Hw: "Marry for Money"---20 pts.

Use the SOAPSTone analysis we did in class today to write a 1-2 paragraph response to the lyrics for "Marry for Money." In your response I want you to answer the questions:
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*How does the author present a situation that is the reverse of what most people would think of when it comes to marrying for money?
*Who is the speaker?
*Why has he come to this conclusion?
*What is the effect on the audience?
*What is his tone?
*What memorable images are conveyed?
*If the gender roles were reversed, would the lyrics have the same effect?
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******Please use specific textual evidence and literary elements and techniques in your answer.*********************

English 12 Midterm

If you did not take or finish the English 12 midterm, you may access the online copy of it HERE and email or drop-box me a copy by Friday 1/25 at 3:00 pm. You may also bring it in and leave it in my mailbox by Thursday at 3:00.

If you did not finish the multiple choice, it can still be accessed at www.castlelearning.com. If you are having password issues, please email me and I can clear it for you.

Poetry Analysis: Day 1

Before you get started, I want you to get it out of your mind, that there is only 1 way to interpret a poem; each person in this room may get something different out of it. This is not to say that the author did not have a specific intention or meaning he/she wanted to get across, but you may not pick it up exactly as he/she had planned--or at least until we get some more practice.
So, what I want you to remember is this: For right now, there ARE NO WRONG ANSWERS, as long as you are giving textual evidence to support your claims. Just make YOUR BEST ATTEMPT at any kind of understanding.

First, click on the link to read William Blake's poem "The Tyger"

(if you have a hard time looking back and forth it is also located in the book)

Second, read it again.

Third, answer the textual questions below (either copy and paste or on a sheet of paper).
Text-based questions for "The Tyger"

(if this isn't working for you try this: link)
Fourth, write a poem analysis using the sentence stems at the bottom of the page.

Fifth, we will discuss what you wrote. Be prepared to support your answers with evidence from the poem.

Your "Modest Proposal" Day 2 and Indefinite Pronouns as Antecedents

First,
continue working on your "Modest Proposal" from yesterday.
It is due at the end of class today NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!

*Needs an MLA Heading
*Needs to placed in the "Drop Box" (please label with your name and assignment)
*The rubric must be placed in your classroom assignment box if you want your score back.

When you are finished,
Click on the link below and read the information in each section. Complete the Practice Exercises 1,2, and 4 to check and see if you are understanding:

Self-teaching unit on pronouns as antecedents

Writing Your Own "Modest Proposal"

First, we need to finish going over the basic outline of Swift's piece--start p. 615. (complete your chart if you need to)
Second, open up your SOAPSTone notes and review what we did for this piece.
Third, look over the assignment sheet for writing a "Modest Proposal."
Fourth, make your own SOAPSTone notes--meaning what is your subject,purpose, audience, tone, etc.
Fifth, begin writing. This will be due at the end of class tomorrow (but you will not have the entire period to work). It must be typed in a proper MLA format with a heading. It will count as an essay grade worth 100 points (rubric is on the back). Please put the completed paper in my drop box or send it to me through Google Docs.

**See me for help**

Modern Proposal

Right now, I want you to write down the following information:

1st--take notes on style and voice:
STYLE: is not what an author writes, but the manner in which he/she writes it. It is an author's unique way of communicating ideas. One might say that style is the verbal identity of a writer.

VOICE--the distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or narrator.

2nd--Come up with 3 issues that you feel need to be addressed in modern times. Describe the problem and describe who it affects. Then, describe who may be able to do something about the problem.

Now, look at the notes for today under yesterday's heading.

"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift

Please copy this definition:

Satire-a literary technique in which ideas, customs, behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society. Satire may be gently witty, mildly abrasive, or bitterly critical and it often uses exaggeration to force readers to see something in a more critical light.

*One of the components of satire is VERBAL IRONY (WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THIS FROM MACBETH?)

Go to page 611 in the textbook--"Build the Background"


Use the link below to analyze Swift's satire: speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, tone. Then, copy and paste it into a word document.

SOAPSTONE CHART

___________________For Friday 1/4/2013__________________________________________
Style-

Voice-

Here is the chart AGAIN on "The Key Aspects of Swift's Style" we will be filling out in class (you may copy and paste into a word doc. to fill it out)

Denotation versus Connotation--Please get this down!!!

Denotation: refers to the literal meaning of a word, the "dictionary definition."¨ For example, the word SNAKE: def. "any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles. having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions."

Connotation: refers to the associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word. The connotative meanings of a word exist together with the denotative meanings. The connotations for the word snake could include evil or danger.

For example:
Both "woman" and "chick" have the denotation "adult female" in North American
society, but "chick" has somewhat negative connotations, while "woman" is neutral.

(http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/English_Literature/terms/denotation.htm)