Sentence patterns 2
Independent Clause + colon + Explanation (specific)
Ex: 1
Bernard Shan told a writer: “There are three things I disliked about your story: they are the beginning, the middle and the end.”
Ex: 2
There is one key rule in my life: always be well dressed at work.
Ex: 3
Charles Darwin’s The origin of the species stated a harsh truth: only the fittest survive.
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Using figurative language
Simile: direct comparaison between two unlike things using a word like "like" and "as"
Metaphor: comparaison between two unlike things not using a word like "like" and "as"
Type 1: A=B, "the sky is a blue tapestry"
Type 2: 1) Verbs: "The goalie was skyrocketed to fame and now he's crashed"
2) Nouns: "In playing the Bruins, the habs are hitting a stonewall"
3) Adjective: "Koivu used to have cat-like moves"
Analogy: Extended metaphor or simile
"The Grande Bibliothèque might hold the key to your future; it unlocks many doors to knowledge; it opens the way to numerous oportunities."
"The human brain resembles a computer; it has incredible memory, both short term and long term; it updates everything"
Allusion: Refers to a literary work, place, event, myth, film
"His Achile's heal was his lack of personality"
"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in kansas anymore"
"She played Barbie to his Ken"
Personification: Giving human qualities to something inanimate or animal
"Dogs say cats love too much"
"Sun flowers nodded yes in the aternoon sun"
"The Canadian Rockies caulted into the sky"
Hyperbole / Understatement (opposite): Huge exageration
"There were thousands of people at his party last week"
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Analysis
1. Setting:
- The story happens in the old man's house
- It takes place on 8 days
2. Characters:
- The narrator (the man who kills the old man)
- The old man (who gets killed)
- The neighbor (who calls the police)
- The police (who comes to the house)
3. Themes
- A human being has a perverse wicked side (another side) that can make him do evil things
without normal MOTIVES
- FEAR of discovery can bring DISCOVERY
- The EVIL WITHIN is worse than the evil without
4. Point of view
First person narrative
5. Sentence style
"Object, there was none, Passion, there was none. I loved the man..."
6. Figures of speech
- Anaphora
"I heard things... in heaven, I heard things in hell"
- Personification
"Death" becomes a person
- Simile
"A single ray of light like the thread of a spider"
- Alliteration
"Hearren! Observation heartily how calmly"
- Irony
"I was never kinder to the old man during the week before i killed him"
- The story happens in the old man's house
- It takes place on 8 days
2. Characters:
- The narrator (the man who kills the old man)
- The old man (who gets killed)
- The neighbor (who calls the police)
- The police (who comes to the house)
3. Themes
- A human being has a perverse wicked side (another side) that can make him do evil things
without normal MOTIVES
- FEAR of discovery can bring DISCOVERY
- The EVIL WITHIN is worse than the evil without
4. Point of view
First person narrative
5. Sentence style
"Object, there was none, Passion, there was none. I loved the man..."
6. Figures of speech
- Anaphora
"I heard things... in heaven, I heard things in hell"
- Personification
"Death" becomes a person
- Simile
"A single ray of light like the thread of a spider"
- Alliteration
"Hearren! Observation heartily how calmly"
- Irony
"I was never kinder to the old man during the week before i killed him"
The Tell-Tale Heart
- Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19 of 1809
- Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7 of 1849
- Edgar Allan Poe maried his 13 years old cousin at the age of 27
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous american author, our teacher Mr. B. presented one of his writings The Tell-Tale heart. This short story is about the confession of a man who killed an old man. At the very beggining, the man had no problem with him, he actually loved him, but somehow he had the idea of killing him, he was haunted by this idea. It was because of his eye, is evil eye. He was so obsessed that he would even watch him, every night at midnight, eight nights in a row, but on that very last night, the old man saw him. For one hour long, the man would not move at all, and so the old man would, sitting in his bed. Suddenly he heard a sound he new, the heartbeat of the old man, louder and louder, so loud that he had to kill him, there was no other choice
- Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7 of 1849
- Edgar Allan Poe maried his 13 years old cousin at the age of 27
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous american author, our teacher Mr. B. presented one of his writings The Tell-Tale heart. This short story is about the confession of a man who killed an old man. At the very beggining, the man had no problem with him, he actually loved him, but somehow he had the idea of killing him, he was haunted by this idea. It was because of his eye, is evil eye. He was so obsessed that he would even watch him, every night at midnight, eight nights in a row, but on that very last night, the old man saw him. For one hour long, the man would not move at all, and so the old man would, sitting in his bed. Suddenly he heard a sound he new, the heartbeat of the old man, louder and louder, so loud that he had to kill him, there was no other choice
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
1. What questions.
What are you reviewing?
