My three bests posts

These are my favorite posts that I feel I did my best work on, and posts according to view count.

Great Expectations : LAQs


Gridlock # 1 In You the Earth by Pablo Neruda

Literature Analysis Q & A's 1-4 Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya

I find it ironic how this blog is an English blog and when I decide to post a quote for fun. It happens to get the most page views out of any educational post... grrr! (P.S. it has 752 page views...)

John Lennon Quote 

Senior Project

My senior project is up an running now folks! So I am glad to share with everyone the link if they would like to check it out and learn a little about what an NGO is and learn some interesting information about Latin America. I will be talking about some issues and the purpose of the NGO's to create a solution. Stay tuned !

http://socorroseniorprjctngos.blogspot.com/

GROUPTHINK

Well after discussing our poems, it turned out that Michelle and I had the same understanding of my poem. We both believed it to be talking about earth and its growth. And we were also confused whether it was talking about a woman or not..
Then after we discussed Michelle's poem, we both came to two different conclusions. She interpreted that it was discussing discrimination issues and political difference. I interpreted it as racial issues.

Gridlock # 1 In You the Earth by Pablo Neruda

TPCASTT: Poem Analysis Method:
title, paraphrase, connotation, diction,
attitude, tone, shift(s), title revisited and
theme 


Title -of poem means : In You the Earth, possibly relating to nature. Something so natural of a woman that is natural beauty. Mother Nature held close to your heart. Caring about the earth. Having earth inside you can be interpreted as being raw and natural.


Paraphrase- parts of the Poem:  "Little rose, roselet"(lines 1-3) The rose can be the literal meaning of a small rose that is beginning to bloom. It begins as a small rose bud then begins to blossom. The rose bud can also mean a small little baby."tiny and naked, it seems as though you would fit in one of my hands, as though I’ll clasp you like this and carry you to my mouth," (lines 5-10) The baby is so small it needs to be carried around before it begins to walk. "but suddenly my feet touch your feet and my mouth your lips: you have grown," (lines 1-14) The relationship is growing stronger and stronger. "your shoulders rise like two hills, your breasts wander over my breast, my arm scarcely manages to encircle the thin new-moon line of your waist:" (lines 16-20) Admiring the beauty of nature and a woman's body. "in love you loosened yourself like sea water: I can scarcely measure the sky’s most spacious eyes and I lean down to your mouth to kiss the earth." (lines 21- 23) Slowly fell in love with earth and it's full beauty. I believe it has a double meaning in such a way that earth is represented as a woman.


Connotation- of some of the words – changing literal meaning to implied or associated values : The first three lines already have a double meaning. "Little rose, roselet," referring to a rose bud and in my interpretation a baby or a woman.

Attitude- What is the attitude of the author, characters or yourself? : As I read the poem I felt like it was a man talking about mother earth and her beauty. Explaining how the years go by and the seasons change, mountians grow, sea level rises. I also interpret this poem how it is a man speaking about a woman and how hes watched her grow up.




Shift- At first we think or feel one way – then there is a shift: identify the shifts and explain them : At first it feels like a man is talking about mother nature and as time goes, she changes and begins to blossom/age. A shift would be how at first as you read the poem it feels like it is talking about nature then it makes you think it is talking aboyt a woman and ger beauty as well as she grows to become a beautiful woman.



Title Revisited -Any new insights on meaning or significance of title? : My opinion still hasn't changed much. I still think it is talking about mother earth and a woman at the same time. Many a slight of a difference how I interpreted right now would be that man speaking in the poem may be talking about how someone holds love for earth/ nature close to their hearts.


Theme : Inspiration. The man speaking is inspired by the growth of earth or the woman he is referring too.

Seventh Reading

In You the Earth - Pablo Neruda

Little

rose,

roselet,

at times,

tiny and naked,

it seems

as though you would fit

in one of my hands,

as though I’ll clasp you like this

and carry you to my mouth,

but

suddenly

my feet touch your feet and my mouth your lips:

you have grown,

your shoulders rise like two hills,

your breasts wander over my breast,

my arm scarcely manages to encircle the thin

new-moon line of your waist:

in love you loosened yourself like sea water:

I can scarcely measure the sky’s most spacious eyes

and I lean down to your mouth to kiss the earth.

My response- I believe this poem has a double meaning to it. The first meaning leans towards mother nature and the circle of life. But then if you image a man can be referring to woman's body as well. I find this to be an odd poem, but at the same time I love how it has a double meaning. Because each person will think differently about the poem. In my opinion the two most common topics to come up would be mother nature/ circle of life and a man referring to a woman's body. 

