Honors Survey of Literature 26 October 2010 Vocabulary Lesson 9 1. The gauge on the dashboard emits a red light when the gas tank is almost empty 2. If the granary fills up too early‚ the farmers will have to find another place to store grain. 3. The late night show included lampoons meant to make a funny joke. 4. Larry had no qualms about the test that he had next period‚ because he studied a lot the night before. 5. During the homily‚ Jonathan Edwards warned the congregation that they
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When looking at an upcoming Social Studies unit and the vocabulary that might be challenging for my ELL students‚ I chose our unit on Martin Luther King Jr. This holiday is not focused on as much as Thanksgiving and Christmas‚ and students seem to be much more familiar with these holidays because of the focus on family and holiday rituals. They hear the terms more often used with Thanksgiving and Christmas. While at the beginning of the school year we do discuss being respectful‚ truthful‚
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In this very short story‚ Alice Walker tells of a young‚ African American girl who‚ while gathering flowers‚ stumbles quite literally upon the body of a dead man. The atmosphere‚ language and subject matter of the story suggest the southern United States as a setting-sometime in the mid- to late-20th century seems an appropriate time period‚ though this is far less clear. The contrast between the story’s beginning and end is striking. We begin with a light-hearted description of the life of Myop
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Name: ____Elena Tran__________________ Vocabulary Unit 21 In-Class Study Sheet Base Word/ Syn / Ant | Definition | Example using TSAR | 1. kudos | praise/honor received for an achievement | Pedro Romero received kudos from the audience. | S - accolade | an award/privilege granted as a special honor or as an acknowledgment of merit | Jake and his friends are war veterans that have received accolades for their services. | A - odium | general hatred/disgust directed toward someone as
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What is a Story? * a narrative‚ either true or fictitious‚ in prose or verse‚ designed to interest‚ amuse‚ or instruct the hearer or reader; a tale. * a fictitious tale‚ shorter and less elaborate than a novel. * a narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated‚ as an anecdote‚ joke‚ etc. * Therefore‚ narrative or story in its broadest sense is anything told or recounted; more narrowly‚ and more usually‚ something told or recounted
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The brief but complex stories of "Araby" by James Joyce and‚ "A&P by John Updike focuses on character traits rather than on plot to reveal the ironies that inherent self deception. The theme for both Sammy from "A&P" and the narrator from "Araby" is the transition from childhood to adulthood‚ a process that everyone experiences in one’s own way and time. The transformation that both characters make from children to adults includes unrealistic expectations of women‚ focusing upon one girl in particular
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle
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CH 17 BIOLOGY VOCABULARY AND ASSESSMENT CH 17 SEC 1 1. Binomial nomenclature: Linnaeus’s system of naming organisms‚ giving a scientific two-word name to each species- the first part being the genus‚ and the second the species 2. Class: taxonomic group that contains one or more related orders 3. Classification: grouping of organisms or objects based on a set of criteria that helps organize‚ communicate‚ and retain information 4. Division: taxonomic term used instead of phylum to group related
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Practical analysis 1 While reading the following story‚ I noted its plot structure: 1. Are the events arranged chronologically? Do they catch and hold the reader’s interest? All the events arranged chronologically‚ they catch readers interest‚ because after two Soapy’s attempts ”to go to the Island” that were failed it’s interesting to know what’s the end will be. 2. What is the role of the exposition? The exposition is the beginning section in which the author provides the necessary background
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Li-Young Lee’s poem “A Story” depicts the complex relationship between a father and his son. Lee portrays the complexity of their relationship by using point of view to understand how the father feels in this situation. The structure of this poem helps paint the fears the father has by shifting to the future. Also the use of diction adds emotion to the love that is being shared by the father and his son. Through the point of view‚ the structure‚ and the diction used in the poem‚ Lee is able to convey
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