English Notebook

Let's Talk Dialogue Now 

Tip #1: Watch Your Dialogue Tags 

A dialogue tag is the bit you put before or after the dialogue: 

Example: he said, she asked, I replied 

"Jem said quietly, "My sister ain't dirty and I ain't scared of you " (Lee 106). 

Tip #2: Realistic Doesn't Mean Real

When writing dialogue, eliminate the "ums," hesitations, repetitions and so on. 

Tip #3: Give Your Character Distinct Speech Patters

Think about:

• Age: a 13-year-old will speak differently from a 70-year-old
• Gender: women and men may use different vocabulary 
• Social background: does your character use down-to-earth words or "posh" ones 
• Education level: does your character have a wide or limited vocabulary
• Geographical area: where do they live? 
• Particular catch phrase: character have common phrases 
• Verbosity: some people tend to babble others will be taciturn 

Tip #4: Get in Late, Leave Early

You don't have to begin the conversation at the first word and end at the last. 

Tip #5: Punctuate Your Dialogue Correctly

• Begin on a new line for each new speaker 
• have double or single quotation marks around the words
• Have punctuation inside the quotation marks
• End the dialogue line with a comma if your adding a dialogue tag, but with a full stop if you're adding an action

Tip #6: In a novel a dialogue should do one, if not all, of the following 

1. Reveal characters' relationships to one another. 
2. Move the story foward.
3. Increase the tension. 
4. Develop underlying emotion of a character and their character traits. 

SAT Prep: Test Taking Tips

Reading Test:

• All reading test questions are multiple choice and linked to either literary or informational passages
• Some passages stand alone; others are paired with another passage
• Informational graphics, such as tables, graphs and charts accompany some passages- but no math is required
• Prior topic-specific knowledge is never tested
• One literary passage- American or international work of fiction
• Rest of passages are information: history, social studies, and science
• Expect texts to range from 9th grade level to the first year of college

You will be asked to:

• Identify what the passage is saying directly and indirectly
• Think about how the author coveys meaning
• Draw Conclusions
• Make connections between two passages or between a passage and an informational graphic
• Define words used in context

8 Corner Conversations

(May 16)

1. Atticus thinks Jem killed Bob Ewell.
2. Heck Tate insists that Ewell's death was an accident to prevent an inquest against Boo Radley. 
3. Heck Tate is right to spare Boo because Boo has already been alienated from the rest of Maycomb for almost his whole life, and because he was defending the children. 
4. The first sentence talks about Jem's broken arm and the end of the novel explains how he broke it.
5. Scout says that she understands that causing an inquest against Boo would be like calling a mockingbird. 
6. I was surprised to learn that Boo Radley is actually timid because of the rumors that were told about him. 

8 Corner Conversations 

(May 12)

1. Scout feels shame during the pageant because she fell asleep and miss her part. When she runs on stage everyone laughs and the pageant director becomes livid. 
2. As the kids walk home, the author uses a lot of imagery to make the scene more suspenseful. Because the scene occurs during  the night, the author makes sure to use the darkness to her advantage and the scene becomes almost creepy. 
3. During the struggle Scout describes that the attacker had heavy footsteps and that when she feel on top of him he had a scruffy face and his breath smelled of whiskey. 
4. During the struggle Jem goes unconscious and it is later revealed that his arm is broken. Scout gets stabbed but her ham costume protects her. The attacker is stabbed and killed by Boo Radley, the person who saves them.
5. Boo Radley saved the kids and it is very ironic because at the beginning of the novel the kids are afraid of him because of all the rumors they have hear about him. 

8 Corner Conversations 

(May 4)

1. Mayella has developed some characteristics from certain stages, however she is lacking many of the healthy ones. She should be in stage 6 but she is in stage 4. Mayella never went through the first stages because of the lack of care and love in her family.
2. The justice system was very corrupt during the time period of TKAM and it is still corrupt to this day. Race, social class, and even gender play a huge part in deciding the defendant's future. 
3. Mayella is similar to her father in the sense that they lack education and that they are liars. However, Mayella is very timid and she shows symptoms of anxiety. She wants to be clean and different than her family.
4. Atticus uses Bob Ewell's literacy against him by asking the same questions in different context to prove that his story is always changing. He also has Bob Ewell write to show that he is left handed. 
5. Tom says that he would always help Mayella because he felt sorry for her.

