Summer Module in English 9

SOUTHVILLE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AND COLLEGESSUMMER MODULE IN ENGLISH 9

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Southville International School and Colleges

Summer Module in English 9


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Topics Time FramePoetry Week 1

Run-on Sentence, Dangling and Misplaced Modifier

Week 2

Short Story,Adverb & Adverb Phrase

Week 3

Verbals Week 4

Essay,Parallelism

Week 5

Drama Week 6


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PoetryPoetry can be defined as 'literature in a metrical form' or 'a

composition forming rhythmic lines. In short, a poem is something that follows a particular flow of rhythm and meter. Compared to prose, where there is no such restriction, and the content of the piece flows according to story, a poem may or may not have a story, but definitely has a structured method of writing.

Kinds of Poetry

Acrostic - the first letter of each line spells a word, usually using the same words as in the title.

Ballad - A poem that tells a story similar to a folktale or legend which often has a repeated refrain.

Cinquain - Poetry with five lines. Line 1 has one word (the title). Line 2 has two words that describe the title. Line 3 has three words that tell the action. Line 4 has four words that express the feeling, and line 5 has one word which recalls the title.

Couplet- A couplet has rhyming stanzas made up of two lines.

Elegy - A sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual.

Epic - An epic is a long narrative poem celebrating the adventures and achievements of a hero...epics deal with the traditions, mythical or historical, of a nation.

Free Verse - Free Verse is an irregular form of poetry in which the content free of traditional rules of versification, (freedom from fixed meter or rhyme).

Ghazal – Ghazal is a form of poetry in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijan, Urdu and Bengali poetry. In classic form, the ghazal has from five to fifteen rhyming couplets that share a refrain at the end of the second line. This refrain may be of one or several syllables, and is preceded by a rhyme. Each line has an identical meter. The ghazal often reflects on a theme of unattainable love or divinity.

Haiku - Haiku (also called nature or seasonal haiku) is an unrhymed Japanese verse consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables (5, 7, 5) or 17 syllables in all. Haiku is usually written in the present tense and focuses on nature (seasons).

Limerick - A Limerick is a rhymed humorous or nonsense poem of five lines which originated in Limerick, Ireland.


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Lyric - Lyric poems typically express personal or emotional feelings. They have specific rhyming schemes and are often, but not always, set to music or a beat.

Narrative - A poem that tells a story written in metered verse.

Ode - An ode is a poem praising and glorifying a person, place or thing.

Quatrain - A quatrain is a poem consisting of four lines of verse with a specific rhyming scheme.

Sestina - A poem consisting of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy. The end words of the first stanza are repeated in varied order as end words in the other stanzas and also recur in the envoy.

Shape - Poetry written in the shape or form of an object. This is a type of concrete poetry. Sonnet - A lyric poem that consists of 14 lines which usually have one or more conventional

rhyme schemes.

Tanka - A Japanese poem of five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the other seven.

Villanelle - A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: aba aba aba aba aba abaa.

Elements of Poetry

Persona This refers to the narrator or speaker of the poem, not to be confused with the author - a

narrative voice other than the poet tells the entire poem. The expression derives from the Greek word "persona" meaning mask. When the poet creates a character to be the speaker, that character is called the persona and the poet imagines what it is like to enter someone else's personality.

Rhythm This is the music made by the statements of the poem, which includes the syllables in the lines.

The best method of understanding this is to read the poem aloud, and understand the stressed and unstressed syllables. Listen for the sounds and the music made when we hear the lines spoken aloud. How do the words resonate with each other? How do the words flow when they are linked with one another? Does sound right? Do the words fit with each other? These are the things you consider while studying the rhythm of the poem.

MeterThis is the basic structural make-up of the poem. Do the syllables match with each other? Every

line in the poem must adhere to this structure. A poem is made up of blocks of lines, which convey a single strand of thought. Within those blocks, a structure of syllables which follow the rhythm has to be included. This is the meter or the metrical form of poetry.

NobilityBy Alice Cary

True worth is in being, not seeming,-In doing, each day that goes by,Some little good-not in dreamingOf great things to do by and by.

For whatever men say in their blindness,And spite of the fancies of youth,There’s nothing so kingly as kindness,And nothing so royal as truth.

We get back our meet as we measure-We cannot do wrong and feel right,Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure,For justice avenges each slight.

The air for the wing of the sparrow,The bush for the robin and wren,But always the path that is narrowAnd straight, for the children of men.

‘Tis not in the pages of storyThe heart of its ills to beguile,Though he who makes courtship to gloryGives all that he hath for her smile.

For when from her heights he has won her,Alas it is only to proveThat nothing’s so sacred as honor,And nothing so loyal as love!

We cannot make bargains for blisses,Nor catch them like fishes in nets;And sometimes the thing our life missesHelps more than the thing which it gets.

For good lieth not in pursuing,Nor gaining of great or small,But just in the doing, and doingAs we should be done by, is all.

Through envy, through malice, through hating,Against the world , early and late,no jot of our courage abating-Our part is to work and wait.

And slight is the sting of his trouble


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StanzaStanza in poetry is defined as a smaller unit or group

of lines or a paragraph in a poem. A particular stanza has a specific meter, rhyme scheme, etc. Based on the number of lines, stanzas are named as couplet (2 lines), Tercet (3 lines), Quatrain (4 lines), Cinquain (5 lines), Sestet (6 lines), Septet (7lines),Octave(8lines).

RhymeA poem may or may not have a rhyme. When you

write poetry that has rhyme, it means that the last words or sounds of the lines match with each other in some form. Rhyme is basically similar sounding words like 'cat' and 'hat', 'close' and 'shows', 'house' and 'mouse', etc. Free verse poetry though, does not follow this system.

Rhyme SchemeAs a continuation of rhyme, the rhyme scheme is also

one of the basic elements of poetry. In simple words, it is defined as the pattern of rhyme. Either the last words of the first and second lines rhyme with each other, or the first and the third, second and the fourth and so on. It is denoted by alphabets like aabb (1st line rhyming with 2nd, 3rd with 4th); abab (1st with 3rd, 2nd with 4th); abba (1st with 4th, 2nd with 3rd), etc.

ThemeThis is what the poem is all about. The theme of the

poem is the central idea that the poet wants to convey. It can be a story, or a thought, or a description of something or someone; anything that the poem is about.

SymbolismOften poems will convey ideas and thoughts using

symbols. A symbol can stand for many things at one time and leads the reader out of a systematic and structured method of looking at things. Often a symbol used in the poem will be used to create such an effect.

NobilityBy Alice Cary

True worth is in being, not seeming,-In doing, each day that goes by,Some little good-not in dreamingOf great things to do by and by.

For whatever men say in their blindness,And spite of the fancies of youth,There’s nothing so kingly as kindness,And nothing so royal as truth.

We get back our meet as we measure-We cannot do wrong and feel right,Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure,For justice avenges each slight.

The air for the wing of the sparrow,The bush for the robin and wren,But always the path that is narrowAnd straight, for the children of men.

‘Tis not in the pages of storyThe heart of its ills to beguile,Though he who makes courtship to gloryGives all that he hath for her smile.

For when from her heights he has won her,Alas it is only to proveThat nothing’s so sacred as honor,And nothing so loyal as love!

We cannot make bargains for blisses,Nor catch them like fishes in nets;And sometimes the thing our life missesHelps more than the thing which it gets.

For good lieth not in pursuing,Nor gaining of great or small,But just in the doing, and doingAs we should be done by, is all.

Through envy, through malice, through hating,Against the world , early and late,no jot of our courage abating-Our part is to work and wait.

