Test Friday!

There will be a test on Friday which will be open book and in an essay format. You will be given the choice of either writing about Macbeth or Romantic Poetry. We will review today and tomorrow, so be prepared!

It is a one day test...

Terms to know:

Notes:

satire: a work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, verbal irony, and/or parody.

verbal irony: stating one thing but meaning another.

parody: humorous imitation of a serious work.

Vocabulary:

melancholy: depressed
prodigious: enormous
deplorable: miserable
rudiment: basic principle or skill
proficiency: competence; expertise
importuning: demand with urgency or persistence
sustenance: nourishment
deference: courteous regard or respect
expedient: a means to an end
encumbrance: a burden
emulation: an effort to equal or outdo another person
animosity: hostility; hatred
perpetual: everlasting; continual

New Year!!!!

and "A Modest Proposal." We will be finishing this up in class today and you will have a vocabulary sheet that you will need to work on. This will be for you to do in class. There is a vocab quiz on Monday, so be prepared.

Tomorrow, we will be looking at the essay a little bit more closely, specifically determining verbal irony and other techniques that make this piece a satire.

What will be on your assessment this Friday and Monday.

1. Epic: a long narrative poem celebrating a hero’s deeds.
Characteristics of an epic:
• The hero, usually male, is of noble birth or high position; is often of great historical or legendary importance.
• Traits reflect values of hero’s society
• Performs courageous (sometimes superhuman) acts
• Actions often determine the fate of a nation or group of people
• Setting is vast; often more than 1 nation
• Poet has formal diction and serious tone
• Major characters deliver long, formal speeches
• Plot is complicated by supernatural beings or events; involves long and dangerous journey through foreign lands
• Timeless values of courage and honor
• Universal themes; ex. Good and evil, life and death
2. Literature
Beowulf:
--Anglo-Saxon epic poem
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
--Romance-imaginative adventure with noble heroes, gallant love, chivalry, and daring deeds.
You will need to be able to summarize both works.
3. Know vocabulary from both works
4. Grammar
a. Correct fragments
b. Correct run on sentences using a comma with a conjunction, semicolon, and separating as two complete sentences.
i. I like school; math is my favorite subject.
ii. I like school. Math is my favorite subject.
iii. I like school, and math is my favorite subject.
5. Literary terms
a. You will be given a new piece of literature and asked to identify different literary techniques.
i. Techniques to know
1. Protagonist
2. Setting
3. Alliteration
4. Characterization
5. Imagery
6. Rhyme
7. simile

Update! Update!

I have been remiss! I have not updated in a long time, but to catch you up...

--You should have your rough draft of the Beowulf compare/contrast essay completed and turned in.

--You should have the analogy notes in your notes section and the vocab exercise in your vocab section. Make sure you have that completed!

We will start reading Sir Gawain tomorrow.

Test Friday!!

Your test on Beowulf will be Friday, October 1st. You will need to know:

alliteration
kenning
caesura

The characteristics of an epic

vocabulary

How Beowulf is an example of the traits the Anglo-Saxons valued.

Beginning Beowulf!

If you missed class on Friday, there are some notes you will need to get. Get those from someone else in class or see me.

Also, the final copy of your college essay is due today. You should turn in the final, rough, and the outline if you have not already.

Thursday there will be a quiz on the characteristics of an epic, the notes from class today, and the vocabulary you will get tomorrow.