8 Corner Conversations 

(April 26)

1. Jem has to read to Mrs. Dubose because he ruins her flower bushes. It is later revealed that Mrs. Dubose is sick and addicted to morphine. 
2. Scout is judged for wearing overalls and pants instead of dresses and skirts. As Jem gets older he expects Scout to act more like a lady and kind of orders her around. 
3. Dill does not visit in the summer because his mother got remarried. 
4. During the kid's visit to church with Calpurnia they notice that she talks differently to fit in with the black people. Mostly everyone is kind to Scout and Jem, and they all have great respect for Atticus because he is defending Tom Robinson.

8 Corner Conversations 

(April 24)

1. In chapter 9, we are introduced to the controversial case that Atticus has been given. He is representing Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a white woman. The town feels hateful towards Atticus because he is representing a black man who the believe raped the woman. 
2. The scene with the dog makes the kids see their father in a new light, because they are usually embarrassed that he reads and does not hunt like other fathers. 
3. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because all a mockingbird does is sing and bring joy. I believe that the mockingbird represents innocence, meaning it is a sin to convict and kill an innocent person. 
4. The kids perception on Boo Radley has not really changed because he is not really mentioned.

Effect vs. Affect 

Affect: 

- used as a verb 

- means to influence or produce a change in something 

ex) The weather affects my mood. 

Effect: 

- used as a noun

- means a result 

ex) The effect of the joke was immediate laughter. 

Clues in a sentence: 

You need to use "effect" if any of these words come before it:

• into 
• on 
• the
• any
• take 
• an 
• or

5% of the Time:

Affect can also be a noun meaning facial expression or seeming mood. 

ex) The girl has a distant affect. 

Effect can also be a verb meaning "to bring about" 

ex) Innovative teachers can effect great change. 

Annotations: TKAM

Chapters 26- 28:


Chapter 23- 25:
- Bob Ewell begins to threaten the Finch family
- Atticus is not afraid of the threats he think that Ewell is mad because he made him look like a fool
- Tom Robinson was sent to a jail 70 miles away while his appeal runs through court system
- If Tom loses he will go to electric chair
- Jem and Atticus discuss the trial and Atticus says how in Alabama a white man's word always beats a black man's
- He reveals that one of the Cunningham's wanted to acquit Tom
- Scout hears and wants to invite Walter over for lunch but Alexandra forbids it saying that they do not associate with trash
- Scout becomes furious and Jem quickly takes her to his room
- The two kids discuss the social latter and Jem suggests that Boo Radley doesn't leave his house because he doesn't want to
- Alexandra invites her missionary circle to tea and Scout wears a dress and helps Calpurnia bring in the tea
- Scout sits in and listens to the woman's discussion about their black servants, Miss Maudie shuts them up with her icy remarks
- Tom Robinson attempted to escape jail and was shot 17 times
- Scout notices a bug and goes to step on it but Jem stops her saying the bug is innocent
- Scout says that Jem is becoming more of a lady than her
- The town learns of Tom Robinson's death and they say it's typical of a black man to do something so irrational
- Bob Ewell says "one down about two to go"

Chapters 20- 22:
- The kids come in contact with Mr. Dolphus Raymond, the white man who is in a relationship with a black woman
- He offers Dill something to drink from his paper sack and Scout warns him not to drink to much thinking it is alcohol
- Dill says that it is only soda and then Scout asks why Mr. Dolphus Raymond lets people think he is a drunk and he replies that it doesn't matter what they think
- When the kids return in the court room Atticus is making his closing remarks
- He says that Tom Robinson is innocent and Mayella became embarrassed after she lusted after a black man and was then rejected
- Calpurnia comes into the court room saying that the kids are missing, Mr. Underwood points out that the kids had been there the whole time
- Atticus tells the kids to go have supper and then they can return to hear the verdict
- The jury continues to deliberate until night time
- Jem is positive that they will win and Dill falls asleep
- The jury delivers a guilty verdict, everyone leaves and the colored people rise as a gesture of respect as Atticus leaves
- Jem cries because of the injustice of the guilty verdict
- The next day Maycomb's black population brings the Finch family a great amount of food
- Jem says that the trial shattered his views on Maycomb and he no longer sees it as a good place