And slight is the sting of his trouble


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ImageryImagery is also one of the important elements of a poem. This device is used by the poet for

readers to create an image in their imagination. Imagery appeals to all the five senses. For e.g., when the poet describes, 'the flower is bright red', an image of a red flower is immediately created in the reader’s mind. Repetition

Repetition occurs when a word or phrase used more than once. Repetition can create a pattern.

IdiomIt is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary

definitions of the individual words.

Example: Break a leg – Good luckIt’s raining cats and dogs – Raining hard

Read the poem “Nobility” and answer the questions that follow.

Who is the persona in the poem? ___________________________________________

Are there rhyming words in the poem? Give some examples._______________________________________________

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?_______________________________________________

What is the theme of the poem?_______________________________________________

How does the author view nobility?_______________________________________________

Are there some symbolisms in the poem? Give some examples.______________________________________________________________________________________________

Figurative Language

Figurative language refers to words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words. It compares two things in such a way that you find the comparison interesting or even a bit surprising.

Simile is a direct comparison between two objects or ideas that uses the words “like” or “as”. Ex: She is as sweet as candy.

She swims like a fish.


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Note: Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile. A comparison must be made.

Not a Simile: I like pizza.

Simile: The moon is like a pizza.

A metaphor leaves out "like" or "as" and implies a direct comparison between objects or situations. Ex: Life is one long scary roller coaster.

She is a shining star in her class.

Personification: It is a representation of abstract ideas or inanimate objects as having human attributes or qualities. Ex: The sun greeted me this morning.

The trees were dancing with the wind.

Hyperbole: It is an exaggeration, used often to ridicule, create humor or any drastic emotional appeal.Ex: She wept and wept until there was a sea of tears.

The waves rose as high as the mountains.

Onomatopoeia: It is a sound expression where the word is similar to the sound made.Ex: 'Crackling sound' 'hissing away'

'screeching noise' 'Boo-hoo'

Alliteration: Words or sentences that begin with similar-sounding words are said to employ alliteration.Ex: She sells sea shells by the seashore.

We were wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken.

Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences.Ex: That cat sat back.

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.


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Name: ______________________________________ Date:__________________

Guided Exercise:

I. Read the sentences. Write the first letter of the type of figurative language used in each sentence.

Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification _____ 1. The wind whistled through the trees. _____ 2. I am so hungry I could eat a horse. _____ 3. She was as quiet as a mouse. _____ 4. I have told you a million times. _____ 5. His face was an open book. _____ 6. He is as strong as an ox. _____ 7. The stars looked down from the sky. _____ 8. Her smile is a ray of bright sunshine. _____ 9. His bedroom is a pig’s sty. _____10. She was pretty as a picture in her new dress.

_____11. He was a tornado, blasting his way through the opposing team. _____12. As the wind was blowing, the tree branch was gently brushing my hair._____13. I jumped so high I touched the sky. _____14. The young boy was a skyscraper next to his friend. _____15. The sun smiled down on the emerald-green fields. _____16. Joshua played his music so loud that Ms. Lamb’s ears fell off. _____17. My bike is a rocket speeding down the street._____18. The fog of sleep wraps around me_____19. He threw the football so far it went into space!_____20. The flowers were crying for my attention.

II. Writing. Construct two sentences for each figurative language.

Simile __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Metaphor __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Personification __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hyperbole__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

III. Read the sentences. Write the first letter of the type of figurative language used in each sentence.

Onomatopoeia Alliteration Assonance

_____1. Silent silky strings, soundless, song less. _____2. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is. _____3. On a proud round cloud in a white high night._____4. The cow says moo all day long._____5. I lie down by the side for my bride. Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese. _____6. Three grey geese in a green field grazing. _____7. When you awaken, be sure to record the remnants of your dream on your Purple Pages of

Passion, Persuasion, and Poetry with your Purple Plume of Poetic Penmanship. _____8. If I bleat when I speak it's because I just got . . . fleeced. _____9. The slimy snake slithered slowly sideways._____10. He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes._____11. It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!_____12. Careless cars cutting corners create confusion. _____13. I'm getting married in the morning! Ding dong! The bells are gonna chime._____14. Many merry moms made milkshakes and Mississippi Mudpies for dessert._____15. Dead in the middle of little Italy, little did we know that we riddled two middle men

who didn't do diddily._____16. Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled over

the tracks._____17. Hear the lark and harden to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground. _____18. Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinng! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room._____19. The sibilant sermons of the snake as she discoursed upon the disposition of my

sinner's soul seemed ceaseless._____20. It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped, And whirr when it stood still. I

never knew just what it was and I guess I never will.

IV. Writing. Construct two sentences for each figurative language.

Onomatopoeia __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Alliteration __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Assonance

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Run-on SentenceA run-on is two or more complete thoughts that are run together with no appropriate

punctuation mark to break between them. As a result of the run-on, the reader is confused and unsure of where one thought ends and the

next one begins.

Two Common Kinds of Run-on:1. Fused Sentence has no punctuation to mark the break between the thoughts.

Ex: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers she didn’t want to risk high cholesterol.

2. Comma Splice has a comma at the dividing point between complete thoughts.

Ex: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers, she didn’t want to risk high cholesterol.

Correcting run-ons1. Use a period and a capital letter to separate the two complete thoughts.

Run-on: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers she didn’t want to risk high cholesterol.

Correct: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers. She didn’t want to risk high cholesterol.

2. Use a comma plus a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) to connect the two complete thoughts.


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Run-on: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers, she didn’t want to risk high cholesterol.

Correct: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers, for she didn’t want to risk high cholesterol.

3. Use a semicolon to connect the two complete thoughts. Run-on: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers she didn’t want to risk high

cholesterol.Correct: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers; she didn’t want to risk high

cholesterol.

Note: Semicolons are often misused. Take care to use them correctly when correcting fragments.

4. Use subordination. Run-on: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers she didn’t want to risk high

cholesterol.Correct: Roxanne decided to stop eating hamburgers because she didn’t want to risk

high cholesterol.

Name: ______________________________________ Date:__________________

Guided Exercise:

I. Identify if the sentence is a run on or a complete one. Write R before the number if it’s a run on and C it is complete.

____1. Despite the long flight, arriving in Greece is always a good feeling. ____2. I received a VS on my last quiz I am very happy. ____3. Greece is a wonderful country there are a lot of amazing places to go to. ____4. The chest contained large amounts of gold, rubies, sapphires and other precious stones.____5. She always recycles her bottles they are collected once a month. ____6. The meal was a huge success despite his lack of skill in the kitchen.____7. She ran out of the room the shadows in the corner had scared her.____8. Tom loves jelly strawberry is his favorite. ____.9 Carrie decided to stop eating burgers she didn’t want to risk high cholesterol. ____10. Shrimp eggs can survive for over one year in the desert sands, rainwater brings them to life.

II. Correct each run-on sentence. If the sentence is correct, write C on the blank before each number.

1. The English system of measurement is used in the United States it is not widely used elsewhere.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Most countries use the metric system all scientists use it to record experiments.


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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Scientists need a uniform system of measurement this system enables them to communicate easily with one another.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. American students are gradually being taught the metric system, then in a few years it will be adopted officially.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Although learning two systems may seem confusing at first, it is necessary.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. We are used to measuring in quarts, pounds, and feet, therefore we think this familiar system is easier.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Units of the metric system can be divided by ten, this is what makes the system so easy to use.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. A meter is equal to about 39 inches, therefore it is a little longer than a yard.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. A meter can be divided into 100 equal parts, each one is called a centimeter.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. If you compare an inch and a centimeter, you will see that an inch is equal to about two and a half centimeters.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11. The English system measures weight in ounces and pound, the metric system measures it in grams and kilograms.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12. The prefix kilo-- comes from the Greek word chilioi, which means “thousand.”


