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Assignments
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Assignment: Life of Pi Chapter Analysis
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Assignment: Magic Realism Essay
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BONUS ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment: Movie Review
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Jan 13, 2021
Watching Life of Pi
I am sick, see you tomorrow. - Mr B
Jan 12, 2021
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WODS
ignominious humiliating, disgracing Utopia Any imaginary and remote place of perfection |
Jan 11, 2021
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Grammar: Pronouns
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WODS
Tacit expressed without words Orthodox conventional, conforming to established protocols | ||
Jan 8, 2021
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WODS
Serendipity Luck, finding good things without looking for them Purile juevenile, immature Short Story Friday: Mono No Aware |
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Jan 7, 2021
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WODS
Ebullient extremely lively, ethusiastic Diaphanous light, airy, transparent Magic Realism 3 This is my talk from last spring, same powerpoint, bigger beard. |
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Jan 6, 2021
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WODS
Contrite penitent, eager to be forgiven Solicitous concerned, attentive Magic Realism 2 This is my talk from last spring, same powerpoint, warmer weather |
Jan 5th, 2021
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WODS
repentant penitent, sorry expiate to make amends for, atone Magic Realism 2 This is my talk from last spring, same powerpoint, homemade haircut. |
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Jan 4th, 2021
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WODS
exculpate to free from guilt or blame, exonerate surfiet an overindulgence supply or indulgence Active and Passive voice This is my talk from last spring, same powerpoint, different chirps |
December 18, 2020
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WODS
•Surfiet: an overabundant supply or indulgence •Exculpate: to free from guilt to exonerate FIlm technique of the week: Deep Focus |
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December 17, 2020
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WODS
•Viscous – not free flowing syrupy •Gluttony – overindulgence in food or drink |
Macbeth: after Killing Duncan
Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appalls me? What hands are here? Hah! They pluck out mine eyes. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red. Blood is a symbol for guilt in Macbeth |
December 16, 2020
•Repentant: penitent, sorry
•Expiate: to make amends for, atone
•Expiate: to make amends for, atone
December 15, 2020
WODS
•Gourmand: someone fond of eating and drinking
•Palatable agreeable to the taste or sensibilities
•Gourmand: someone fond of eating and drinking
•Palatable agreeable to the taste or sensibilities
December 14, 2020WODS
•colossus – a gigantic statue or thing •coalesce – to fuse into a whole Bonus •apocryphal - of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. Literary term of the week Symbol:A concrete object used to represent an abstract idea |
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December 11, 2020
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WODS
inviolable: secure from assault truculent: ready to fight, cruel |
Film technique of the week: Dolly Zoom
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December 10, 2020
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WODS
cleave: to divide into parts. to stick together firmly tortuous: winding |
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December 9, 2020
WODS
•libertarian advocating principles of liberty and free will
•iconoclast one who attacks common beliefs or institutions
•libertarian advocating principles of liberty and free will
•iconoclast one who attacks common beliefs or institutions
December 8, 2020
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WODS
canvas noun: a piece of cloth on which an artist paints verb: to cover, inspect envervate to weaken or exhaust |
The western wave was all a-flame.
The day was well nigh done! Almost upon the western wave Rested the broad bright Sun; When that strange shape drove suddenly Betwixt us and the Sun. Rime of the Ancient Marinier |
December 7, 2020
WODS
•penurious miserly, stingy
•ruse a trick
Literary Term of the Week
Synecdoche
A figure of speech, in which a part stands in for the whole.
•penurious miserly, stingy
•ruse a trick
Literary Term of the Week
Synecdoche
A figure of speech, in which a part stands in for the whole.
December 4, 2020
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WODS
•accretion slow growth in size or amount •plenitude an abundance •dearth a lack, scarcity •satiate to satisfy excessively' Film Technique of the Week •Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. |
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December 3, 2020
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WODS
•mollify to soften in temper •prescient to have foreknowledge of events •enigmatic mystifying, cryptic •vilify to lower in importance, defame Literary Term of the Week Euphemism
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December 2, 2020
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WODS
•contravene to contradict, oppose, violate •umbrage resentment, offense •vitriolic having a caustic quality •nefarious heinously villainous Prologue to the Miller's Tale here Grammar Colons and Semi Colon
Act 3: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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December 1, 2020
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WODs
•perfidious disloyal, unfaithful •latent existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed. Two framed stories: Titanic and The Princess Bride Essay writing: Summary, Paraphrasing, and Quotations
Act 2: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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November 30, 2020
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WODs
feral: wild, savage undulate: to move in waves Literary Term of the Week Frame story: A frame story is one which contains either another tale, a story within a story, or a series of stories. Film Technique of the Week Establishing shot An establishing shot is a shot in filmmaking or television that sets up the context for the scene ahead, designed to inform the audience where the action will be taking place. ACT 1: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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November 26, 2020
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How to use MLA
WODS Equanimity: Composure frenetic: frenzied, hectic, frantic
Short Story Friday
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November 25, 2020
WOD Quiz and Satire Quiz
WODS:
ascetic: praticing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
dubious: doubtful, or uncertain quality
intractable: difficult to manipulate, unmanagable
transmute: to change or alter in form
November 24, 2020
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Grammar: Commas
WODS: Amorphous: without defite shape or type Protean able to change shape; displaying great variety. |
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November 23, 2020
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Body Essay See page here
WODS pernicious: extremely destructive or harmful amenable: willing allay: to soothe, ease mercurial: characterized by rapid change or tempermentality Literary Term of the Week Juxtaposition: a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology |
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November 20, 2020
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Essay: Introductions
See Essay page here WODS noxious: harmful, unwholesom putrid: rotten, foul assuage: to ease/pacify tractable: easily controlled |
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November 19, 2020
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Essay: Thesis statements
See Essay page here temerity
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November 18, 2020
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Stoic
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LITERARY TERM OF THE WEEK
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November 17, 2020
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The Trouble with Irony 2 here
Apostrophe Review
Ostracism
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November 16, 2020
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The Trouble with Irony Part 1 here
Cynical Irony of '90s television Fabricate
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LITERARY TERM OF THE WEEK
Bildungsroman
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Week 1
November 13, 2020
WORDS OF THE DAY
Duplicity
Duplicity
- crafty dishonesty
- Giving off intense heat, passionate
November 12, 2020
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Punk Rock Satire
see the page here WORDS OF THE DAY
Potable
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April 21, 2021
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Satire: Short People
WORDS OF THE DAY
Nascent
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LITERARY TERM OF THE WEEK
Allusion
Allusion
- Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly.
- A reference
