Students will discover by looking as word choice and sentence structure how language styles Diction and Syntax from Civil have changed over time. After the reading lesson, students will write two RAFTs in the style of the times to show their War Times to the Present: understanding. In this lesson, students will read and analyze literary devices used in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death." They will read the first part of the story with support and modeling from the teacher, the next part in small Creating Suspense Lesson 1: groups, and the final section on their own. Students will examine Poe's use of imagery, foreshadowing, simile, Analyzing Literary Devices in personification, symbolism, and characterization.
Transcendentalism in Dead Poets Society The 1830s and 40s in New England can be characterized by an emphasis on the analyzing and examination of ones individual conscience, known as Transcendentalism. Ideas coined by main Transcendentalists, Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson inspired many people in not only theirs’, but later generations to follow their intuition and pursue their individualism. These ideas play a main role in the behaviors and endeavors of characters in the movie “Dead Poets Society” which features a group of teenage boys enrolled in an extremely strict, elite preparatory school. Throughout the movie, the transcendentalist inspired teachings of Mr. Keating, their English teacher inspires the boys to pursue their individualism, which has both great and tragic outcomes. Todd Anderson can originally be characterized as the withdrawn one of the group.
Monica Morgan Professor Broeckel English 241 October 12, 2009 Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Ceremony”: The Tale of Two Literary Styles “Ceremony” is a tale of a young man’s struggle with coming to terms with himself and the present state of his Indian people. Being of bi-racial descent and the struggle between beliefs in old and new traditions are the root problems that manifest themselves within the protagonist’s graphic mental and physical illnesses. Leslie Marmon Silko prepares us for a harmonious resolution within self and tradition by weaving poetry and prose together. Throughout the story the free verse poetry either sets up the following prose or completes or explains it, showing that two completely different styles can co-exist, or indeed depend upon each other to complete
Victoria Nguyen 10/3/11 English 1101 Wood Too Cool For School? There are many ways that an author can connect with his or her audience. In doing so, the author creates a more powerful argument and a closer relationship with his readers. Thus, the rhetoric that a writer uses reveals his or her intended audience. In this particular article, the author aims to interest students, young adults, and other people that are affected by strict job qualifications.
The following expository essay will educate and inform the audience on the importance of compromising when responding to conflict. Throughout this essay I will draw examples from historical events, personal experiences, films and the text “The Quiet American” to assist in supporting my opinions and points of view of the prompt. This essay will use formal language, written in present tense, use a serious tone and simple sentences to make an easy, yet an insightful and informative read for a young audience, particularly to the Year 12 VCE students who wish to learn more about why it is important to compromise when responding to conflict. Compromising is basically an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions. This is where both sides of the conflict come to an agreement.
ideas of social class, characterisation of Gatsby). The chapter is also crucial in conveying the relationship between Tom and Daisy Buchanan to the reader. At the start of the book, the main narrator, Nick Carraway is introduced. In the first few lines he quotes his Father “"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember
Alan Bennett focuses on making differences in characteristics and physical appearance clearly visible throughout the play. From the beginning of the play The History Boys there is an emphasis placed upon Hector and Irwin's physical differences. Irwin is a young man who has only just begun his career in teaching. However, Hector is older and has been teaching for a long period of time. This has an impact instantly on the characters differences and this is displayed through their teaching methods and approaches to the students learning during the examination period.
Addressing the enormous achievement gap (Lee & Burkam 2002; NAEP 2004) that differentiates children from low-income circumstances and their more affluent peers, this instruction presumably helps children catch up by teaching about the alphabet and letter sounds and the conventions of print that distinguish print from other representational symbol systems, such as drawing. By attending, reciting, chanting, and reviewing these letters, sounds, and numbers—again and again—this type of instruction supposedly will help these children from low-income homes overcome the devastating effects of poverty on their long-term learning and development. With these key skills in hand, they will be ready to learn alongside their counterparts from more affluent circumstances as they enter the kindergarten doors. We beg to differ. In fact, we argue that this type of instruction may inevitably consign children to a narrow, limited view of reading that is antithetical to their long-term success not only in school but throughout their lifetime.
Change is an incredibly complex concept and can be depicted in a variety of ways through various mediums. In the three texts studied in class, my understanding of change has significantly changed due to the various language techniques used by all three composers to convey their ideas about change. We see that change can be a regretful experienced in the poem My Brother by Bruce Dawe, A song composed by Joni Mitchell Big Yellow Taxi illustrated that change is inevitable, and change is depicted on a very personal level in the prose extract by Hannah Roberts Sky High. These three texts have used various language techniques successfully, in shaping my understanding of change. My Brother by Bruce Dawe is a very powerful and meaningful poem which has used various language techniques to shape my understanding of change.
Using discovery to link two different pieces of writing is one way Tim Winton has interlaced the stories “Big World” and “Aquifer”. In “Big World” Winton explores the idea of discovery through an adventure taken upon by two young teenagers who have just finished their final schooling exams. Another aspect of both stories which creates a sense of connection is guilt. As we read ‘Aquifer’ we take in the tragic death of Alan Mannering. This event allows the character to really understand who he is and what he could have done to save Alan.