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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. When scientists measure the volume of a liquid, they use the liter, not the quart, as the unit of measurement.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14. A liter can be divided into 1,000 equal parts, each part is a milliliter.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15. Someday you will learn about these measurements then they will all make sense.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

A misplaced modifier is simply a word or phrase describing something but not placed near enough the word it is supposed to modify.

Because of the separation, sentences with this error often sound awkward, ridiculous, or confusing. Furthermore, they can be downright illogical.

Example: (a gold man owns a watch.)

Misplaced modifiers can usually be corrected by moving the modifier to a more sensible place in the sentence, generally next to the word it modifies.

Corrected:(Now it is the watch that is gold.)

Other examples:


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Incorrect: I had to take down the shutters painting the house yesterday.

It sounds like the shutters painted the house! Place the modifying phrase painting the house near or next to the word it is meant to modify.

Correct: Painting the house yesterday, I had to take down the shutters.

INCORRECT: By accident, he poked the little girl with his finger in the eye.CORRECT: By accident, he poked the little girl in the eye with his finger.

INCORRECT: Every Friday, the cafeteria serves pizza to students on paper plates. CORRECT: Every Friday, the cafeteria serves students pizza on paper plates.

INCORRECT: The baby crawled on the floor with blue overalls. CORRECT: A: The baby with blue overalls crawled on the floor.

INCORRECT: The policemen finally stopped the criminal using pepper spray and handcuffs.CORRECT: Using pepper spray and handcuffs, the policeman finally stopped the criminal.

Many single-word modifiers are often misplaced; these include only, almost, just, even, merely, hardly, and nearly.

Consider how the meaning of the following sentence changes, depending on where you place the word only:

• Only Susie gave $20 at the fundraiser. (No one else but Susie gave $20.)• Susie only gave $20 at the fundraiser. (The only thing Susie did was give $20.)• Susie gave only $20 at the fundraiser. (Susie didn’t give any more than $20.)• Susie gave $20 at the only fundraiser. (Susie gave $20 at the only available fundraiser.)• Susie gave $20 at the fundraiser only. (Susie didn’t give $20 anywhere else.)

Correcting a Misplaced ModifierCorrect a misplaced modifier by moving the phrase or clause closer to the word it should logically modify.

1. Misplaced adjectives are incorrectly separated from the nouns they modify and almost always distort the intended meaning.

Example 1:

Correct the error by placing the adjective next to the noun it modifies.

Correct:


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Example 2:

Correct:

2. Placement of adverbs can also c

hange meaning in sentences.

For example, the sentences below illustrate how the placement of just can change the sentence's meaning.

Just means only John was picked, no one else:

Just means that John was picked now:

Just means that John hosted only the program, nothing else:

Each of these sentences says something logical but quite different, and its correctness depends upon what the writer has in mind.

Often, misplacing an adverb not only alters the intended meaning, but also creates a sentence whose meaning is highly unlikely or completely ridiculous.

This sentence, for example, suggests that we brought a lunch slowly:

To repair the meaning, move the adverb slowly so that it is near ate.


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Watch out for adverbs such as only, just, nearly, merely, and almost. They are often misplaced and cause an unintended meaning.

This sentence, for example, means that I only contributed the money:

Repaired, however, the sentence means that I contributed only $10.00.

Like adjectives, adverbs are commonly misplaced in everyday speech, and may not cause listeners difficulty. However, such sentences are quite imprecise and, therefore, should have NO place in your writing.

3. Misplaced phrases may cause a sentence to sound awkward and may create a meaning that does not make sense.

The problem sentences below contain misplaced phrases that modify the wrong nouns.

To fix the errors and clarify the meaning, put the phrases next to the noun they are supposed to modify.

Example 1 :(a buyer with leather seats?)

Corrected:

Example 2:(a corner smoking pipes?)

Corrected:


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Example 3:(a house made of barbed wire?)

Corrected:

4. Misplaced clauses may cause a sentence to sound awkward and may create a meaning that does not make sense.

The problem sentences below contain misplaced clauses that modify the wrong nouns.

To fix the errors and clarify the meaning, put the clauses next to the noun they are supposed to modify.

Example 1:( a buttered woman?)

Corrected:

Example 2:(a hamper that Ralph wore?)

Corrected:


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Be careful! In correcting a misplaced modifier, don't create a sentence with two possible meanings.

Example:

Problem: Did the teacher say this on Monday or will she return the essays on Monday?)

Correction #1(meaning the essays will be returned on Monday)

Correction #2 (meaning that the teacher spoke on Monday)

A dangling modifier appears to modify either the wrong word or no word at all because the word it should logically modify is missing. It is a phrase or clause that is not clearly and logically related to the word or words it modifies (i.e. is placed next to).

Two notes about dangling modifiers:

Unlike a misplaced modifier, a dangling modifier cannot be corrected by simply moving it to a different place in a sentence.

In most cases, the dangling modifier appears at the beginning of the sentence, although it can also come at the end.

Example:INCORRECT: Pausing to congratulate Barbara, the conversation continued. CORRECT: Pausing to congratulate Barbara, we continued the conversation.

INCORRECT: Giving a party, several balloons were blown up. CORRECT: Giving a party, they blew up several balloons.

Sometimes the dangling modifier error occurs because the sentence fails to specify anything to which the modifier can refer.

Example 1:


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This sentence does not specify who is looking toward the west. In fact, there is nothing at all in the sentence to which the modifying phrase looking toward the west can logically refer. Since the modifier, looking toward the west, is sitting next to the funnel shaped cloud, the sentence suggests that the cloud is doing the looking.

Example 2:

This sentence means that my mother enrolled in medical when she was nine years old!

At other times the dangling modifier is placed next to the wrong noun or noun substitute.

Example 1:

Because of the placement of walking to the movies, this sentence suggests that the cloudburst is walking to the movies even though a possible walker - Jim - is mentioned later.

Example 2:

Since having been fixed the night before is placed next to Priscilla, the sentence means that Priscilla was fixed the night before.

As the above examples show, dangling modifiers result in inaccurate and sometimes ludicrous statements.

Correcting a Dangling ModifierDangling modifiers may be corrected in two general ways.

Correction Method #1

1. Leave the modifier as it is.2. Change the main part of the sentence so that it begins with the term actually modified. 3. This change will put the modifier next to the term it modifies.

Thus, this dangling modifier

may be corrected to


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Now the sentence means that I was looking toward the west.

Using the same method, this dangling modifier

may be corrected to

Now the sentence means that Jim was drenched by the cloudburst.

Correction Method #2

1. Change the dangling modifier phrase to a subordinate clause, creating a subject and verb.2. Leave the rest of the sentence as it is.

Thus, the dangling modifier

may be corrected to

Now the sentence means that I (not my mother!) was nine years old when my mother enrolled in medical school.

Using the same method, the dangling modifier


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may be corrected to

Now the sentence means that the car (not Priscilla!) was fixed.

Name: ______________________________________ Date:__________________

Guided Exercise:

I. Identifying Misplaced and Dangling ModifiersDirections: On the blank beside each sentence, indicate whether that sentence contains a dangling modifier (DM) or a misplaced modifier (MM).

Examples: DM a. At the age of six, my mother sang hymns to me. Correction: When I was six, my mother sang hymns to me.

MM b. We were told at midnight the concert would begin. Correction: We were told the concert would begin at midnight.