Chapters 18- 19:
- Mayella is next to testify, she is reasonably clean compared to the rest of her family
- She says that she offered Tom Robinson a nickel to to break up a dresser for her and that once he got inside the house he grabbed her and took advantage of her
- Atticus asks why she didn't put up a better fight and why her screams didn't cause the other children to come running
- He then asks her how Tom was able to bruise her cheek with his useless left hand that got caught in a cotton gin when he was a boy
- He asks her to admit that her father beat her and that there was no rape
- Mayella goes into hysterics
- Mr. Underwood notices Scout and Jem in the balcony
- Tom Robinson is called to stand
- He testifies that he always passed the Ewells on the way to work and Mayella would always ask him to do chores for her
- He says that she asked him to come inside and fix the door but when he gets in the house he notices the children are gone and nothing is wrong with the door
- Mayella says that she saved some money and sent them to get ice cream
- She asked him to lift a box from the dresser and then she grabbed his legs, and asks him to kiss her
- Her father then appeared at the window and called her a whore and threatened to kill her
- Tom then fled
- During the cross-examination the prosecutor gets Tom to admit that he could choke a woman even with his left hand
- He says that Tom is lying
- Dill begins to cry so him and Scout leave the courtroom
Chapters 16- 17:

- The trial begins and almost everyone from town besides Mrs Maudie attends

- Mr. Dolphus Raymond- wealthy eccentric who owns land on river bank who is involved with a black woman and who is the mother of his children 

- Jem, Scout, and Dill wait for crowd to fill in seats so they can slip in without being noticed by Atticus 

- They end up sitting on balcony where only black people are supposed to sit

- From the balcony they can see everything

- Judge Taylor- has a reputation for running his court in an informal fashion

- The prosecutor, Mr. Gilmer, questions Heck Tate

- Tate recalls that the night of November 21 he was ushered to the Ewell house by Bob Ewell and found Mayella bruised and beaten, she claimed that Tom Robinson had raped her

- Atticus questions the witness, and Tate admits that there was no doctor summoned to the scene and that the bruises were mostly on the right side of her face

- Bob Ewell and his children live behind the dump in a tin - roofed cabin, no one knows how many children he has

- Bob is called to stand and he claims that on the night of the alleged rape he was coming out of the woods when he heard his daughters yells, only to find Tom Robinson in his house raping his daughter

- Robinson fled and after checking on his daughter Ewell goes to summon the sheriff 

- During the cross examination, Atticus questions why a doctor wasn't summoned and Ewell replies that it was too expensive

- Atticus then asks Ewell to write something to prove that he is left-handed and it is more common for someone who is left-handed to hit someone on the right side of the face

Chapters 13- 15:

- Aunt Alexandra wants to stay with the kids for a while, she wants Scout to have a "female influence"

- Atticus comes from Montgomery and the kids run to him

- Atticus says that Alexandra is living with them because Atticus will be so busy

- Alexdra is given a warm welcome, many of the women have tea with her and bake her goods

- She becomes a member of Maycomb very quickly, loves to point up shortcoming of other families to brag about the Finch's 

- Ewell family been living behind dump for 3 generations

- Alexdra tells Scout she cannot go back to the church with Calpurnia and then tries to convince Atticus to get rid of her but he refuses
- Scout attacks Jem because he told her to not antagonize Alexandra and then goes to her room and finds Dill under her bed
- Dill ran away because his parents do not give him enough attention. He took a train and then walked the rest of the way
- Jem acting as a "traitor" tells Atticus and then Atticus tells Mrs Rachel about Dill's whereabouts
- A group of men led by sheriff Heck Tate go the Finch house and warn that Tom Robinson will be moved to Maycomb jail and a lynch mob has arisen
- Alexandra accuses Atticus of bringing a disgrace upon the family
- Atticus leaves the house one night and Jem. Dill, and Scout follow him only to find him in front of jail reading the newspaper
- Another group of men arrive and warn Atticus to leave, Scout notices that this group of men is different (KKK) and runs out of the hiding place
- Walter Cunningham's father leads the group and Scout tells him to say "Hey" to Walter for her
- The group becomes ashamed and leaves

Chapters 11 & 12:

- Mrs. Dubose, an old lady who always shouts at Jem and Scout when they walk by her house won't stop taunting them

- Atticus tells Jem to be a gentleman and ignore her 

- One day she tells the kids that Attics is " no better than the niggers and trash he works for" 