Literature Analysis #2

Carrie by Stephen King

GENERAL

1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read, and explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same)
- Carrie is a high school senior who lives with her mom in the city of Chamberlain. Her mother is a very religious woman and tries to protect herdaughter from committing any type of sin. It all started when Carrie was showering right after gym and she happened to get her first menstrual period ever. She had no idea what was happening to her since her mother never informed her about it. She believed she was bleeding to death and five girls began to tease her. Carrie fell to her feet in tears after being harassed and having sanitary napkins thrown at her. Ms. Dejardin ( p.e teacher) comes out of her office after listening to a bunch of commotion. She stops the harassment and dismisses everyone in the locker room. She helps Carrie to clean herself up and to pull it together. Carrie is sent home for the rest of the week. The principal latter brings in Chris's ( main girl leading the harassment) dad to let him know that her daughter is being punished with a weeks worth detention and will not be attending the spring prom. Her dad is a lawyer and tries to fight back with the principal but in the end Chris didn't get any less of her punishment. Sue feels bad for everything Carrie has been through in her life with the teasing and wants to bring justice to Carrie. Tommy (Sue's boyfriend) was encouraged by Sue to ask Carrie to prom. Sue wanted to give Carrie the best night of her life. Carrie accepts the invite and goes on making her dress and preparing everything. Her mother doesn't accept the idea that a boy asked her to a dance and goes even more mad about how her daughter is the devils child. The night of prom has finally come and it is time to get glam'd up for a good night out. Chris and Billy have conjured up an evil plan to sabotage the night for Carrie and Tommy. They planned out to have two buckets of pig's blood held up on top of the stage, for when the prom king and queen are named then the blood will spill on them. how ironic that Carrie and Tommy are crowned prom king and queen. The blood is spilled on them both and they are humiliated. One of the buckets fell and hit Tommy on the head, knocking him unconscious. Carrie is raging inside and runs out of the gym, she find the water hydrant's (3) and releases the screws. Causing the water pressure to go down. Carrie is on a rampage now. She returns inside and with her TK power she closes all the doors shut and turns on the sprinklers. The room is soaking wet. Because of the bands set up, water and electricity do not go together. It turns out that several students are electrocuted to death. The gym begins to catch on fire and all the students are stuck inside. Carrie somehow gets out and is on a killing spree now. She attacks several places in Chamberlain while on her way home to see her mother. She arrives home and kills her mother slowly, until there was no beat left. Her mother tried killing Carrie by stabbing her, and ended up stabbing Carrie in the shoulder. Carrie is now bleeding to death slowly. She leaves her home and heads to an open field and ends up lying there to her death. Sue goes out to find Carrie and try to help her, even though she killed her boyfriend and caused everything in town. Sue is there for the final moments of Carries life. The town has no real reason to keep going anymore. The town was blown up and many students died that night. The local businesses have stayed down since the harm was done. Since the night of prom the town has lost the reason to live and keep going.

2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
The theme of the novel revolves around <i>revenge</i>. Carrie is vengeful towards everyone who gave her the worst of time.

3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
The novel has an eerie mood to it. But it has a since of evil and is twisted. " I looked around and saw Joise Vreck holding onto one of the mike stands. He couldn't let go. His eyes were bugging out and his hair was on end and it looked like he was dancing. His feet were sliding around in the water and smoke started to come out of his shirt.
He fell over on one of the amps- they were big ones, five or six feet high- and it fell onto the water." (pg 178)
- This is an example of a scene were Josie was electrocuted to death. It feels twisted how he died.
" A sudden smothered sound that might have been a half-scream came from her mouth, and she leaned forward and pulled violently on the cord with both hands. It came loose with slack for a moment, making her think that Billy had been having her on all this time, that the rope was attached to nothing but thin air. Then it snubbed tight, held for a second, and then came through her palms harshly, leaving a burn.
The moment were Chris pulls the ropes to release the buckets of pig's blood to fall and smother Carrie and her date Tommy. The few seconds that she pulls violently, life is flashing before her eyes. How Billy is manipulative to her and now she notices what cruel act she is committing to Carrie. But she still follows through on this act.

4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or your sense of the tone. For each, please include textual support to help illustrate the point for your readers. (Please include edition and page numbers for easy reference.)

Anecdote- " It was reliably reported by several persons that a rain of stones fell from a clear blue sky on Carlin Street in the town of Chamberlain on August 17th. The stones fell principally on the home of Mrs. Margaret White damaging the roof extensively and ruining two gutters and a downspout valued at approximately $25. Mrs. White, a widow, lives with her three-year-old daughter, Carriette. Mrs. White could not be reached for comment.

Dialect- Carrie; " Why didn't you <i>tell</i> me?" she cried. " Oh Momma, I was so <i>scarred! </i>And thr girls all made fun and threw things and-"<br />
This example is showing Carrie's humble way of speaking. Throughout the novel when Carrie speaks she appears to be very humble and monotone. It is until towards the end of the novel were she begins to express herself more.

Imagery- "She hated her face, her dull, stupid, bovine face, the vapid eyes, the red, shiny pimples, the nests of blackheads. She hated her face most of all." pg. 44
Carrie is giving a detailed explanation of how she looks.