_____ 1. The car on the bridge which is green is mine. _____ 2. Expecting confusion, our plans were made. _____ 3. Feeling hot, sweaters were taken off. _____ 4. I showed my dog to the veterinarian with the fleas. _____ 5. Larry told me he was getting married that afternoon at night. _____ 6. This typewriter is used by a secretary with a wide carriage. _____ 7. Swimming out into the sea, the current grew stronger. _____ 8. Walking along the bridge, a ship suddenly appeared. _____ 9. The Honda was stalled on the road out of oil. _____ 10. He kept a black book of all the girls he had dated in his desk. _____ 11. On entering the room, the messages are easily seen. _____ 12. While at the park, the sun shone brightly on the sunbathers.


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_____ 13. Mary should jump at whatever is demanded quickly. _____ 14. He kept all his medicine in the medicine cabinet that had been prescribed for him. _____ 15. When only a baby, Mom took me scuba diving.

II. Correcting Misplaced Modifiers

MISPLACED MODIFIERSWrite "C" before the number if the modifier is correctly placed. Write "MM" if it is misplaced. Then, in the "MM" sentences, circle the modifier and draw an arrow to show where it should go.

_____ 1. The man was stopped for speeding in the blue sweater.

_____ 2. I almost saw the whole movie, but I fell asleep around midnight.

_____ 3. Joe promised to mow the lawn running out the door.

_____ 4. The initials were those of the lovers carved on the tree.

_____ 5. There are only two parking spaces left in the lot.

_____ 6. Every four hours the doctor told him to take a pill.

_____ 7. Sitting on the porch, I smoked my last cigarette.

_____ 8. The woman walked toward us wearing the feather hat.

_____ 9. The jet crashed into a cliff carrying 155 passengers.

_____ 10. I hardly ate any breakfast.

_____ 11. I watched the mechanic fix the car with admiration.

_____ 12. I earn fifty dollars a week scarcely.

_____ 13. Reaching into the cupboard, I found the bag of cookies.

_____ 14. We borrowed a mower from a neighbor that was broken.

_____ 15. Climbing up the telephone pole, we saw a squirrel.

_____ 16. Mel, running rapidly, disappeared around the bend.

_____ 17. The cat was rescued after the building had been set on fire by a fireman.

_____ 18. We've almost found all the pieces to the puzzle.

_____ 19. She vowed on her birthday to go on a diet.


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_____ 20. We need gas badly.

DANGLING MODIFIERSUnderline the dangling modifier in each of the following sentences. Then, rewrite each sentence to correct the dangling modifier.

1. Driving in heavy traffic, my head started to ache.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Fishing for trout, our boat tipped over. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Crossing the border, my bags were searched. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Searching my wallet, my driver's license was found. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. A shovel was used, building the sand castle.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Feeling nervous, nails were bitten.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Laughing hysterically, the joke was repeated.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Waiting for my friend, the weather turned bad.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Taking out the garbage, snow started to fall.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. Fooling around, the lamps got broken.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Short StoryShort Story is a fictional prose tale of no specified length, but too

short to be published as a volume on its own, as novellas sometimes and novels usually are. A short story will normally concentrate on a single event with only one or two characters, more economically than a novel's sustained exploration of social background.

ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY

CHARACTER -- There are two meanings for the word character: 1) The person in a work of fiction. 2) The characteristics of a person.

Character Point of ViewSetting Theme

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Persons in a work of fiction - Antagonist and Protagonist Short stories use few characters. One character is clearly central to the story with all major events having some importance to this character - he/she is the PROTAGONIST. The opposer of the main character is called the ANTAGONIST.

The Characteristics of a Person - In order for a story to seem real to the reader its characters must seem real. Characterization is the information the author gives the reader about the characters themselves. The author may reveal a character in several ways: a) his/her physical appearance b) what he/she says, thinks, feels and dreams c) what he/she does or does not do d) what others say about him/her and how others react to him/her

Characters are convincing if they are: consistent, motivated, and life-like (resemble real people)

Characters are...

Dynamic - A dynamic character is a person who changes over time, usually as a result of resolving a central conflict or facing a major crisis. Most dynamic characters tend to be central rather than peripheral characters, because resolving the conflict is the major role of central characters.

Static - A static character is someone who does not change over time; his or her personality does not transform or evolve.

Round - A rounded character is anyone who has a complex personality; he or she is often portrayed as a conflicted and contradictory person.

Flat - A flat character is the opposite of a round character. This literary personality is notable for one kind of personality trait or characteristic.

SETTING -- The time and location in which a story takes place is called the setting. For some stories the setting is very important, while for others it is not. There are several aspects of a story's setting to consider when examining how setting contributes to a story (some, or all, may be present in a story):

a) place - geographical location. Where is the action of the story taking place? b) time - When is the story taking place? (historical period, time of day, year, etc) c) weather conditions - Is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc? d) social conditions - What is the daily life of the characters like? Does the story contain local colour (writing that focuses on the speech, dress, mannerisms, customs, etc. of a particular place)? e) mood or atmosphere - What feeling is created at the beginning of the story? Is it bright and cheerful or dark and frightening?

PLOT -- The plot is how the author arranges events to develop his basic idea; It is the sequence of events in a story or play. The plot is a planned, logical series of events having a beginning, middle, and end. The short story usually has one plot so it can be read in one sitting. There are five essential parts of plot.


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a) Exposition - The beginning of the story where the characters and the setting is revealed.

b) Rising Action - This is where the events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed (events between the introduction and climax).

c) Climax - This is the highest point of interest and the turning point of the story. The reader wonders what will happen next; will the conflict be resolved or not?

d) Falling action - The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not (events between climax and denouement).

e) Resolution/Denouement - This is the final outcome or untangling of events in the story.

It is helpful to consider climax as a three-fold phenomenon: 1) the main character receives new information 2) accepts this information (realizes it but does not necessarily agree with it) 3) acts on this information (makes a choice that will determine whether or not he/she gains his objective).

CONFLICT-- Conflict is essential to plot. Without conflict there is no plot. It is the opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the plot move. Conflict is not merely limited to open arguments, rather it is any form of opposition that faces the main character. Within a short story there may be only one central struggle, or there may be one dominant struggle with many minor ones.

There are two types of conflict :

1) External - A struggle with a force outside one's self.

2) Internal - A struggle within one's self; a person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet their temper, resist an urge, etc.

There are four kinds of conflict :

1) Man vs. Man – "Man against man" conflict involves stories where characters are against each other. This is an external conflict. The conflict may be direct opposition, as in a gunfight or a robbery, or it may be a more subtle conflict between the desires of two or more characters, as in a romance or a family epic.


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2) Man vs. Nature - "Man against nature" conflict is an external struggle positioning the hero against an animal or a force of nature, such as a storm.

3) Man vs. Society - Where man stands against a man-made institution (such as slavery or bullying), "man against man" conflict may shade into "man against society”. In such stories, characters are forced to make moral choices or frustrated by social rules in meeting their own goals.

4) Man vs. Himself - With "man against self" conflict, the struggle is internal. A character must overcome his own nature or make a choice between two or more paths - good and evil; logic and emotion.

POINT OF VIEW

Point of view, or p.o.v., is defined as the angle from which the story is told.

First Person - The story is told by the protagonist or one of the characters who interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters (using pronouns I, me, we, etc). The reader sees the story through this person's eyes as he/she experiences it and only knows what he/she knows or feels.