- Jem becomes livid and later uses a baton to destroy her flower bushes

- As a punishment Jem has to read to her everyday for a month

- A month after the punishment ends Atticus tells the kids that Mrs Dubose died and that to combat her morphine addiction she had the kids distract her 

- Mrs. Dubose leaves Jem a single white camellia

- Jem turns 12 and tells Scout to stop pestering him

- Dill does not return the next summer because his mother remarried

- Atticus must leave everyday for 2 weeks because of sessions with the state legislature

- Calpurnia takes the church to a "colored" church, and most people are friendly and welcoming

- Tom Robinson's wife cannot find work 

- Tom Robinson has been accused by Bob Ewell and Scout does not understand why anyone would believe him

Chapters 9 & 10:

- Atticus has been asked to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a white woman

- Scout's uncle Jack visits near Christmas time

- On Christmas day the family goes to Finch's Landing

- They stay with their Aunt Alexandra and her grandson Francis

- Alexandra says that Scout needs to dress properly, and Scout claims Francis is boring

- Francis calls Dill a runt and Atticus "a nigger lover" resulting in Scout beating him up

- Francis tells Alexandra and Jack that Scout hit him and Jack spanks her 

- Scout later tells Jack what Francis said and he becomes furious

- Later Scout hears Atticus tell Jack that Tom Robinson is innocent but doomed because a white jury won't acquit him

- Atticus embarrasses his kids because of his old age and he does not participate in fatherly activities such as hunting and football

- One day a mad dog appears and Atticus shoots it with the first shot

- Miss Maudie tells them that Atticus is know as "One-shot Finch" and was the best shot in the country

- Scout wants to brag but Jem won't let her saying Atticus does not want everyone knowing

Chapters 7 & 8:

- Jem tells Scout that he found his pants mended and neatly hung over the fence

- When coming home from school they find a ball of twine in the knothole, they leave it for a few days then take it

- Scout is very unhappy with second grade but Jem promises that it gets better

- More presents found in the knothole, two soap figures that resemble Jem and Scout

- Chewing gum, a spelling bee medal and an old pocket watch are also found in the knothole

- The next day it is filled with cement, when Scout asks Nathan Radley why he replies that the tree was dying

- Maycomb endure a real winter and school is cancelled 

- Jem and Scout build a snowman with snow and dirt and make it resemble Mr. Avery, an unpleasant man down the street

- That night Miss Maudie's house catches fire

- A blanket is put on Scout that night and Jem says it was Boo and they reveal the knothole to Atticus who tells them to keep it a secret

Chapters 5 & 6:

- Jem and Dill grow closer and Scout begins to feel left out

- Scout starts spending time with Miss Maudie Atkinson, a widow with baking and gardening talent who is friends with their uncle Jack

- She tells Scout that Boo Radley is alive and was a victim of a harsh father, a Baptist that believed most people were going to Hell

- She says that Boo was polite and friendly as a child, and that if he wasn't crazy as a kid he probably is now

- Jem and Dill try to give Boo a note to invite him to get ice cream with them

- Atticus catches them and demands them to stop tormenting Boo 

- On Dill's last day in Maycomb all three kids sneak to the Radley house and peak trough a shutter 

- They see a shadow of a man and then hear a gun go off, they leave running but Jem's pants get caught on the fence so he leaves them

- The kids return home to find Atticus and the neighbours at their house, Mr. Nathan Radley shot at a "Negro" in his yard

- Jem says he lost his pants playing strip poker, at night he goes and retreives them 

Chapters 3 & 4:

- Scout rubs Walter's nose in dirt for getting her in trouble, but Jem intervenes and invites him to lunch
- At lunh Walter puts molasses all over his food & Scout criticizes him
- Calpurnia scolds Scout and tell her to be a better hostess
- Miss Caroline becomes terrified when a bug is found in Burris Ewell's hair
- Ewell family is low class and extremly poor
- Burriss only comes to school on te first day to avoid trouble with law
- Leaves classroom and makes remarks to teacher that make her cry
- Scout does not want to go to school anymore, Atticus says that she must go because of the law, however he promises to keep reading to her as long as she doesn't tell her teachers
- Scout becomes very frustrated because of the slow curriculum
- After school one day she passes by the Radley house and finds two pieces of gum sticking out an oak tree, she shwos Jem but he makes her spit them out
- On the last day of school they find two "Indian- head" pennies and keep them
- Dill returns to Maycomb, and they play games, the first being spinning in a tire, and Scout lands on the Radley house steps
- The play the game "Boo Radley" and act out entire Radley family legend
- Atticus sees them and asks if they are mocking Radley's 