Denotation- &nbsp;From <i>Ogilvie's Dictionary of Psychic Phenomena:&nbsp;"Telekinesis</i>&nbsp;is the ability to move objects or to cause changes in objects by force of the mind. The phenomenon has most reliably been reported in times of crisis or in stress situations, when automobiles have been levitated from pinned bodies or debris from collapsed buildings, etc." pg 44

CHARACTERIZATION
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization.  Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?

2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character?  How?  Example(s)?

3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic?  Flat or round?  Explain.
Carrie is a flat / static character. She doesn't show much expression of emotions throughout the novel. Most of her emotions that are being expressed is when she uses her TK power and that reasoning for her power is because she is under stress or emotionally unstable.

4. After reading the book did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a character?  Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction. After reading this novel I feel like I Carrie myself. As I was reading it felt like I was in novel myself just watching everything happened right before my very eyes. I did feel so very real. And I could feel the emotional pain/stress Carrie was undergoing. I found it hard for myself to stop reading because I just wanted to know what was going to happen next. In the end I was unhappy because even though Carrie dies, the ending just wasn't that intrresting. I was more bummed. Unsatisfied. I feel like it just wasn't a good ending

Notes for Spring Break Books

Slaughter house 5

- "everythng was beautiful nd nithi ng hurt

:third person

:billy..
Bombing of dressden-prisoner if war, taken in slaughterhouse five
Goes thru war, prisoner of war, awkward character
His wife is fat ndd dusgustiong, felt forced to marry her, felt sorry for her
Was blamed for killing anothrt guy
Imagines his own assination..
... Board demensions,,, crazy creatures.. Ppl see them as babies ndd othrts see them as old ndd practicaly dead.
Big motif," so it goes" big theme!
Does own illustration in novel
Metaphors are used a lot
"SO IT GOES"
Humorous/dark humor

Kafka on the Shore

Lit tech-
Scene in the library and picks a record that reads "Kafka on the shore" novels relates to music in some since...
Two plot lines
1) Kafka, 14/15 years old, running from home.. Mother/sister ran from home when he was 4 . Yearns to meet his mom/sister..
2) naturo casara- runs away and collects cats... Older man
-two plot lines begin to emerge together towards the end of the novel
When Kafka was a child. Father said, when you kill you'll run off and have sex w/ your mother
Cats play a big part..
Magical realism
Kafka murders Johnny walker.. Chapter before Kafka is in blood and doesn't know why,, then later it is scene that Kafka is murdering his father

Life of Pi

Summary-
about a young man namrd pacine, aka pi
Is an odd boy, grows up in India, family owns a zoo. Similes being used EXTREMLY! Relating yo zoo
Wants to serve God, Hindu,
Kinda believes God, then goes to a Mosc , joins all three religions, all three men meet ndd he feels bad cause he just wants to serve God
- on a boat w/ a tiger moving to Canada, a tiger, hyena, monkey..to sell
Richard Parker-
Tiger symbolizes learning to over come something ..
Territorial dominance,
Circus ring master- symbolize dominance..
Humans/ animals love there territory. Need there space to function normally,

Notes on introduction to Macbeth

- anitheros : kinda selfish, to do there own thing and not really be bothered.
- post-modernism: hero that is a hero but ...
-king has a halo.. Has if holy
- Macbeth: a dark play, sinester, wicked, literally/symbolically,
-wicked witches serve as greek toruses.
- steamin, rotting shitting and twisted..
-1606: written
James the I : fascinated by witchcraft
- factual elements: inherent by Banquo/ flaunce
-Murder ocurred...
-Macbeth 1040-1057
-Macbeth killed Dunken the I then Macbeth killed by Dunken's son Malcolm.
- England vs Scotland
- King James uniting England and Scotland in there interity
- Macbeth murders the king and cant live with his actions
-Macbeth is like an animal. A creature of his own ambition. Doesnt have much of a heart and feelings like a normal human
- Witches / withcraft : "fair is foul and fould is fair" - paradox
-paradox: self contadictory
- Witches associated with dark and death
-satanic missions at night, gather by graves to conduct y
Their potions and evil crafts
- Young Gooman Brown (short story)
- Need for witch craft???
-Create an alienated character to break the social norms..
- 1604- witchcraft became a big deal at this time..
A book of Mormon...
-Evil spirits, condem them by hanging
- Devil was very real and believed he was trapping them into his evil.
- Witches were capable to perform what was presented in Macbeth.. Commit evil twisted doings..
- shadenfroid: getting pleasure of someones failures..
- self deception: makes a hero a fallen hero
- message of the play.. Devil feeds us temptation

- The Thane Of Cawdor !
-Theme in play :

Carrie by Stephen King -lit circle

Open essay person

1)  A major theme with in the novel is revenge. Provide examples to support the theme of the novel, Carrie.

2) Frequently a work of literature will concern itself with a major transformation ina character. In this case Carrie discovers her power of telekinesis. In a well-organized essay, explain the nature of the transformation and the relationship Carrie has with her power and the town.

3) Write an essat that revolves around a major theme in the novel Carrie, by Stephen King. Provide evidence to support your ideas. Avoid plot summary.