Third person Omniscient- The author can narrate the story using the omniscient point of view. He can move from character to character, event to event, having free access to the thoughts, feelings and motivations of his characters and he introduces information where and when he chooses. There are two main types of omniscient point of view:

Third Person Limited - The author tells the story in third person (using pronouns they, she, he, it, etc). We know only what the character knows and what the author allows him/her to tell us. We can see the thoughts and feelings of characters if the author chooses to reveal them to us.

Third Person Objective – The author tells the story in the third person. It appears as though a camera is following the characters, going anywhere, and recording only what is seen and heard. There is no comment on the characters or their thoughts. No interpretations are offered. The reader is placed in the position of spectator without the author there to explain. The reader has to interpret events on his own.

THEME -- The theme in a piece of fiction is its controlling idea or its central insight. It is the author's underlying meaning or main idea that he is trying to convey. The theme may be the author's thoughts about a topic or view of human nature. The title of the short story usually points to what the writer is saying and he may use various figures of speech to emphasize his theme, such as: symbol, allusion, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or irony.

Some simple examples of common themes from literature, TV, and film are: - things are not always as they appear to be - Love is blind - Believe in yourself - People are afraid of change- Don't judge a book by its cover


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Name: ______________________________________ Date:__________________

A COUNTRY BOY QUITS SCHOOLBy Lao Hsiang

Translated by Chi-Chen Wang

A boy in the country gets to be at least

half as useful as a grownup by the time he is eight or nine years old. He can weed in the spring or tie up harvest bundles in summer: he is able to pass bricks when a house is built or open and shut the furrows to the irrigation ditches. That being the case, who'd want to send him to school? But an official proclamation had been issued in the city to the effect that unless a boy over six years of age is sent to school, some adult in the family will go to jail. This was how it happened that the country boy of our story went to school.

On his first day at school the boy came back with eight books. His grandparents and his father and mother all gathered around him and marveled at the pictures in the book. Grandfather said, “The Four Books and the Five Classics1 never had any pictures like these.”

“The people in the pictures are not Chinese!” Father suddenly exclaimed. “Look carefully and you’ll see that none of them wear the kind of clothes we wear. See, these are leather shoes; this is what is called a dog stick. They remind me of the old missionary who preaches at the cross street in the city.”

“This woman at the spinning wheel is also a foreigner,” Grandmother said, “we use the right hand to spin but she uses her left.”

“If that makes her a foreigner, then this driver is not Chinese either. Look, have you ever seen a Chinese driver sit on that side of a cart?” commented Grandfather.

“The teacher said that the books cost a dollar and twenty cents.” the boy suddenly said, taking courage in their absorption of the books. The statement stunned everyone like a sudden clap of thunder.

Grandmother was the first to speak. “They certainly have the nerve to make us pay for the books after we give up the boy for them! He’s hardly gone to school for a day and it has cost us over a dollar already. Who can afford such schools? We can’t save that much money

if we go without light for half a year, and we’ll have to sell at least eight bushels of corn to raise that much money.”

“I think one book ought to be enough to start with. They can get another after they finished that.” Grandfather said.

“Moreover, why should it cost so much when there are only three or four characters on a page?” Grandmother continued, “The almanac has both large and small characters and is closely printed and it costs only five coppers. How can these be worth more than a dollar?”

The books which they had suddenly marveled at a few minutes before had suddenly become a cause of depression. The family discussed the matter at supper and all through the rest of the evening and finally decided that they would accept this calamity and pay the amount required, since it was the first time. In order to make up the sum, the boy’s mother had to contribute the proceeds from two pairs of earrings that she had recently sold. His father gave him a solemn lecture, saying, “You are now nine, no longer so young. We’re sparing you from work and sending you to school, though we can’t afford it in our circumstances. You’ll be very ungrateful if you don’t study hard and learn something.” The boy took his father's instructions to heart and set out for school the next day at dawn. When he got there, however, the porter said to him in a low voice, "Classes don't start till nine. It's now only five thirty. You are too early. The teacher is asleep and the classroom isn't unlocked. You had better go home now." The boy looked around the yard and found that he was indeed the only student there; he listened outside the teacher's window and heard him snoring; he walked around the lecture room and found no open door. There was nothing for him to do but run back home. Grandfather was sweeping the yard when he suddenly caught sight of the boy. He threw down his broom and said. "What is the use of trying to make a scholar of a boy whom Heaven


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and Earth intended for the hoe? Look at him. It’s only the second day and he is playing truant already!" The boy was just about to explain when his mother gave him two resounding slaps and made him tend the fire for breakfast. Needless to say, the price of the books that they had to buy had a great deal to do with their temper. When the boy went to school again after breakfast, the teacher was already on the platform and was holding forth on the subject of being late to school. To illustrate his point, he told a story about a little fairy that waited by the wayside with a bag of gold to reward the earliest boy. Our boy was enchanted with the story and the words "fairy" and “gold" but he could not figure out just what was meant by "earliest."

In the afternoon, our young hero came back from school at three thirty, just as his father was going back to work after his midday nap. Luckily his father happened to see the other boys also coming home from school and the teacher taking a stroll with his “dog stick," and concluded that his son was not playing truant. He kept wondering, however, about the strange ways of these foreign schools. The first six days of school were taken up with the first lesson in the reader, with the text “This is Mama." It couldn't be said that the boy was not diligent. He reviewed his lesson every day after school, reading over and over again "This is Mama," until dusk. With his left hand holding the book open and his right following the characters, he read on faithfully and conscientiously if afraid that the characters would fly away if he did not fix his entire attention on them. But every time he reads "This is Mama," his mother's heart would jump. On the sixth day of school she could stand it no longer. She snatched the book from him and said, “Let me see who your mama is!" Thinking that his mother was really eager to learn, the boy pointed to the accompanying picture and said, “This is Mama- the lady with leather shoes, bobbed hair, and long dress." One glance at the picture and Mother burst out crying. Grandfather, Grandmother, and Father were frightened, thinking that she might have become possessed by some evil spirits. At first, she only cried and would not say anything when they asked her what the matter was, but when they persisted, she said. “Where

did the boy get that vampire-like mama?"

When they found the cause of her distress, Father said, "We'll have the boy ask his teacher whose mama this really is. Maybe it is the teacher's mama." The next morning before dawn, Mother woke up her son and made him go to school and ask the teacher for a solution to the problem that had bothered her all night. Arriving at school, the boy found that it was Sunday and that there would be no school. Moreover, the teacher had drunk more wine than was good for him the night before and was still sound asleep. The boy told Mother the circumstances, which made her curse the institution of Sunday.

At general assembly on Monday, the teacher said gently to his charges, "One who wants to learn must not be afraid to ask questions. Anyone who has any question should raise it at once, to his teacher at school, or to his parents at home." Thereupon our hero stood up and asked, “The reader says ‘This is Mama.’ Whose is she, really?” The teacher answered even more gently than before. "It is the mama of anyone who happens to read the book, do you understand now?"

"No," the boy said. This embarrassed the teacher a little but he said patiently, "Why don't you understand?" "Baldy is also reading this, but his mama is not like this lady," the boy said.

"Baldy's mother is lame in one arm and has only one eye," Hsiao Li said. "And you have no mama at all. She died a long time ago," Baldy said in self-defense.

"Don't talk among yourselves!" the teacher said, knocking on the blackboard with his ruler. "We are going to start the second lesson today: ‘This is Papa’. Look, everyone. This is Papa, the man with spectacles and parted hair."

After school, Mother was still worried about who the woman in the picture was, but when she heard her son reiterating "this is Papa," she did not dare to pursue the question, being afraid that her husband might want to know when she'd found a new papa for their son. She was puzzled more than ever and wondered why the book insisted on presenting people with papas and mamas when they had them already.


