Friday, September 19, 2014
Poster Project
The following project is due Wednesday 9/24:
You will be given a literary term to teach to the rest of the class. You will NOT, however, be presenting this term. You must create some type of poster that contains the following:
Definition
Example
Reason for use-what could an author accomplish by using this device
Images representative of the device
Anachronism
Analogy
Anaphora
Aphorism
Apostrophe
Archetype
Blank Verse
Cacophony
Caesura
Colloquial
Conceit
Connotation
Denotation
Denouement
Doppelganger
Enjambment
Euphemism
Euphony
Foil
Juxtaposition
Internal Rhyme
Litotes
Malapropism
Metonymy
Near, Off, or Slant Rhyme
Paradox
Pathetic Fallacy
Portmanteau
Pun
Satire
Spoonerism
Synecdoche
Understatement
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Welcome
Take some time to look through this blog. Assignments, research/informational links, and general announcements will be posted here.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
Monday, March 31, 2014
Invisible Man
Students received copies of Invisible Man. Students are to read through chapter 4 (pg 108) by Monday 4/7.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Intro to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Please use the link provided here to complete the following questions in your notes by Friday:
1. What are the examples of 18th century "penal laws"?
2. What happens to Joyce's father (and affects his entire family) between his mid 20's and 40's when he moved from Cork to Dublin?
3. What disease took 2 of Joyce's siblings? Why?
4. What is Clongowes?
5. What movement was Parnell the leader of? What was his downfall?
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