4) Coming the end of a novel, a consistent mood should have been created and our consciousness of certain aspects of life should have been intensified or even altered. Discuss the mood(tone) of a novel (Carrie) you have read and point out the ways in which the story intensified your consicousness of certain aspects of life or altered your views.

WRITINGAS5PECTATORSPORT

1)  Elizabeth Hotchkiss :  http://e2hotchkissrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2013/02/writing-as-spectator-sport.html?showComment=1361851314909#c4921390756020002277

- She did her essay but no proof...

2)  Beka got Spinxed  by Kathryn ! Beka wrote a four paragraph essay. Her introduction was not very appealing to me. Her points should have been stronger, since she got to write more of a full on essay, should of put more time into it. I found it interesting to read, all in all, just needed to be a bit stronger.

http://kgreenuprhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/

3) 

Brave New World    

Notes  Foreword / Ch 1

- in simple words: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE WORLD'S EDUCATORS. SI MONUMENTUM REQUIRIS CIRCUMSPICE. 
- book about the future
- novel contains no reference to nuclear apparent.
- advancement of science as it affects the human individuals
- people who govern Brave New World aim for social stability
- "the problem of happiness" - in other words, he problem of making people love their servitude.
- a long way from bottled  babies and Bokanovsky groups of semi-morons.

- world states motto Community, Identity, Stability
-  Director giving a tour of the Fertilizing Room to the very young students (boys)
- Year of stability, A.F 632,
- Alphas/ Betas remained until bottled, when the Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons are brought out, and they undergo Bokanovsky's process
- Bokanovsky's process, bokanovsky egg will bud, will proliferate, will divided from eight to ninety-six buds. Every bud equals one person.
- Podsnap's Technique, to immensely accerlerate the process of ripening.
- Multiplying embryos from one egg into thousands
- Epsilons embryo must have an Epsilons environment as well as an Epsilons heredity
-  Epsilons don't need human intelligence
- condition the embryo's to how they want to to act when they grow up, example, "heat conditioning," condition the embryo's to prefer the heat than the cold. In order to want to live in tropical weather compared to the pole's. 
- the conditioning of the intellectual embryo's (Alphas)

My response after reading the foreword and chapter 1, well it's very sciencey , which makes it very interesting to read. I find it sad how they're playing with human nature, especially in the births of babies, and they're "conditioning." But I can't wait to keep reading. This novel is full of information and I'm ready to analyze the buzz out of it. I most definitely recommend this novel to EVERYONE!

First Quarter Review...

a) I would say that this semester I am not as motivated to enter my blog posts on time. I choose to do another homework and I usually push this class homework till the next day. And I end up procrastinating. Even though I am not as on time as last semester, I still managed to get all the post needed for my blog. All the work is on there, just a few days late then the assigned date. My senior project is coming along, mostly just doing research right now until I further my planning with the project.
b)  Post assignments on time
read all the reading assignments
study more
c) the course progress is okay with me and I feel that there is no need for change or alterations.

BOB I

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i am here..

The first grading period of second semester is finally here. My goals have been slowly coming along very well. For the classes that needed improvement from last semester. As of English... my blog posting as been a bit slower this grading period and I can only blame myself. I am still working on it. I have a feeling that my mojo is kind of slipping. I just need that mojo to come back because the big goal for me right now wold have to be the AP Exam. I need to study study study! Cause in the end it will benefit me.
As of  my senior project, it is coming along. Already have an idea and have begun some research. I am still reading more to get a ore understanding of exactly how I want to come across it and present it to my class.

Literature Analysis

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Remix

GENERAL
1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read, and explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same).

- Pip's expectations are 1) fulfilling the role of a gentlemen, at the same time is still searching for love and finds something about Estella that catches his eye. 2) Pip finally has money and is crazy about all his money, but Estella isn't so crazy about Pip just like he is about her. 3) Pip looses his money (value included) and is finally ready to become a real man "gentlemen". He reaches his expected point and in the end after loosing himself, money, love, he managed to gain it all back and be happily in love with Estella.

2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.

- Two main themes within Great Expectations revolve around social standings and self improvement.

The social classes inside of England didn't have to deal with real worth. 

- Joe, Biddy, and Magwitch are good hearted  characters in the story but apeare themselves to be on the lowest level social classes. 

- Drummle is rich but has a horrid personality. 

Self -improvement was a second great major theme. 

- Pip was always open for improvement. He knew he had to learn how t read and was ready to being his education. He knew he had to be Good as well. What do I mean by Good you ask?? Well good as in an all around good person, with a good education, good life, love life, good with money, good person, good heart, you get my point... With this you can see that he had "great expectations" He looked for improvement mainly in the areas of social status, morality, and education. 

- Dickens knew that yes you must be ambitious but our ambition must be a productive ambition. 

- Moral ambition means to build ones character.

