Literature & Composition IV

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

How do demons try to influence us?

How do demons try to influence us?
  • Pornography

  • Immodest clothing

  • Drugs & alcohol

  • Eminem

  • Chocolate

  • Influencing thoughts

  • Soap operas

  • Extra-marital sex

  • Bad role models

  • Influence of friends

  • Music

  • Movies/Hollywood

  • Transcendental Meditation

  • Use senses against us

  • Mike Mayeux

  • Occult: Tarot Cards, Ouija Boards, etc.

  • Strip clubs

  • Hatred

  • Abuse

  • Governmental corruption, power

  • Mike Mayeux

  • Lust

  • Perversions: Masochism, bestiality, pedophilia

  • Gluttony

  • Sloth

  • Greed

  • Vainglory/Pride

  • Anger/Wrath

  • Envy

  • Violence/destruction

Monday, January 16, 2006

Literary Terms for Exam

  1. Characterization

  2. Imagery

  3. Setting

  4. Figurative Language

  5. Theme

  6. Mood

  7. Point of View  

  8. Simile

  9. Metaphor

  10. First Person  

  11. Second Person

  12. Third Person  

  13. Limited  

  14. Omniscient

  15. Allusion

  16. Classical Allusion

  17. Biblical Allusion

  18. Paradox

  19. Symbol

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Mysterious Affair at Styles

Clues

  • Cocoa + rum + “salt”
  • Coffee Cup ground into dust
  • Despatch case with key in the lock
  • Fragment of a will in the fireplace
  • Wax stain on the floor
  • Piece of green fabric in the bolt lock
  • Envelope “possessed I am possessed He is possessed I am possessed possessed”
  • Mrs. Inglethorpe’s powders no pharmacist name.

Monday, January 09, 2006

Mysterious Affair Characters

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Paragraph Development

Eating at the Castro Valley cafeteria appeals to me much more than dining at any of the nearby establishments. I can eat with friends and do not have to drive to get there. I also hate waiting in line at restaurants. Castro Valley High’s cafeteria is much quicker. Also, I used to work in restaurants and know what they do to their food.


What questions does this paragraph beg?
  • Why is the last sentence there? It fits the topic sentence, but it does not fit the rest of the paragraph.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Organization Exercise

Monday, January 02, 2006

Essay Level 3

Level 3


Ideas: Thesis
Universal human concept: great ideas literature engages us in discussion about

Thesis organizes entire essay
Ideas: Support
Breadth: other possible viewpoints
Outside sources

Organization
Introduction: catches readers’ attention

Conclusion: provides final analysis

Organization: build the argument, use transitions

Voice
Write for a general audience (not just the teacher)

Word Choice
Fluency
Specific
Accurate
Strong
Natural
Effective

Sentences & Paragraphs
Effectiveness
Sentence types
Sentence length