Sketchnotes: TKAM

Chapters 1 & 2:

 

#Black Lives Matter

Over time social media has helped empower the Black Lives Matter movement. In the 1960s news was spread through telephone conversations, but nowadays news as well as movements are being popularized by social media such as twitter, instagram, facebook, etc. Social movements as well as the goals and beliefs of everyone are being molded by technology. Platforms are chosen based on what one is posting, and whether you want to mobilize tons of people or a certain group of people. The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter was started in 2013 and since then has been a movement that has never quit trying to succeed in ending discrimination against African Americans. It is mentioned in the article that the Black Lives Matter movement has changed the instinctual experience of being black all together. The movement will not end until the entire population understands that discrimination against African Americans is real and that the solutions to this problem need to be met. 

Sketchnotes: The Sixth Extinction 

Sketchnotes are a form of annotations that allow you to synthesize the information you are given and turn it into a visual representation. I personally am not very good at drawing, however you do not have to be an artist, you just have to show that you understand what you are reading. I really enjoyed doing this and I think it is going to be my new form of annotations. 

Research Paper - Body Paragraph

Topic sentence: 

It should clearly state the environmental problem you are working on.                          

*Reminders: Written in third person, get to the point, use powerful vocab, make sure you answer the question "why"

Concrete Detail #1: 

You must immediately back up your topic sentence with evidence from your research.

*Reminders: Introduce your quote and highlight the credibility of your source, Include MLA in- text citation (Author's last name or if their is no author then the title of the webpage).

Commentary: 

Minimum of 2-3 sentences that pull your research apart to show how the research supports your topic sentence. 

Developing your discussion of the problem:

Concrete Detail #2: Second quote from your research. This quote should continue to establish the problem.

Commentary #2: 2-3 sentences about how this second quote supports the topic sentence. 

Conclusion sentence: Wrap up your paragraph by restating the main points and transition to your next paragraph about causes.

How to write a professional e-mail

Beginning:

- Begin with polite greeting 

-If the name of the person you're writing to is unknown write: "Dear sir/ mad'am" or "To whom it may concern" 

- After greeting thank recipient 

State your purpose:

- Make sure purpose is clear from the first sentence 

- Questions should go first 

- " I am writing to enquire about..." 

- Do not have sentences that ramble on 

- Have perfect communication and grammar 

- Paste link 

- No slang or conjunctions 

- Be polite !

Ending:

- Add closing remarks 

- Offer other ways they contact you

- Finish with closing 

Claim: States a clear position

- Needs to be specific and answer the "why" 

- Keep wording specific and concise 

- Include title and author

Intro quotes: You need to orient your reader and provide context

- Who is speaking to whom? 

- What is happening in this moment 

- What is the emotional state of the character?

Things you should already know

- Write in 3rd person

- no contractions

- stop using the word "things"

- 2 sentences of analysis minimum per quote
Ex) In Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, he uses short sentences and personification to buil suspense and create tension when Montag runs from the police. When Montag arrives at Faber's house out of breath and upset, he laments, "I've been a fool...' (Bradbury 30).

Avoiding Plagiarism

Direct Quotation:

- Involves integrating all or part of an original quotation from source material into your own writing with quotation marks and proper citation. ex) "Dobby is free" (Rowling 338). 

- Should be done only sparingly; be sure you have a good reason to include direct quote.

- Needs to be cited

Paraphrasing:

- Involves putting a quote from source material into your own words. Must be credited to the original source, is usually shorter than the original passage, taking a broader segment of the source and condensing it slightly. 

- Needs to be cited

Summarizing:

- Involves putting the main ideas into your own words, including only main points. It is necessary to credit original source. Summaries are significantly shorter and take a broad overview of source material. 

- Needs to be cited

Plagiarism:

- Is when you represent words, ideas, or information you obtained from another source as your own by not including proper citation.

Fahrenheit 451 Group B:

Day 2:

Motifs:

 The theme is absurdity of knowledge of the past. "Didn't firemen prevent fires rather than start them up and get them going?" (Bradbury 34).