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A few days later, the boy learned two new sentences: "The ox tends the fire; the horse eats noodles." He read the text over thousands of times but he could not get over the feeling that there was something queer about the assertions. They had an ox and a horse and he had himself taken them out to graze in the hills, but he had never once seen a horse eat noodles and he was sure that their ox could not tend the fire. But could the book be wrong? Since he could not answer these questions, he obeyed his teacher's injunction of the week before and asked his father about it. Father said, "I once went to a foreign circus in the city and saw a horse that could ring a bell and fire a gun. Perhaps the book is talking about such horses and oxen."

Grandmother, however, did not agree with father's explanation. She said, "The ox must be the Ox-Head Devil King and the horse must also be a demon. Don't you see that all wear human clothing? They haven't changed their heads for human heads yet, but that alone will take five hundred years." The old lady then went on to tell stories about demons that could command the wing and summon rain; the result was that the boy dreamed that night of being seized by a winged-wolf demon and woke up crying. The following day, the boy asked his teacher "Is this ox that can tend the fire a foreign ox?"

The teacher laughed and said, "You are too literal! The book has only made those things up. It is not true that oxen can really tend the fire or those horses really eat noodles." The explanation cleared up at one stroke many things in the book that had puzzled the boy. He had read about such things as bread, milk, park, ball, and the like, which he had never seen and which had made him wonder. It dawned upon him that the book dealt only with make believe things. One day, the boy and his schoolmates decided that they would play tea party as they had read about it in their reading. They agreed that each would contribute twenty cents so that they could send to the city for oranges, apples, chocolates, and things. Our boy knew, of course, that he would be only inviting a beating to ask money for buying sweetmeats. Grandmother always mumbled that school

would bankrupt them yet, whenever he had to buy a sheet of writing paper. But he could not resist the glowing picture that his book gave of the tea party, and decided to help himself to the money that his mother had just got from selling more of her jewels and which she had set aside for buying cabbage seedlings. Grandfather had been suffering for a long time from a chronic cough, and someone had told him that orange peels would give him relief. He kept on asking what orange peels were like and where they could be gotten. Thinking that this was a chance for him to ingratiate himself into his grandfather's favor, the boy said, "We are getting some oranges?" Grandfather asked. "What are you getting oranges for?" We want to hold a tea party," the boy said. "What is a tea party?" "It means to get together and eat things and drink tea," the boy said. "It is in the book "What kind of book is this that is either making animals talk or teaching people to eat and play? No wonder the boys have become lazy and choosy about their food since they went to school" Grandmother said. "And it is always about foreign food. There doesn't seem to be any corn stew or bean curd with onions in it." Grandfather said. "Remember, son, to bring back some orange peels for your grandfather's cough," said Mother. "Where did you get the money to buy oranges?" asked Father. "The teacher - "but before the boy could finish making up his story, they heard Baldy, who lives in the next dwelling to the east, suddenly begin to cry. Then they heard his father shout, "We can't even afford salt, and yet you want to buy candy." This was followed by the voice of Hsiao Lin's uncle, who lives in the west. "I let you buy books with my hard-earned money because it is for your good, but I haven't any money for you to buy sweetmeats. You can ask whoever you want to hold tea parties for it."


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The truth came out. The boy's father aimed a kick at him, but fortunately the table intervened. He only upset the table and broke a few rice bowls. Grandfather was of the opinion that it might be better to take the boy out of school, but Grandmother did not want her son to go to jail. After long arguments, it was decided that they would let him try school for a few more days. After this humiliation, our young scholar vowed to study harder and to recover his lost prestige in the family. Every day after school, he read without stopping until it was dark. He did not realize that the source of his troubles lay in the textbook itself. Grandmother had been feeling that her son was no longer as close to her as before his

marriage and that her position in the family had been gradually slipping. Now as shelistened to the boy reading aloud his latest lessons, she heard him say, "In my family I have a papa, a mama, a brother, and a sister," but nothing about Grandfather and Grandmother. She became very indignant and shouted. "So this house is now all yours and I have no longer a share in it!" She was mad with fury. She picked up a brick and broke their iron pot into pieces. “Don't be angry anymore!" the boy's father said. "We won't let him read this kind of book any longer. I would rather go to jail." And so the next day, Father discharged a day laborer and the teacher marked the boy's absence in the record book at school.

_____________________________________1 The Four Book –the greatest text of the sages Confucius and Mencius, which from 1313-1905 were the basis of all Chinese education. The Confucian Classics –Book of Changes, Book of History, Book of Odes, Book of Rites, and Spring and Autumn Annals – in which Confucian learning was restored.

Vocabulary:Construct your sentences on the blanks provided.

1. Bushel (n) - A bushel is a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as corn or beans. A bushel is equivalent in volume to eight gallons. Line from the story: We’ll have to sell at least eight bushels of corn to raise that much money._____________________________________________________________________________

2. Marvel (v) – If you marvel at something, you express your great surprise, wonder, or admiration. Line from the story: His grandparents and his father and mother all gathered around him and marveled at the pictures in the book.______________________________________________________________________________

3. Indignant (adj) – If you are indignant, you are shocked and angry, because you think that something is unjust or unfair. Line from the story: There was nothing about Grandfather and Grandmother so she became very indignant and shouted.______________________________________________________________________________

4. Prestige (n) – If a person, a country, or an organization has prestige, they are admired and respected because of the position they hold or the things they have achieved. Line from the story: After this humiliation, our young scholar vowed to study harder and to recover his lost prestige in the family.______________________________________________________________________________

5. Truant (n) – A truant is a pupil who stays away from school without permission.Line from the story: It’s only the second day and he is playing truant already!______________________________________________________________________________

6. Injunction (n) – An injunction to do something is an order or strong request to do it. Line from the story: Since he could not answer these questions, he obeyed his teacher's injunction of the week before and asked his father about it.______________________________________________________________________________


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Comprehension Check:

1. What made the boy’s parents agree and decide to send him to school? Do you think any of the family members had been to school? Support your answer. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. How did the boy’s family scrutinize the books he brought home? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Was the boy’s schooling free of charge? How did the family feel about this and how did they deal with the situation?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Describe what kind of a student the young boy is. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. How did the boy’s family react to what he was learning? Why do you think they reacted that way?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. What was the final decision of the family regarding the boy’s schooling? Do you agree with their decision? Support your answer.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. If a lot of families reacted the same way, what do you think would be the result on the success of the mass education program?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Graphic Organizer

Name: ______________________________________________ Score: Section: _____________________ Date: ______________

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Base your answer on the short story, “A Boy Quits School.” Make sure you give evidences to support your answers.

I. Setting

II. Character / Conflict

III. Plot (5 points each)

country boy(main character)

social condition(2 points)

Time(2 points)

Place(2 points)

Setting(5 points)

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Characterization ( 3 points) (3 points) type (round, flat, static, dynamic)

Conflict 1 ( 3 points) ( 3 points ) Conflict 2

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IV. Point of View ( 3 points )

V. Theme, Moral Lesson and Social Issues

Beginning and Rising Action_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Climax________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Falling action and Denouement

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Point of View__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Social Issues ( 5 points )

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Theme (2 points)

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Adverbs and Adverb Phrases

An adverb is a word or phrase that is used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Most (but not all) adverbs end in “ly”.

Example: The rabbit jumped quickly.

In this example, “quickly” is an adverb because it is used to modify the verb “jumped”.

An adverb can describe how an action happens.Example: Jason quickly read the book.How did Jason read? Quickly.

An adverb can describe when an action happens.Example: We went to the store yesterday.When did we go? Yesterday.

