imagery

"The child got mad at the teacher."

1.    Does the sentence paint a picture for the reader?

2.    Are there details that would appeal to the readers' senses?

3.    Make this into a better, detailed sentence!

poetry

When you think poetry, what pops into your head?  Do you believe there are different types of poetry?

3/30

Based on what you found in your webquest about Japanese literature, what does it seem like we are going to discuss? Happy literature?  Sad?  Calm?  Why??

3/28

Grievous (v)- causing grief and pain

Flounder (n)- a fish


*use in one sentence :)

*open ended response essay: list important points

Thursday, 3/24

Were you shocked about what happened to Rankin at the end of the story?  Do you wish it would have ended another way?  Why or why not?

summary

List the key points of your day.  Summarize them :)

relationship with you and your setting

What is the relationship between you and the setting that your in?  ALL that this means is how does your setting affect you/how do you affect your setting?

3/18

Make a list of some mood words.  If you can't think of any...Google them!

Mood

Mood.....

What is your mood today?  How do you know?

Airplane

You're jumping out of an airplane.  What is going through your head???

Plot

List the following information:

Exposition  in Oedipus Rex
Climax in Oedipus Rex
Resolution in Oedipus Rex

Riddle of the Sphinx

"What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?"

Tragic flaw?

What is Oedipus Rex's tragic flaw??

3/7

Summarize Oedipus Rex so far in 3-5 sentences.

Fate

Fate means an expected result.  People who believe in fate believe that things are meant to happen for a reason.  Destiny means that things are supposed to be a certain way.

1. Do you believe that your decisions affect the outcomes of your life, or do believe that your life is destined to end up a certain way? Why?  Give a specific example of your own life, someone elses, or a character in a book/movie.

3/2 irony

This picture is an example of which type of irony and why??

irony

What does the word "ironic" mean to you?  If you do not know,make a guess