english final

technological arrogance has price

* opinion essay written by leonard pitts jr
* abt ppl trying to play god w/ the advances of technology

how to poison the earth

* satirical essay by linnea saukko
* abt how we are damaging the planet by using sarcasm to bring awareness to it

so what do you do ?

* personal essay written by robert fulgum
* abt how ppl shouldn’t be judged by their occupation

keep faith w/ nature

* personal essay by harvey locke
* abt his connection w/ the earth and his right of passage in his youth

running eagle

* an expository essay by beverly hungry wolf
* tells the story for a female blackfoot warrior and how she became a legend

i am maxine tynes

* a personal essay by maxine tynes
* abt how she relates to her writing and what she writes abt

seven wonders

* a personal essay by lewis thomas
* abt what he would choose as the seven wonders of the world

i have a dream

* martin luther king jr’s speech
* spoken at the washington monument abt the cruel and predjudice background of racism and how it must stop

an open heart

* a person essay by judith mackenzie
* talks abt how in her childhood two women helped her family she she repays the kindness by giving money to a homeless man

a little salad w/ your nightcrawlers, sir ?

* a humorous essay by arthur black
* abt how ppl have rly weird taste in what they will and won’t eat based on appearence

why we grow insensitive to dangers

* a scientific essay by david suzuki
* abt how ppl become desensitized to certain noises over time and don’t notice as much as children will

the michelle i know

* written by alison lohana in limited omniscient in the third pov


* abt a young girl w/ cancer who learns that one event in your life shouldn’t change everything abt you

the conversation of birds

* written by jean woon in the first pov
* abt a young korean girl who can’t understand her father’s speech since she doesn’t speak korean

the crystal stars have just begun to shine

* written by martha brooks in first pov
* abt a girl named deidre who tries to set her single dad up w/ a cashier

the sniper

* written by liam o’flaherty in limited omniscient and third pov
* abt a young sniper who shoots another sniper and decides he wants to see what they looked out, and finds out it was his brother

blue against white

* written by jeanette c. armstrong in third pov limited omniscient
* abt a girl named lena who struggles w/ her identity off and on the reserve

svayamvara

* written by sunita majoshi is limited omniscient third pov
* abt a princess who can whistle rly well and marries the man who is able to admit she is better at whistling than him

to build a fire

* written by jack london in third pov omniscient
* abt a hiker on the yukon trail who tragically dies due to his arrogance

i’ve got gloria

* written by me kerr in third pov omniscient
* abt a boy named scott who pretends he has his teacher’s dog to get back at her for flunking him in math

stains

* written by sharon macfarlane in third pov limited omniscient
* abt a mother who recalls her son after he gets into a car accident while she washes the blood stains out of his clothes

the painted door

* written by sinclair ross in omniscient third pov
* abt a farmer named john and his wife ann who ends up committing adultery w/ their neighbor steven out of lonliness and shallowness

two kinds

* written by amy tan in the first pov
* abt how her mother forced her to try and become a child prodigy by playing the piano

the shooting of dan mcgrew

* written by robert w. service
* abt a man in love w/ the bartend named lou who ends up dying in a shoot out and having his gold stolen

the highwayman

* written by alfred noyes
* abt a theif who is in love w/ the landlord’s daughter named bess who ends up shooting herself in an attempt to save the highwayman from getting caught by the king’s men

grass

* written by carl sandburg
* abt how the death and destruction caused by wars is slowly forgotten over the years

suicide in the trenches

* written by seigfried sassoon
* abt how devastating the impacts of the trenches were on the soldiers

sweeping generalization

to take a general idea or rule and apply it too widely and w/o allowing any exceptions to it

similie

comparing two things using like or as

metaphor

comparing two things not using like or as

verbal irony

to say something and to mean the opposite, sarcasm

dramatic irony

when the reader knows something the character doesn’t

situational irony

when the opposite of what you expect to happen ends up happening

extreme long shot

location and scale are est

long shot

est location, scale, and identifies a figure

full shot

shows the entire figure and the background isn’t emphasized

cowboy shot

shows mid-thigh and up

medium shot

shows the torso or mid-chest and up

close-up shot

is a headshot that shows facial expressions

eye-level shot

camera is at eye level

low angle shot

used to make a character look more powerful

high angle shot

used to make a character look weaker

zoom

the camera zooms in and out

pan

the camera moves horizontally

tracking

the camera locks in and follows a subject

anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, usually at the beginning

