High school kids treated them a lot worse than the other people
Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randell
A black young girl wanted to march to protest but her mom said no go to church and sing and the church got blown up and 4 innocent black girls died.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
I believe that he was a great leader and he had a lot of care for his country. He has great respect for the people who fought and died for this country. He asks the people to honor the men who fought and not let them die in vain but let them die in honor.
From the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas by Frederick Douglass
Formal
Conversational
Use of Dialogue
Tone
Word Choice
Use of Dialogue:
" He would occasionally say he didn't want to get hold of me again. "No, you need not; for you will come off worse than you did before."
Tone:
he would rise nearly in our midst, and scream out, "Ha, ha! Come, come! Dash on, dash on!"
Converstaional:
"Take hold of him, take hold of him!"
Word Choice:
"The dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!"
Conversational
Use of Dialogue
Tone
Word Choice
Use of Dialogue:
" He would occasionally say he didn't want to get hold of me again. "No, you need not; for you will come off worse than you did before."
Tone:
he would rise nearly in our midst, and scream out, "Ha, ha! Come, come! Dash on, dash on!"
Converstaional:
"Take hold of him, take hold of him!"
Word Choice:
"The dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!"
A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage by Mark Twain
CH. 1:
* Jon Gray: a bitter 55 yr. old
* Village called Deer Lick, a small farmtown: hogs and corn
* Rev. John Hurley
* Mary Gray: Jon's Daughter
* Hugh Greogory: Mary's fiance
* Sarah/Sally Gray: the mother
* Tom Gray: younger brother
* Dave: Jon's brother, hates Hugh, is rich
CH. 2
*Dave's will said to give everything to Mary, no one else!
*Jon found a stranger in the snow
CH. 3
*Mary never sees Hugh anymore
*stranger-Mr. George Wayne, told them he was a Lord
*Count Hubert dee Fountingblow- strangers real name, he comes to find love, he likes Mary
CH. 4
*Mary still wants Hugh
*Count is in Dave's office, an he finds Mary crying over Hugh and says that he has to let her go because she still likes Hugh. When he leave she ends up wondering if she actually does love the Count.
CH. 5
*Count was gone for 3 days
*Dave and Hugh get in a fight
CH. 6
*Hugh killed Dave and now Hugh is in jail
*Mary still loved Hugh but she knew she couldn't marry him
*Mary likes the Count
*Mary and Count were to be married on June 29
*Hugh was to get hung on June 29
CH. 7
*The Count actually killed Dave but blamed Hugh
*Counts hair was brown now black is evil
*Mary and Hugh get married
*Count goes to jail, he is a murderer
CH. 8
*Jean Mercier: Counts real name
*His father was a barber
* Jon Gray: a bitter 55 yr. old
* Village called Deer Lick, a small farmtown: hogs and corn
* Rev. John Hurley
* Mary Gray: Jon's Daughter
* Hugh Greogory: Mary's fiance
* Sarah/Sally Gray: the mother
* Tom Gray: younger brother
* Dave: Jon's brother, hates Hugh, is rich
CH. 2
*Dave's will said to give everything to Mary, no one else!
*Jon found a stranger in the snow
CH. 3
*Mary never sees Hugh anymore
*stranger-Mr. George Wayne, told them he was a Lord
*Count Hubert dee Fountingblow- strangers real name, he comes to find love, he likes Mary
CH. 4
*Mary still wants Hugh
*Count is in Dave's office, an he finds Mary crying over Hugh and says that he has to let her go because she still likes Hugh. When he leave she ends up wondering if she actually does love the Count.
CH. 5
*Count was gone for 3 days
*Dave and Hugh get in a fight
CH. 6
*Hugh killed Dave and now Hugh is in jail
*Mary still loved Hugh but she knew she couldn't marry him
*Mary likes the Count
*Mary and Count were to be married on June 29
*Hugh was to get hung on June 29
CH. 7
*The Count actually killed Dave but blamed Hugh
*Counts hair was brown now black is evil
*Mary and Hugh get married
*Count goes to jail, he is a murderer
CH. 8
*Jean Mercier: Counts real name
*His father was a barber
Monday, November 9, 2009
Declaration of Independence
1. Why do they repeat it?
They repeat "He" because the King did all of those and they are talking about the King in it and Thomas Jefferson is complaining about the wrongs and about the things that went bad. They want to make it more personal so they know who it is.
