Quiz: Monday 1/25
Homework: none |
Quiz: Wednesday 2/3 (could potentially change)
Homework: pick 10 of the 12 terms and apply them to a book/story/movie.
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Quiz: Tuesday 2/8
Homework: Find an article of your choosing and write a paragraph discussing how it utilizes rhetorical devices, especially diction, syntax, connotation, and denotation, and how these devices influence it. |
Quiz: Monday 2/15
Homework: Write your own example of each type of figurative language on your list. You may omit the following words from your list: figurative language, extended metaphor, analogy. |
Quiz: Monday 2/22
Homework: For each of the following characters from RITS, please state whether they are dynamic or static and round or flat: Ruth Younger, Walter Younger, Travis Younger, Beneatha Younger, Lena Younger, Joseph Asagai, George Murchison, Karl Lindner, Mrs. Johnson, Bobo. |
Quiz: Friday 3/4
Homework: Write three words that exemplify each of the sound effects on our list (onomatopoeia, alliteration, exact rhyme, consonance, assonance). Each of your three words should be different than the ones we discussed in class. |
Quiz: Friday 3/11
Homework: Create a crossword or word search puzzle using the 13 terms from this week's list and at least 7 other words from previous lists. The clues or bank should consist of the definitions or examples for the terms, so the person completing the puzzle has to know the vocabulary terms in order to complete it. You must submit two copies of the puzzle: one that is blank and one with the answers on it. Your crossword or word search may be handwritten or typed. If you would like to do an electronic version, you are welcome to use a website to complete it. There are many websites that help you generate a crossword or word search, and all you have to do is provide the information for it. |
Quiz: Friday 3/18
Homework: Please read these directions carefully! Provide an example of a story (or a part of a story) that we have read in class where the following terms are exemplified. Be sure to follow any additional directions that may appear with the term. 1- External Conflict: name a specific external conflict (man vs. man will not work for this. You will need something like Harry vs. Voldemort instead). 2- Internal Conflict: name a specific internal conflict (follow same guidelines as external conflict) 3- Conflict: name one additional conflict that is different than the first two you provided (follow the same guidelines as before) 4- Tone: state the tone of the story, tell me which story it came from, and tell me how you got it. 5- Mood: state the mood of the story, tell me which story it came from, and tell me how you got it. 6- 1st Person Point of View: state the name of a story that used 1st Person Point of View 7- 2nd Person Point of View: write your own sentence exemplifying 2nd Person Point of View 8- 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View: state the name of a story that used this point of view 9- 3rd Person Limited Point of View: state the name of a story that used this point of view 10- Point of View: state the point of view for any other story that you didn't list in the previous point of view questions |
Quiz: Thursday 3/24
Homework: Rewrite cell phones in school pros and cons paragraph. Do not do this until I have instructed you to do so. We will discuss this more in class and you will have a chance to begin rewriting your paragraphs in class as well. |
Quiz: Friday 4/8
Homework: Write the definition for each vocab term in your own words. |
Quiz: Friday 4/22
Homework: none |
Quiz: Friday 5/6
Homework: None |