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.