2. Why do they make it personal?
Because they are wanting to address the King so they say He for everything that they start with because he is the one who did wrong and now has to suffer for what he did.
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
They anticipated it because they tried to warn England on what the King was all about and all his rules, and now that is what all what was happening in England so we wanted to change that because we knew of freedom and we wanted to help them. So they wrote up the Declaration of Independence to show what England was all about and what the King was ruling the people on. We didn't think that was right.
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
They keep repeating or using parallelism in this piece because they want to get the point across. They agree at the end and repeat what they said in the beginning that they will agree to the fighting and helping them out, so using parallelism tells the readers that they are serious about this and that this is something really important and we are going to do everything to solve the issue.
They repeat "He" because the King did all of those and they are talking about the King in it and Thomas Jefferson is complaining about the wrongs and about the things that went bad. They want to make it more personal so they know who it is.
2. Why do they make it personal?
Because they are wanting to address the King so they say He for everything that they start with because he is the one who did wrong and now has to suffer for what he did.
3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change?
They anticipated it because they tried to warn England on what the King was all about and all his rules, and now that is what all what was happening in England so we wanted to change that because we knew of freedom and we wanted to help them. So they wrote up the Declaration of Independence to show what England was all about and what the King was ruling the people on. We didn't think that was right.
4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece?
They keep repeating or using parallelism in this piece because they want to get the point across. They agree at the end and repeat what they said in the beginning that they will agree to the fighting and helping them out, so using parallelism tells the readers that they are serious about this and that this is something really important and we are going to do everything to solve the issue.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Mark Twain
What does his name mean?:"Twain" literally means "two," as in two items of a kind or two pieces. A famous phrase is: "Ever the twain shall meet."
What is his real name?:Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Why are his books controversial?: He uses different language, not the best language. So some people might be offended by his books because of the choice words that he uses in them.
What are some interesting facts about his life?:
What is the meaning of irony? Provide an example.:the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
Who is Jules Verne? What did he write? What is his connection to Twain? : He was a french author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. He is best known for his novel, A Journey to the Center of the Earth. He wrote about space, air, and underwater travel. He is referred to " The Father of Science-Fiction".
What is his real name?:Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Why are his books controversial?: He uses different language, not the best language. So some people might be offended by his books because of the choice words that he uses in them.
What are some interesting facts about his life?:
- A steamboat accident injured his brother, and the brother died after Twain gave him a dose of morphine; Twain feared that he caused his brother's death.
- Twain felt responsible for death of his son, who was exposed in cold weather.
- Three of his four children died before he did.
What is the meaning of irony? Provide an example.:the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
Who is Jules Verne? What did he write? What is his connection to Twain? : He was a french author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. He is best known for his novel, A Journey to the Center of the Earth. He wrote about space, air, and underwater travel. He is referred to " The Father of Science-Fiction".
The House of Usher
- 1839
- unity of effects: single overall feeling
- strange and fantastic
- mood is the feeling or atmosphere
Rodrick can only eat certain things, hear only the right things, wear only the right clothing. Madeline goes into a coma like states and people mistake her as being dead because she hardly breathes. So one time when she went into a coma, Rodrick knew she wasn't dead but knew she had to die so the house would die. So he buried her underneath the house with the rest of the family. She came out of her state while in the coffin and is screaming Rodrick's name. She finally gets out of the coffin and starts after Rodrick. She knows that he has to die too so she tries killing him. She goes on an outrage and the house starts on fire and crumbs down. So both Rodrick and Madeline die, so then the house dies with it.
- unity of effects: single overall feeling
- strange and fantastic
- mood is the feeling or atmosphere
Rodrick can only eat certain things, hear only the right things, wear only the right clothing. Madeline goes into a coma like states and people mistake her as being dead because she hardly breathes. So one time when she went into a coma, Rodrick knew she wasn't dead but knew she had to die so the house would die. So he buried her underneath the house with the rest of the family. She came out of her state while in the coffin and is screaming Rodrick's name. She finally gets out of the coffin and starts after Rodrick. She knows that he has to die too so she tries killing him. She goes on an outrage and the house starts on fire and crumbs down. So both Rodrick and Madeline die, so then the house dies with it.
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