An adverb can describe where an action happens.Example: He put the paper here.Where did he put the paper? Here.

Example: Albert Einstein was a very smart mathematician.In this example, “very” is an adverb because it is used to modify the adjective “smart”.

Example: Jonas usually does his homework.In this example, “usually” is a (frequency) adverb because it is used to modify the verb “does”.

Let’s try this:

Directions: Underline the adverbs in the following sentences.

1) The fire spread rapidly.2) Astronauts are really cool.3) He did rather well on the test.4) He told us to talk quietly in the library.5) We swam right before the storm.6) The old man drank the juice slowly.7) The cat quickly pounced on the mouse.8) We walked happily through the forest.9) Jenna is always so late.10) The race car is extremely fast.11) He seldom did poorly on tests.12) He carried the bowl of soup very carefully.13) It is getting rather late.14) I am never leaving.15) When will we finally be done?

Adverb PhraseA phrase is a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and that does NOT

contain BOTH a verb and its subject.A prepositional phrase that functions as an adverb is called an adverb phrase.


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Adverb: Let’s meet outside. Adverb Phrase: Let’s meet outside the terminal.

Like adverbs, adverb phrases modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

Modifying a Verb: We will travel with a tour. Modifying an Adjective: This tour is famous for its careful planning. Modifying an Adverb: Have you ever traveled far from home?

Also like adverbs, adverb phrases tell how, when, where, why, or to what extent. The tour will travel by plane. (how) The plane will leave in the morning. (when) Our tour will stop in many cities. (where) We’ll visit museums for cultural reasons. (why) We’ll be traveling for a long time. (to what extent)

Adverb phrases can occur anywhere in a sentence. The plane was waiting on the runway. At the gate stood many people. I checked my luggage at the counter and boarded the plane.

More than one adverb phrase can modify the same word. After a few minutes , we stepped onto the plane. In the evening we walked to the movies.

Try this:

A. Encircle the word which the underlined adverb phrase modifies. Then, identify if it is a verb, and adjective, or an adverb.

1. We arrived in Paris early in April; the city is beautiful in the spring.

2. We strolled by the river and spent days in museums, the shops, the art galleries, and the cathedrals.

3. After a few days , we drove through the spectacularly scenic Pyrenees mountains to Spain.

4. We went to the shore, spent hours walking along the beach, collected colorful stones and shells, and ate seafood at a seafood café.

5. The whole family was hungry after that long drive.

B. Underline the adverb phrase/s in each sentence and encircle the word it modifies.

6. Our travels then took us to Germany for an unusual country-music festival.

7. In June we passed through Cologne during an extremely severe heat wave.

8. Nevertheless, the cathedral was full of visitors for a much anticipated organ concert.

9. Late in the month, ready for a change, we flew to Sweden on a chartered aircraft.

10. Famous for its food and fine buildings, Stockholm charmed us with its friendliness.


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Verbal

Verbals are formed from verbs but act as adjectives, adverbs or nouns. They are classified as participles, gerunds, or infinitives. Verbals are frequently accompanied by other, related words in what is called a verbal phrase.

1. GerundsA gerund is a verbal ending in -ing that functions as a noun.

Like an ordinary single-word noun, a gerund may be used as a:

SUBJECT The person or element that is performing the action of the verb is called the subject.

DIRECT OBJECT

Subject Object of a PrepositionDirect Object Subjective Complement (Predicate Noun)Indirect Object Appositive


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SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

OBJECT OF PREPOSITION

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NOTE: Do not confuse gerunds with verbs (predicates) in the progressive tense.

GERUND

PREDICATE VERB

Even though is cooking and was scratching end in -ing, they are not gerunds because they are used as predicate verbs, not as nouns.

2. Participles

A participle is a verbal that functions as an adjective.

Two kinds of participles:

A. Present participles, always ending in -ing, are created from the form of a verb used with the verb to be ( am, is, are, was, were, been) as an auxiliary verb (progressive tense). Removing the auxiliary verb and using the -ing form of the main verb as an adjective produces a present participle.


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B. Past participles, usually ending in -ed or -en, are created from the form of a verb used with the verb to be as an auxiliary verb (passive voice).

Removing the auxiliary verb and using the -en form of the main verb as an adjective produces a past participle.


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Past participles may also be part of a participial phrase.

Participles and participial phrases should be placed near the nouns they modify. They may either precede or follow a noun.


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3. Infinitives

An infinitive is a verbal formed by placing to in front of the simple present form of a verb.

Examples:

to swim to think to read to be to cut to turn

Infinitives may function as adjectives, adverbs, or nouns.

A. Nominal infinitives

Like a single-word noun, a nominal infinitive may function as a

SUBJECT

DIRECT OBJECT

SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

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B. Adjectival infinitives

Just like a single-word adjective, an infinitive used as an adjective always describes a noun.

An adjectival infinitive always follows the noun it describes.

EXAMPLE

Like gerunds and participles, infinitives may incorporate other words as part of their phrase.

EXAMPLE

C. Adverbial infinitives

Just like a single-word adverb, an infinitive used as an adverb always describes a verb.

An adverbial infinitive usually occurs at the beginning or at the end of a sentence and does not need to be near the verb it describes.

EXAMPLE: Adverbial infinitive at sentence beginning


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EXAMPLE: Adverbial infinitive at sentence end

HINT: You can always identify an adverbial infinitive by inserting the test words in order in front of infinitive. If the words in order make sense, the infinitive is adverbial.

PUNCTUATION NOTE:

1. Use a comma after the adverbial infinitive when it starts a sentence.

2. Do not separate the adverbial infinitive from the rest of the sentence if the infinitive ends the sentence.

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Underline the verbal in each sentence and indicate whether it is a gerund (G), a participle (P) or an infinitive (I).

_____1. Jennifer’s goal was to graduate from the University of Houston-Victoria.

_____2. John’s favorite outdoor activity is skiing.

_____3. Going on a cruise and climbing Mt. Rushmore were Rachel’s summer vacation plans.

_____4. Dancing with the famous instructor, Dillon felt like a star.

_____5. Animals dumped in the streets often become a menace.

_____6. The girls love to swim at Julie’s house.

_____7. Watching the birds is one of Mr. Martin’s hobbies.

_____8. Janice, baking 10 cakes for the festival, accidentally burned one of them.

_____9. Working out daily should be an essential part of American life.

_____10. I have a book to return to the library.

_____11. The children’s singing and laughing woke me up.

_____12. Mary likes to dance in the rain.

_____13. There are many ways of breaking a heart.

_____14. A broken heart will mend over time.

_____15. Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

Gerunds

Underline the gerunds or gerund phrases in the following sentences and label how they function in the sentence (subject, direct object, predicate noun, object of preposition, appositive).

__________1. Swimming keeps me in shape.

__________2. Swimming in your pool is always fun.

__________3. The Moreno family loves cooking for relatives.

__________4. Telling your father was a mistake.

__________5. The college recommends sending applications early.

__________6. He won the game by scoring during the overtime period.

__________7. Her most important achievement was winning the national championship.

__________8. Going to work today took all my energy. [subject]

__________9. My passion, painting has given me happiness all my life.

__________10. Joseph hoped to obtain a job by learning the welding trade.

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Underline the participial phrase(s) in each of the following sentences, and encircle the noun or pronoun modified.

1. Getting up at five, we got an early start.

2. Facing college standards, the students realized that they hadn't worked hard enough in high school.

3. Statistics reported by the National Education Association revealed that seventy percent of American colleges offer remedial English classes emphasizing composition.