enjambment

a line of poetry that runs on into the next line with no punctuation

parallelism

using similar words, clauses, phrases, sentence structure, or other grammatical elements to emphasize similar ideas in a sentence

iambic

two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one

* shakespeare wrote in this

static character

a character that doesn’t change throughout the story

flat character

a character lacking depth or a real personality

dynamic character

a character the changes and evolves throughout a story

round character

a character that is deep and layered

stock character

a character in a drama or fiction that represents a type and that is recognizable as belonging to a certain genre

protagonist

the main character of a story who makes key decisions that impact the plot

antagonist

the character that uses causes the main conflict and is working against the protagonist

literary foil

any character who contrasts another character to bring out the personality of the other

foreshadowing

gives clue to warn the reader of what will happen in the future

dues ex machina

the entry or coincidence of an implausible event that happens just in time to solve the conflict in a sotry

in media res

when the reader is plunged directly into action and background info is given later through explanations, flashbacks, or allusions in dialogue

fairy tales

stories intended for children with magical and wondrous characters that usually have a lesson in them

first person pov

stories that use personal pronouns

ex) i, me, my, we, us

second person pov

the story is told your pov

ex) you, your

third person pov

the person telling the story isn’t a participant

ex) he, she, them, they

omniscient

we the narrator can enter the minds of all the characters

limited omniscient

when the narrator/author can only see in into the minds of one or two characters

types of conflict

1. person vs person
2. person vs self
3. person vs nature
4. person vs society
5. person vs supernatural
6. person vs technology

symbolism

when something concrete is used to represent something other than its literal meaning

ex) doves symbolizing peace

short story plot structure

1. exposition - what you need to know in a story
2. rising action - the buildup to the climax
3. inciting moment - the main conflict of the story is addressed
4. climax - where the main conflict is somewhat solved
5. falling action - what happens after the climax
6. denouement - the resolution of a story

shakespeare’s personal history

* was born apr. 23, 1564 in stratford-on-avon, england
* died in 1616
* started as an actor, an apprentice of his father’s is business, and got a degree at stratford grammer school
* married anne hathaway on nov. 28, 1582 and she was eight years older than him and three months pregnant
* got inspo from recent events and past poets

queen elizabeth the first

* ruled for forty-five years (1558 - 1603)
* nicknamed the virgin queen
* ppl were convicted as witches and the economy was in shambles

king james

* ruled for twenty-five years (1603 - 1628)
* was interested in the supernatural and wrote a book in 1697 called demonology
* translated the bible from latin to english
* renamed shakespeare’s theater troupe the king’s men

shakespeare’s types of plays

1. tragedies
2. comedies
3. histories

patterns of shakespeare’s plays

* wrote in iambic pentameter
* always had five acts w/ the third being the climax

romeo and juliet background

* was written around 1594 - 1596
* takes place in verona, italy over five days in the fourteenth of fifteenth century
* inspired by the poem written in 1562 '“tragicall hisoryeye of romeus and juliet”

soliloquy

long speech given by a a character while on stage to reveal their thoughts or intentions

aside

a character’s quiet remarks to the audience or another character that no one else on stage can hear

comic relief

a brief humorous scene to relieve tension built up in a previous scene

life is beautiful background

* directed by roberto benigni
* takes place in arezzo, italy during ww2
* under the facist views of benito mussolini’s rule

to kill a mockingbird background

* author harper lee was born on apr. 28, 1926 and grew up in alabama
* the trial based inspired by the scottsboro case that took place in 1931 that accused nine young black men of raping two white women

juxtaposition

the placement of two things to show contrast

ostracize

to exclude someone from a society or group

literate

to be able to read and write

prophetic

accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future

migratory

denoting an animal that migrates

erroneously

being wrong or inaccurate

forage

to hunt or search for food and materials

immaculate

free from flaws or mistakes

exultation

a feeling of excitement or triumph

emancipated

free from legal, social, or political restrictions

liberty

the power to act as one pleases

sovereignty

the supreme authority of a state to govern itself or another state

nondescript

lacking distinctive or interesting features or characteristics

indifferently

having no particular interest or sympathy