The curious case of Benjamin Button
What is it about?
A baby boy born old growing backwards
What is the plot or storyline?
The young boy tries to live a normal life in this condition
What is the theme?
Life
What is the director's purpose?
His purpose?... make this movie?
What genre or classification does it fit?
Drama, Fantastic, Romantic
What is the tone?
Dramatic
What is the point of view?
A narrator “reads” the story and makes it live
What is the mood?
Sad
2. Who questions.
Who wrote, directed, or acted it?
-David Fincher directed it
-Francis Scott Fitzgerald orinaly wrote it
-Eric Roth re-wrote it
the actors were:
-Brad Pitt
-Cate Blanchet
-Julia Ormond
-Taraji P. Henson
-Jason Flemyng
-Tilda Swinton
and many other...
What else have they done?
Brad Pitt played in:
-Twelve monkeys
-Mr. And Mrs. Smith
-Ocean’s thirteen
Cate Blanchet played in:
-Babel
-Lord of the rings, The two towers
-Lord of the rings, The return of the king
Who are the main characters in the story?
-Benjamin Button
-Queeny
-Daisy
-Captain Mike
Who is the intended audience?
Young adults to adults
Who has said what about this? Why?
Kenneth Turan (LA times):
"While that bit of technical virtuosity is supposed to make us ponder the mysteries of mortality, actually seeing these various Buttons plays as grotesque and gimmicky, leading to speculation that the chance to do something bizarre and unsettling is what attracted Fincher to the project in the first place."
Well this person dislike the movie and the special effects in it, but as it is an oscar nominee, this person is probably wrong.
3. Where and when questions.
When does the action take place?
1920’s to 2000
Where does the action take place?
Many places, but especially Louisiana
What are you reviewing?
The curious case of Benjamin Button
What is it about?
A baby boy born old growing backwards
What is the plot or storyline?
The young boy tries to live a normal life in this condition
What is the theme?
Life
What is the director's purpose?
His purpose?... make this movie?
What genre or classification does it fit?
Drama, Fantastic, Romantic
What is the tone?
Dramatic
What is the point of view?
A narrator “reads” the story and makes it live
What is the mood?
Sad
2. Who questions.
Who wrote, directed, or acted it?
-David Fincher directed it
-Francis Scott Fitzgerald orinaly wrote it
-Eric Roth re-wrote it
the actors were:
-Brad Pitt
-Cate Blanchet
-Julia Ormond
-Taraji P. Henson
-Jason Flemyng
-Tilda Swinton
and many other...
What else have they done?
Brad Pitt played in:
-Twelve monkeys
-Mr. And Mrs. Smith
-Ocean’s thirteen
Cate Blanchet played in:
-Babel
-Lord of the rings, The two towers
-Lord of the rings, The return of the king
Who are the main characters in the story?
-Benjamin Button
-Queeny
-Daisy
-Captain Mike
Who is the intended audience?
Young adults to adults
Who has said what about this? Why?
Kenneth Turan (LA times):
"While that bit of technical virtuosity is supposed to make us ponder the mysteries of mortality, actually seeing these various Buttons plays as grotesque and gimmicky, leading to speculation that the chance to do something bizarre and unsettling is what attracted Fincher to the project in the first place."
Well this person dislike the movie and the special effects in it, but as it is an oscar nominee, this person is probably wrong.
3. Where and when questions.
When does the action take place?
1920’s to 2000
Where does the action take place?
Many places, but especially Louisiana
LEL #1-#2
Course 1: Basic Concepts in algebra
1. Interest level
I was really interested by this course, because I like mathematics in general and I have to use mental calculus everyday at school as I'm in architecture.
2. Difficulty level
This course was way too easy for me, it's about secondary 2 level, but I followed it anyway, because I needed practice.
3. What I learned (3 points)
I didn't learned much following this course, as I said, I wanted to take it to practice my ability to count mentaly, not using an adding machine. The only thing I learned is that I am way better than I thought.
4. My score
I actually didn't get any score or evaluation at all following this course, but according to the practices I would have had about 95-100%, my only errors being keyboard errors.
5. Course rating (/10)
I would give a 8/10 to this course because even if it was too easy for me, it still shows a good pace as it becomes harder just fast enough an it begins with the basics of mathematics as the name says it: basic concepts.
Grammar Skills 4: Adjectives, Adverbs, & Confusing Words
1. Interest level
I wanted to follow at least one English course as this work is to be done for the English class so I chose this one. Even if many people dislike grammar, I don’t so this was probably the English course that could have interested me the most and it did. I like to see the errors I say when I speak or write in English.