  

3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
- Pip's story is his change from childhood to adulthood/ wisdom.
-to teen years--to adulthood-

4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or your sense of the tone. For each, please include textual support to help illustrate the point for your readers. (Please include edition and page numbers for easy reference.)
-Metafor - “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” (122)
-Narrator - “In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.” (77)

-Figurative Language - “No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.” (100)

- Climax - " did really cry in good earnest when I went to bed, to think that my expectations had done some good to somebody " (257)

CHARACTERIZATION
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization. Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?
-- Direct Characterization- It would have been cruel of Miss Havisham, horribly cruel, to practice on the susceptibility of a poor boy, and to torture me through all these years with a vain hope and an idle pursuit, if she had reflected on the gravity of what she did. But I think she did not. I think that in the endurance of her own trial, she forgot mine, Estella (378)

- Indirect Characterization - “I noticed that Miss Havisham put down the jewel exactly on the spot from which she had taken it up.”

2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character? How? Example(s)?
-The authors syntax/diction changes depending on each character.
Magwitch is a poor man, who is a criminal and his ankles are changed. Throughout the novel you get a clear understanding that Magwitch is poorly educated.
"This is a terrible hardened one,"they says to prison wisitors,picking out of me. "May be said to live in gaols this." They always went on agen me about the Devil. But what the Devil was I to do? I must put something into my stomach, mustn't I?" Ch 42

Criminal  and poor English skills

- Estella is much more educated and of high class. She makes sure that she is known and when she speaks to Pip she speaks with such a sophisticated manner but with a witty sense. 

3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic? Flat or round? Explain.
- Pip falling into a dynamic and round character traits, reveal his personality and his inner thoughts about his whole adventure in accomplishing his great expectations.

4. After reading the book did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a character? Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction.
- As I read this novel I had a feeling like I was inside the novel and just watching everything go past me before my very own eyes. I enjoyed reading the novel and loved the drama within it. Reading about Pip's journey in finding himself is an experience to feel, because it was expressed very differently, especially in that time and country. Gave me another understanding of how everyone's journey in discovering themselves is totally different. Interesting is a good word to describe it all.

THE TIME OF MY LIFE

THE TIME OF MY LIFE

Friday's class was productive. wr talked about the novel that we are reading, Great Expectations, and we clearified some information that wasn't so understanding to us.

Whats the story?

1) He lived a hard life growing up in London and he expresses a lot of his emotions through his novels. His emotions are hidden with in the characters personalities and they come out as the character comes to life. I read the biography of Dickens and I also read summaries of the novel to help have a better understanding. Also Dr. Preston's lecture gave more of an explanation of Dickens reason behind the novel.

 LECTURE NOTES
 - London and Paris during the Revolution
 - Frozen Deep (18..) First novel
- Sydne Carton - talented, sacrifices himself for love so she can be happily with her husband.
- Carton was originally going to be named Dick or Richard ( Dick an eco of Richard Wardo of The Frozen Deep) Parallelism *
 - 1858 public readings for profit
- London and Paris in Tail of Two Cities
- Experiences gave him an extensive and peculiar knowledge of the city.. He knew it all, place of rancidness and darkness as well as knowledge.
- London was his inspiration to keep writing.
 - London was a labyrinth  city of extremes in wealth and poverty
- 1854 visits Paris
- His visualization of both these cities would have to be that great use of location
-   MORE NOTES TO COME..

Dickens Map

1) In order to finish I am going to need to be reading like crazy so I can finish on time and be on track with class discussions.

http://charlesdickenspage.com/expectations.html <--- I also found this cool site with info on Dickens and the novel itself! Helpful!

2)
- Lines 23 through 28 are an example of..
  (Passage given by clicking on link) https://sites.google.com/site/mrpipsgreatexpectations/home/ap-style-multiple-choice

- Why do you think this novel divided into three parts?
http://www.shmoop.com/great-expectations/questions.html

- What largely motivates Pip's struggle for social advancement?
http://www.funnelbrain.com/c-6179-largely-motivates-pip-s-struggle-for-social-advancement.html

- How does Estella appear to Pip in contrast to his visit to the prison?

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/ge/pva107.html

- In the final chapter, Estella says to Pip: "Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching." Discuss the theme of suffering in this book—specifically how it instructs Pip, Miss Havisham and Estella.Read more: http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Great-Expectations-by-Charles-Dickens-Reading-Questions#ixzz2JR506c31

3) Cutting up the novel into sections and just giving explanations on our blog, using remix or just simply write out a summary. movies are sometimes nice to watch but they do not share sufficient amount of information as the novel displays. 

Smart Goal

My smart goal would have to be is graduate High School with the best GPA possible and receive as many scholarships as I can. I want to end my last year in High School as strong as I can! If it means even later nights to stay up to complete the homework's then bring it on. My biggest goal would have to be is graduate from college with a Business degree and work for a international company where they will allow me to travel all over Latin America. I am the type of person who loves to experience new things and like to live risky, so a good adrenalin rush activity is always up my alley. I have a bucket list that i am slowly going to be crossing off items within the next few years. :)

Lit Terms 1- 135

1. Allegory: a tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities; a story that uses symbols to make a point

2. Alliteration: the repetition of similar initial sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words

3. Allusion: a reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize

4. Ambiguity: something uncertain as to interpretation

5. Anachronism: something that shows up in the wrong place or the wrong time

6. Analogy- comparison between two things to show the similarities between them.

7. Analysis- method in which a work or idea is separated into its parts; and those parts given rigorous and detailed scrutiny.