Role of Technology in Society:

Day 1:

Characters:

- Group 1 claims that Montag is an ignorant man has a lack of knowledge about the past 

- Montag is ignorant and has no knowledge about past fireman and he doesn't believe that firemen used to put out fires

- foreshadowing future. maybe he finds out about the past and that books are good 

Setting:

- takes place in this dystopian future 

- beginning of book takes place in the fall during the night 

- air propelled train is mentioned ---- future

- reading the books you burn is against the law--- governed by people who don't want them to have any knowledge about the past

Figurative Language:

- Uses figurative language to create strong sensory images to make it more visual and descriptive 

- simile, personification, paradox, imagery, etc.

FUN FRIDAY

For the English portion of fun Friday we had to choose between writing an original insult sonnet, creating a Shakespeare soundtrack, and coining new words. I decided to create a Shakespeare soundtrack for Act 5, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet. I decided to use Kanye's song "Bad News" because I felt that it related perfectly to what happened in the play. I think that this activity gave me a better understanding of the play.

"The song, “Bad News” by Kanye West relates perfectly to Act 5 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare. In this scene Romeo has a dream that something good will happen, but his dream does not come true and instead he finds out that Juliet is supposedly dead, “Then she is well, and nothing can be ill. Her body sleeps in Capel’s monument, and her immortal part with angels lives.” (Act 1, scene ii, line 16-19). Romeo’s heart immediately breaks and he feels immense sorrow. This scene relates to the lyrics from Kanye West’s song, “Didn’t you know I was waiting on you, My face turned to stone when I heard the news, When you decided to break the rules, Cause I just heard some really bad news.” After hearing the news, Romeo returns to Verona and kills himself at her grave."

Hook Throw Down 
Team 1: "Four hundred and fifty children are killed every year by their parents." (USA Today)
Judge say that it connects with parents being the murderers and will connect with thesis. *winner of throw down first round
Team 3: The killer of Romeo and Juliet is identified in the statement, "Miscarried by my fault, let my old life/ Be sacrifice some hour before this time" (5.3. 266- 267). The classic story of Romeo and Juliet was misinterpreted as a suicide, while Friar Laurance admitted to carrying blame.
Judges say it is more thesis than hook, needs to be more scientific, does not capture attention.*Might want to use some info about DNA, how many suspected suicides are deemed homicides (for hook) 
Team 2: "79% of murders reported to the FBI are committed by friends, family or loved ones." (Eichelberger) 
Judges say it is to broad, doesn't show who suspect might be. 
- Really try to relate your hook to your thesis, need a good transition


Shakespearean Sonnets 
- Sonnet = little song in Italian 
- Sonnet 116: 14 lines, rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG (couplet: 2 lines in a row that rhyme)
- 3 Quatrains and 1 couplet (Quatrains- every four lines, also related to rhyme scheme)
- First Quatrain- ask a question, present a problem
- Second Quatrain- develop the problem or explain the situation
- Third Quatrain- Turning point 
- Couplet- Resolution "take away"

Poetic Devices and Vocab

 Nov. 28

Line 173- simile, love goes towards love as schoolboys go to their books

Line 204- 205- paradox, "good  night, good night! Parting is such a sweet sorrow"

 Nov. 31

Act 2 scene 4

Line 13- simile, she will be as swift as a ball, compared to a ball because balls roll smoothly

Line 58- anaphor, uses sweet multiple times with intense emotion

Line 81- couplet, “ I am the drudge, and toil in your delight; But you shall bear the burden soon at night.”

Act 2 scene 5

Vocab.

Heralds (line 4)- messengers or people who announce the news

Bandy (line 14)- wideset feet, bowlegged

Jaunce (line 27)- dance or frolic

Poultice (68)- moist mass of material used to reduce swelling

Dec 2

Act 3 scene 1

Poetic Devices

Line 23-25- simile , “Thy head is full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat”

Line 98- anaphora, repeating “I, I, I”

Line 102-simile,

Line 157-158- anaphora, “O my brothers child! O prince! O cousin! O husband! O the blood is spilled”

Act 3 scene 2

Line 55-56- Couplet

Line 85-Paradox, “Damn Saint” Contradiction

Line 136-137- Couplet

Act 4 scene 1

Line 10- Allusion, compare juliet to goddess of love

Line 51- Anaphora, “past hope, past cure past help!”

Line 85- Hyperbole, she’d rather die than marry paris

Line 109-110- Metaphor, comparing red in her cheeks and lips to roses, and eyes to windows

Vocab.