2. Difficulty level
This course surprisingly easy for me, it's only about secondary 3-4 level, but there was some subjects I didn’t remember perfectly so it was still a good review.
3. What I learned (3 points)
- I learned that the word “alright” actually doesn’t exist
- I learned the definition of “lose” which means to misplace or to be defeated
- I learned the meaning of “altogether” which is “completely”
4. My score
I actually didn't get any score or evaluation at all following this course, but according to the practices I would have had about 85-95%, the only errors I did were sparse and didn’t aim any subject in particular.
5. Course rating (/10)
I would give a 6/10 to this course because there were many errors in the corrected version of the practices, like the wrong word highlighted in the sentence or when I gave the good answer, sometimes it was marked as wrong even though it was the same answer it was showing as the good one.
1. Interest level
I was really interested by this course, because I like mathematics in general and I have to use mental calculus everyday at school as I'm in architecture.
2. Difficulty level
This course was way too easy for me, it's about secondary 2 level, but I followed it anyway, because I needed practice.
3. What I learned (3 points)
I didn't learned much following this course, as I said, I wanted to take it to practice my ability to count mentaly, not using an adding machine. The only thing I learned is that I am way better than I thought.
4. My score
I actually didn't get any score or evaluation at all following this course, but according to the practices I would have had about 95-100%, my only errors being keyboard errors.
5. Course rating (/10)
I would give a 8/10 to this course because even if it was too easy for me, it still shows a good pace as it becomes harder just fast enough an it begins with the basics of mathematics as the name says it: basic concepts.
Grammar Skills 4: Adjectives, Adverbs, & Confusing Words
1. Interest level
I wanted to follow at least one English course as this work is to be done for the English class so I chose this one. Even if many people dislike grammar, I don’t so this was probably the English course that could have interested me the most and it did. I like to see the errors I say when I speak or write in English.
2. Difficulty level
This course surprisingly easy for me, it's only about secondary 3-4 level, but there was some subjects I didn’t remember perfectly so it was still a good review.
3. What I learned (3 points)
- I learned that the word “alright” actually doesn’t exist
- I learned the definition of “lose” which means to misplace or to be defeated
- I learned the meaning of “altogether” which is “completely”
4. My score
I actually didn't get any score or evaluation at all following this course, but according to the practices I would have had about 85-95%, the only errors I did were sparse and didn’t aim any subject in particular.
5. Course rating (/10)
I would give a 6/10 to this course because there were many errors in the corrected version of the practices, like the wrong word highlighted in the sentence or when I gave the good answer, sometimes it was marked as wrong even though it was the same answer it was showing as the good one.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Wiki Treasure Hunt
What is the Learning Express Library?
Self-learning tasks available at the Grande Bibliothèque
Where is Mr. B's office?
C150
What percentage of the course is writing and speaking worth?
50/50
How many students are registered in the class?
35
What are Mr. B's office hours?
Th 13:30-14:30
We 13:00-17:00
What is the 48 hour rule?
The rule for the exams, you have to see the teacher to ask him if you can do an exam you missed within 48 hours
What is the first assignment?
Write Audrey's profile
How many references are made to "thesis statement"?
10
How many threads are found in the discussion forum?
75
Do you have to go to the Grande Bibiliotheque to register?
no
What is the blog URL of the last student on the class list?
Mine... http://follspantyhoses.blogspot.com
How many pages on the site refer to "grammar"?
8
How many items are listed in the Student Contract?
10
What are the summative writing assignments?
10% Book reports
10% Mid-term writing test
10% Formative work appreciation
20% Final writing test
How many items are there in the "Writing Correction Code"?
25
Self-learning tasks available at the Grande Bibliothèque
Where is Mr. B's office?
C150
What percentage of the course is writing and speaking worth?
50/50
How many students are registered in the class?
35
What are Mr. B's office hours?
Th 13:30-14:30
We 13:00-17:00
What is the 48 hour rule?
The rule for the exams, you have to see the teacher to ask him if you can do an exam you missed within 48 hours
What is the first assignment?
Write Audrey's profile
How many references are made to "thesis statement"?
10
How many threads are found in the discussion forum?
75
Do you have to go to the Grande Bibiliotheque to register?
no
What is the blog URL of the last student on the class list?
Mine... http://follspantyhoses.blogspot.com
How many pages on the site refer to "grammar"?
8
How many items are listed in the Student Contract?
10
What are the summative writing assignments?
10% Book reports
10% Mid-term writing test
10% Formative work appreciation
20% Final writing test
How many items are there in the "Writing Correction Code"?
25
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