8. Anaphora- a device or repetition in which a word or words are repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

9. Anecdote- short story to illustrate a point

10. Antagonist- person or force opposing the protagonist in a drama or narrative

11. Antithesis- balancing of one term against another for emphasis stylistic effectiveness

12. Aphorism- a terse, point statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life.

13. Apologia- a defense or justification for some doctrine, piece of writing cause, or action, also apology

14. Apostrophe- figure of speech in which an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something inanimate or nonhuman is addressed directly

15. Argument(ation) -  the process of convincing a reader by providing either the truth or the falsity of an idea or proposition; also the thesis or proposition itself.

16. Assumption - the act of supposing or taking for granted that a thing is true.

17. Audience - the intended listener or listener.

18. Characterization - the means by which a writer reveals the character's personality

19. Chiasmus - a reversal in the words so that the second half of a statement balances the first half in inverted order

20. Circumlocution - a roundabout or evasive speech or writing in which many words are used but a few would have served.

21. Classicism - art, literature, music reflecting the principles of ancient Greece and Rome tradition, reason, clarity, order and and balance.

22. Cliche - phrase or situation overused within society

23. Climax- the decisive point in a narrative or drama; the point of the greatest intensity or interest at which plot question or answer is resolved

24. Colloquialism- folksy speech, slang words or phrases usually used in informal conversation

25. Comedy- originally a nondramatic literary piece of work that was marked by a happy ending; now a term to describe a ludicrous, farcical, or amusing event designed provide enjoyment or produce smiles and laughter

26. Conflict: struggle or problem in a story causing tension

27. Connotation: implicit meaning, going beyond dictionary definition

28. Contrast: a rhetorical device by which one element (idea or object) is thrown into opposition to another for the sake of emphasis or clarity

29. Denotation: plain dictionary definition

30. Denouement (pronounced day-new-mahn): loose ends tied up in a story after the climax, closure, conclusion

31. Dialect: the language of a particular district, class or group of persons; the sounds, grammar, and diction employed by people distinguished from others.

32. Dialectics: formal debates usually over the nature of truth.

33. Dichotomy: split or break between two opposing things.

34. Diction: the style of speaking or writing as reflected in the choice words

35. Didactic: having to do with the transmission of information; education.

36. Dogmatic: rigid in beliefs and principles

37. Elegy: a mournful, melancholy poem, especially a funeral song or lament for the dead, sometimes contains general reflections on death, often with a rural or pastoral setting.

38. Epic: a long narrative poem unified by a hero who reflects the customs, mores, and aspirations of his nation of race as he makes his way through legendary and historic exploits, usually over a long period of time (definition bordering on circumlocution).

39. Epigram: witty aphorism.

40. Euphemism: the use of an indirect, mild or vague word or expression for one thought to be coarse, offensive, or blunt.

41. Evocative (evocation): a calling forth of memories and sensations; the suggestion or production through artistry and imagination of a sense of reality.

42. Exposition: beginning of a story that sets forth facts, ideas, and/or characters, in a detailed explanation.

43. Expressionism: movement in art, literature, and music consisting of unrealistic representation of an inner idea or feeling(s).

44. Fable: a short, simple story, usually with animals as characters, designed to teach a moral truth.

45. Fallacy: from Latin word “to deceive”, a false or misleading notion, belief, or argument; any kind of erroneous reasoning that makes arguments unsound.

46. Falling Action: part of the narrative or drama after the climax.

47. Farce: a boisterous comedy involving ludicrous action and dialogue.

48. Figurative Language: apt and imaginative language characterized by figures of speech (such as metaphor and simile).

49. Flashback: a narrative device that flashes back to prior events

50.  Foil: a person or thing that contrast, makes another seem better or more prominent

51. Folk Tale: story passed on by word of mouth

52. Foreshadowing: in fiction and drama, a device to prepare the outcome of the action; "planning" to make the outcome convincing, though not to give it away.

53. Free verse: verse with out metrical pattern, with irregular pattern or no rhyme

54. Genre: a category or class of artistic endeavor having a particular form, technique or content

55.Gothic Tale: a style in literature characterized by gloomy, violent or grotesque action, and a mood of decay, degeneration, and decadence

56. Hyperbole: a exaggerated statement often used as a figurative speech, or to prove a point

57. Imagery: figures of speech or vivid description, conveying images through any of the senses

58. Implications: a meaning or understanding that is to be arrive at by the reader but that is not fully explicitly stated by the author

59. Incongruity: the deliberate joining of opposites or of elements that are not appropriate to others

60.  Inference: Judgement or conclusion based on evidence presented; the forming of an opinion in which possesses probability according to facts already available

61. Irony: a contrast or incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and what actually happens, or what is thought to be happening and what is actually happening.

