secretly
Vainglory- noun: excessive vanity
Vestige- noun: trace or visible evidence
Volition- noun: power of using one's will
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Time Investment Portfolio
I sell time by going to school and working.
I give time by cleaning my house and picking up my little sister.
I spend time on physical fitness to keep my body healthy.
I pass time by watching tv and going on the computor.
I give time by cleaning my house and picking up my little sister.
I spend time on physical fitness to keep my body healthy.
I pass time by watching tv and going on the computor.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
I am really intrigued by the Canterbury Tales because it is so interesting how Chaucer was explaining such a wide variety of tales can all be united. This is compared on how he took formal text and informal text and made it a novel.
I am really intrigued by the Canterbury Tales because it is so interesting how Chaucer was explaining such a wide variety of tales can all be united. This is compared on how he took formal text and informal text and made it a novel.
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