Pensive- engaged in, involved in

Prorogue- to put off or postpone

Abate- to reduce in amount, size or intensity

Scene 2

Gadding- wander from one place another in pursue for entertainment

Behests- a person’s order or command

Forswear- formally reject a belief

Bedaubed- to smear with a sticky substance

Poetic Devices

Line 49- Alliteration, “well i will watch” w repeated

Line 51- Metaphor, “ My heart is wondrous light” comparing heart to light

                         
                          Elizabethan England Expert Group Presentations

Group 1: Monarchy in Elizabethan England

- Queen Elizabeth I, 44 years on the throne- began ruling at age 25

- Statesmen and politicians acted as advisors for queen led gov. in England

- Queen’s role- made all major decisions and decide religion of country, decide war issues

- 3 branches of gov: Privy Council- wealthy powerful nobles and highly intelligent, less than 20 members

- Star chamber- witnessed most important trials of royalty and nobility, hear cases involving political issues

- Parliament- Nobility and higher clergy, 3 main functions-legislation, advice and taxation

- After Elizabeth came King James I: no middle classmen, earls lead gov, brought scotland and england together

Group 2: England’s position on the world stage during Queen Elizabeth’s rule

- Mary Stewart(cousins w Queen Elizabeth), queen of Scots, she united Scotland and France by marrying King Francis II

- England was made up of UK, Scotland and Southern Ireland

- Ireland was unwanted and unwelcome inheritance, also because Ireland was catholic and Queen elizabeth was anglicanism

- England lost land to France during Queen Mary’s reign

- Portugal; part of Spanish Empire- rivals with England. Wealth, power, trade, Catholicism, and expanding Spanish Empire

- Netherlands: Lost against Spain, not under Spanish rule, England wanted to rule Netherlands

- China: 3 emperors under Ming Dynasty, “best part of Chinese history” well put together monarchy

Group 6: Social Hierarchy, Gender Roles, & Professions in Elizabethan England

- Upper class; monarch, nobility, and

- Women went through training and schooling on how to work around house

- Monarch, queen was highest class, a strong independent women could rule nation, used her gender as a tool

- Nobility, had to be born into status,

- Gentry- People from lower class who worked into higher class

- Middle and Lower, could afford basic necessities

- Middle class had paying jobs, artisans and usually literate

- Women were not able to attend college or be included in politics (middle class)

- Laborers - poorest class, poor law: all lower class required to work in factory > got rid of homelessness

- Difference between literacy between classes

Group 3: Bubonic Plague and other illnesses

• Plague started with fleas, then black rats on ships, and then people
• 18% would survive plague
• 1347-1352 plague killed third of population of Europe
• Outbreaks of plague throughout years
• Burn bodies or pile them in mass graves, or catapult them into neighbouring cities they wanted to conquer
• 2-6  days to notice symptoms
• Treatment --Cut bumps and then apply human waste, drink their own urine 2 a day, take baths in vinegar and roses
• Dysentery-- 10% of individuals died from this illness, result of poor hygiene
• Other treatments involved herbs and vinegar (as cleansing agent)
• Act 5 scene 2 Friar Lawrence gets bubonic plague??
• Plague killed 3 of his sister and 1 brother, and also 11 year old son

Group 4: Clothing and  Hygiene

• Monarch wore most expensive clothing, only ones allowed to wear certain colors
• Nobility less fabric but more expensive clothing than the rest
• Merchants wore most colors and feathers
• Gentry wore same ranked clothing
• Peasants would bathe once a year
• Monarchy would bathe once a week and would use scented herbs to smell better
• Laborers wore wool and linen, no silk or velvet, only wore gray, blue, orange etc

Group 5: Entertainment

• Bear batting, setting a group of dogs on a captive bear
• Fencing, game for upperclass
• Theatre, all classes but in different play houses
• No women actors
• Festivals, involved in church
• Cockfighting, only wealthy because chickens were very expensive
• Horseracing, people would choose favorite racer and bet
• Handy-dandy, two items behind their hand and other would choose which hand
• Hoodman-blind, tag but person’s eyes would be covered
• Tobacco and Marijuana
• Archery, 17-60 you must learn archery
• Hawking, for nobility, people trained to hunt and kill animals
• Tennis and football, very violent
• Chess and checker, popularized by Shakespeare's plays