62. Interior Monologue: a form of writing which represents the inner thoughts of a character; the recording of the internal, emotional experience(s) of an individual; generally the reader is given the impression of overhearing the interior monologue.

63. Inversion: words out of order for emphasis.

Juxtaposition: the intentional placement of a word, phrase, sentences of paragraph to contrast with another nearby.

64. Lyric: a poem having musical form and quality; a short outburst of the author’s innermost thoughts and feelings.

65. Magic(al) Realism: a genre developed in Latin America which juxtaposes the everyday with the marvelous or magical.

66. Metaphor(extended, controlling, and mixed): an analogy that compare two differentthings imaginatively.

67. Extended: a metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writerwants to take it.

68. Controlling: a metaphor that runs throughout the piece of work.

69. Mixed: a metaphor that ineffectively blends two or more analogies.

70. Metonymy: literally “name changing” a device of figurative language in which the name of an attribute or associated thing is substituted for the usual name of a thing.

71. Mode of Discourse: argument (persuasion), narration, description, and exposition.

72. Modernism: literary movement characterized by stylistic experimentation, rejection of tradition, interest in symbolism and psychology

73. Monologue: an extended speech by a character in a play, short story, novel, or narrative poem.

74. Mood: the predominating atmosphere evoked by a literary piece.

75. Motif: a recurring feature (name, image, or phrase) in a piece of literature.

76. Myth: a story, often about immortals, and sometimes connected with religious rituals, that attempts to give meaning to the mysteries of the world.

77. Narrative: a story or description of events.

78. Narrator: one who narrates, or tells, a story.

79. Naturalism: extreme form of realism.

80. Novella: short story; short prose narrative, often satirical.

81. Omniscient Point of View: knowing all things, usually the third person.

82. Onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests itsmeaning.

83. Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox.

84. Pacing: rate of movement; tempo.

85. Parable: a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth.

86. Paradox: a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas.

87.Parallelism: the principle in sentence structure that states elements of equal function should have equal form.

89. Parody: an imitation of mimicking of a composition or of the style of a well-known artist.

90. Pathos: the ability in literature to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and/or sadness.

91. Pedantry: a display of learning for its own sake.

92. Personification: a figure of speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.

93. Plot: a plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose.

94. Poignant: eliciting sorrow or sentiment.

95. Point of View: the attitude unifying any oral or written argumentation; in description, the physical point from which the observer views what he is describing.

96. Postmodernism: literature characterized by experimentation, irony, nontraditional forms, multiple meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between real and imaginary.

97. Prose: the ordinary form of spoken and written language; language that does not have a regular rhyme pattern.

98. Protagonist: the central character in a work of fiction; opposes antagonist.

99. Pun: play on words; the humorous use of a word emphasizing different meanings or applications.

100. Purpose: the intended result wished by an author

101. Realism: writing about the ordinary aspects of life in a straightfoward manner to reflect life as it actually is.

102. Refrain: a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in

103. Romanticism: movement in western culture beginning in the eighteenth and peaking in the nineteenth century as a revolt against Classicism; imagination was valued over reason and fact.

104. Requiem: any chant, dirge, hymn, or musical service for the dead.

105. Resolution: point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out; denouement.

106. Restatement: idea repeated for emphasis.

107. Rhetoric: use of language, both written and verbal in order to persuade.

108. Rhetorical Question: question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer; used in argument or persuasion

108. Rising Action: plot build up, caused by conflict and complications, advancement towards climax.

109. Romanticism: movement in western culture beginning in the eighteenth and peaking in the nineteenth century as a revolt against Classicism; imagination was valued over reason and fact.

110. Satire: ridicules or condemns the weakness and wrong doings of individuals, groups, institutions, or humanity in general.

111. Scansion: the analysis of verse in terms of meter.

112. Setting: the time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem occur.

113. Simile: a figure of speech comparing two essentially unlike things through the use of a specific word of comparison.

114. Soliloquy: an extended speech, usually in a drama, delivered by a character alone on stage.

115. Spiritual: a folk song, usually on a religious theme.

116. Speaker: a narrator, the one speaking.

117. Stereotype: cliché; a simplified, standardized conception with a special meaning and appeal for members of a group; a formula story.

118. Stream of Consciousness: the style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character’s thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories, and mental images, as the character experiences them.

119. Structure: the planned framework of a literary selection; its apparent organization.

120. Style: the manner of putting thoughts into words; a characteristic way of writing or speaking.

121. Subordination: the couching of less important ideas in less important structures of language.

122. Surrealism: a style in literature and painting that stresses the subconscious or the nonrational aspects of man’s existence characterized by the juxtaposition of the bizarre and the banal.

123. Suspension of Disbelief: suspend not believing in order to enjoy it.

124. Symbol: something which stands for something else, yet has a meaning of its own.

125. Synesthesia: the use of one sense to convey the experience of another sense.

126. Synecdoche: another form of name changing, in which a part stands for the whole.

127. Syntax: the arrangement and grammatical relations of words in a sentence.

128. Theme: main idea of the story; its message(s).

129. Thesis: a proposition for consideration, especially one to be discussed and provedor disproved; the main idea.

130. Tone: the devices used to create the mood and atmosphere of a literary work; the author’s perceived point of view.

131. Tongue in Cheek: a type of humor
in which the speaker feigns seriousness; a.k.a. “dry” or “dead pan”

132. Tragedy: in literature: any composition with a somber theme carried to a disastrous conclusion; a fatal event; protagonist usually is heroic but tragically (fatally) flawed

133. Understatement: opposite of hyperbole; saying less than you mean for emphasis

134. Vernacular: everyday speech

135.Voice: The textual features, such as diction and sentence structures, that convey a writer’s or speaker’s persona.

136. Zeitgeist: the feeling of a particular era in history

Spring Semester Plan 1

I am always setting goals for myself in order to enhance my knowledge to a higher level. I have mini goals which are the main goals most people have for themselves, good grades (straight A's in some sense), graduate high school for other kids, good GPA's, and get a job. Well outside of all that I love to learn and help others. It makes me extremely proud knowing my name 'Socorro' means help in Spanish. I have taken on the task to go out and help others in any way possible. I am a strong believer in helping one another out and collaborating together in order to fulfill a higher level of learning. Working together brings more brain power into one project. With more brain power there is more of a chance to fulfill a positive outcome. I want to teach others that working together is a beautiful thing in life.

AP PREP POST 1: SIDDHARTHA

1. Why does he fear that he will not find it in prescribed religious teachings?

- Siddhartha feels that he has already been offered everything possible within his religion.He is seeking self-happiness, which his religion does not offer that. 

http://www.studymode.com/essays/Siddhartha-Reading-Questions-641015.html

2. What is Siddhartha missing in his life?

 - He is missing self-happiness, and can not find it in his religion.

http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/courses/forlang/SID.html

3. What does Govinda do? 

 - Govinda decides to join the monks. "Govinda had become a monk and thousands of monks were his brothers, wore the same gown, shared his beliefs and spoke his language."

http://sbmsworldhistory.wetpaint.com/page/Siddhartha+-+Chapter+Reading+Questions

4. How did Siddhartha convince his father? Why didn’t he just go?

 -  Siddhartha expressed his choice of leaving home and follow the ascetics. His father did not seem to to support Siddhartha's choice, but he could see it in Siddhartha's eyes how determined he was to follow the ascetics. For Siddhartha he felt like he didn't have his fathers consent, he did not want to just go ahead and leave since he was such an obedient son

http://siddhartha302.blogspot.com/2010/09/siddhartha-study-questions.html

5. Describe the life of a Samana.  Why do they choose this kind of lifestyle?  Explain the goal of their 

lifestyle and practices.

 - I do not know the answer to this question because there was not a sufficient amount of information from the passage given to us from Siddhartha. But In order to find out the answer, I would need to either A) read the book itself, B) or keep looking up notes until my question has been answered.

http://www.camillasenglishpage.org/wp-content/uploads/literature/novels-and-novellas/Siddhartha-Study-Questions.pdf

These question help me think more in deft about Siddhartha's thoughts and the world he is living in. By answering them I am becoming more fluent with the story and its meaning. In order to master this book so I can be prepared for the AP Exam, I will need to read the novel completely and analyze it in order to understand the deeper meaning of Siddhartha's thoughts. 

Lit Terms 1-5

Allegory- The term loosely describes any writing in verse or prose that has double meaning. This narrative acts as an extended metaphor in which persons, abstract ideas, events represent not only themselves on the literal level, but they also stand for something else in the symbolic level. 

Elegy-  Refers to any poem written in elegiac (alternating hexameter and pentameter lines)

Ellipsis- Ellipsis refers to the artful omission of a word implied by a previous clause.

       EX; "The America solders killed eight civilians, and the French eight." The writer of the sentence has left out the word soldiers after French, and the word civilians after eight. However, both words are implied by the previous clause, so a reader has no trouble following the author's thought.

Surrealism- An artistic movement doing away with the restrictions of realism and verisimilitude that might be imposed on an artist. In this movement, the artist sought to do away with conscious control and instead respond to the irrational urges of the subconscious mind. From this results the hallucinatory, bizarre often nightmarish quality of surrealistic paintings and writing. 

Meter- A recognized though varying pattern of stressed syllables alternating with syllables of less stress. Compositions written in meter are said to be in verse.

Whats In It For Me?

I have always enjoyed learning about all the different literature that has been out there for us. I found analyzing to be fun. In finding the deep meaning of a characters thoughts. So I like to challenge myself in improving my reading and writing skills. Writing has always seemed to be more difficult for me. So my biggest goal, aside from passing th AP Exam, is to improve my writing by as much as I possibly can. I already know I am capable of learning something new and putting it to good use, now it is only with time that I will slowly improve.