4. The overloaded car gathered speed slowly.

5. Gathering my courage, I asked for a temporary loan.

6. The frozen fish was an easy meal for Jim to cook.

7. The woman wearing a blue sweater is Ian’s mother.

8. The car, damaged by the hailstorm, was taken to the body shop.

9. Staring at the items on the sales rack, Jill could not make a quick decision.

10. The student left in charge of the class was unable to keep order.

Infinitives

Underline the infinitive phrase and label the way it is used in the sentence.

Example: I want to go. [noun/direct object]

__________1. Clay goes to his grandmother’s house to eat homemade sweets.

__________2. The purpose of the class was to teach children how to swim.

__________3. The hostess asked Jill to refill the punch bowl.

__________4. To clean the house seemed like an impossible task.

__________5. Doris was asked to host the baby shower.

__________6. She has the money to buy it.

__________7. We demonstrated to attract attention.

__________8. To see is to believe.

__________9. The dogs were taught to stand, to sit, and to bark on command.

__________10. She is he woman to see if you have queries.

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An essay is a short literary composition on a single subject, usually presenting the personal view of the author.

Types of Essays

1. NarrativeNarration is telling a story from a certain viewpoint, and there is usually a reason for the telling.

All narrative essays will have characters, setting, climax, and most importantly, a plot. The plot is the focus of the story and is usually revealed chronologically, but there are sometimes flash forwards and flash backs. In writing a narrative essay, remember to:

Include sensory and emotional details, so the reader will experience the story, not just read about it

Have the story support the point you are making, and make reference to that point in the first sentence.

Write in the first or third person

2. Descriptive

Descriptive essays have text which describes traits and characteristics of people, objects, events, feelings, etc in intricate detail.

Whatever is being described will be thoroughly examined. For example, if you were describing roses, you would explain:

Where they come from What they look like What colors they are How they grow and smell

When you write a descriptive essay, you want to involve the reader’s senses and emotions. For example, you could say, “I got sleepy” or describe it like this, "As I was waiting for Santa, my eyelids began to get heavy, the lights on the tree began to blur with the green branches, and my head started to drop." The second sentence gives vivid details to make the reader feel like he is there.

3. Exposition

"Looking back on a childhood filled with events and memories, I find it rather difficult to pick on that leaves me with the fabled "warm and fuzzy feelings." As the daughter of an Air Force Major, I had the pleasure of traveling across America in many moving trips. I have visited the monstrous trees of the Sequoia National Forest, stood on the edge of the Grande Canyon and have jumped on the beds at Caesar’s Palace in Lake Tahoe."

Source: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/essay-examples.html

"When entering the door at Lou’s, two things are immediately noticeable: the place is rarely empty and seems to consist of a maze of rooms. The first room, through the door, is the main part of the restaurant. There is another, rarely used, dining room off to the right. It was added during the oil well boom of the seventies. Through the main dining room is yet another room; it guards the door leading into the kitchen. This room contains the most coveted table in the place. The highest tribute Lou can bestow on anyone is to allow them access to seats at this table. This table is the family table; it is reserved for Lou’s, and her daughter Karen’s, immediate family and treasured friends."

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Expository essays can compare, explore and discuss problems, or tell a story. An exposition essay gives information about various topics to the reader. It:

Informs Describes Explains

In writing an exposition, the text needs to: Be concise and easy to understand Give different views on a subject or report on a situation or event Explain something that may be difficult to understand as you write your essay.

Remember that your purpose is to explain.

4. ArgumentativeIn an argumentative essay the writer is trying to convince the reader by demonstrating the truth

or falsity of a topic. The writer’s position will be backed up with certain kinds of evidence, like statistics or opinions of experts.

The writer is not just giving an opinion, but making an argument for or against something and supporting that argument with data.

To know how to write an essay in an argumentative way, you have to research and backup what you say in the text.

5. The Persuasive EssayIf you have to persuade your reader about something, your essay becomes a persuasive one.

With this type of writing you will need not only to prove your point, but will also have to persuade your opposition that your viewpoint is logical and well founded, and thus – better. In this case, you are no longer merely showing what you know; you are convincing the reader that you are correct in your viewpoint. In order to write this kind of essay it is important to prepare in advance by choosing a side, making a case for it, anticipating alternative arguments and finding ways how to refute them. You must

"This family was a victim of a problem they could have avoided-a problem that, according to Florida park rangers, hundreds of visitors suffer each year." Several times a month," ranger Rod Torres of O'Leno State Park said, "people get scared and leave the park in the middle of the night." Those people picked the wrong kind of park to visit. Not that there was anything wrong with the park: The hikers camped next to them loved the wild isolation of it. But it just wasn't the kind of place the couple from New Jersey had in mind when they decided to camp out on this trip through Florida."Source: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/essay-examples.html

"Gun control has been a controversial issue for years. A vast majority of citizens believe that if gun control is strictly enforced it would quickly reduce the threat of crime. Many innocent people feel they have the right to bear arms for protection, or even for the pleasure of hunting. These people are penalized for protecting their lives, or even for enjoying a common, innocent sport. To enforce gun control throughout the nation means violating a persons Constitutional rights. Although some people feel that the issue of gun control will limit crime, the issue should not exist due to the fact that guns are necessary for self defense against crime, and by enforcing gun control is violating a citizen’s second amendment right to bear arms."Source: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/essay-examples.html


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be aware of other sides of the argument and be fair to them; dismissing them completely will weaken your own argument. It is always best to take a side that you believe in, preferably with the most supporting evidence. It can often be educational to adopt a different position from what you might normally choose (debating requires this kind of flexibility).

The Five Paragraph Essay

A good way to approach an essay is to envision it as a Five Part project. An essay is made up of the Introduction, Three main points (the body), and the Conclusion. So it looks like this:

I. Introduction II. Point OneIII. Point Two BodyIV. Point ThreeV. Conclusion

Of course depending on the length and breadth of your paper you may have more than three main points. However by using this structure it will make envisioning your paper easier.

The Introduction

An Introduction should answer three questions1. What am I talking about in this paper?

By answering this question you let the reader know what the subject of the paper is. For example, if your paper were about a particular book, your answer to this question would give a title, author, and any other necessary information.

2. How am I going to talk about it?

This is where you let the reader know how your paper is organized. Here you very briefly introduce your main points or the evidence that will prove your point.

Drinking water is important because our bodies need water to work well. Soda pop is very popular, but it is not equal to water. Pop has water but it also has chemicals. Water is the best choice. First, water does not have any calories. Soda pop usually does. Calories can make us gain weight. Ms. Jones said that soda pop has empty calories which means it doesn’t give our bodies anything good to grow on. She also said that kids are heavier than ever before, so why drink empty calories and get even heavier? Yet some people then will just drink diet soda. That brings me to the second reason to choose water. Diet soda has chemicals, like fake sugars. Some people believe that fake sugars can cause serious problems. Last, water is a good choice because it doesn’t have an ingredient called a “diuretic.” In health class, I learned that some things make your body flush out water and make you go pee more. These things are diuretics. Caffeine is a diuretic and is in a lot of dark soda pops. If you drink pop with caffeine and then it all flushes out, that probably just puts your water count back to zero! Finally, Ms. Jones said that most doctors still say that water is better than pop. Choose water over pop!

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3. What am I going to prove in this paper?

This is the dreaded THESIS STATEMENT. The thesis is usually the last sentence in the first paragraph and it clearly states the argument or point you are making in your paper.

The Body

The Body consists of everything between your introduction and conclusion and it is where you discuss your three main points. A good starting place is to envision that each point is a separate paragraph. In each paragraph you:

Introduce your point Explain your point Give supporting evidence Explain how the point and evidence relate to your thesis

The whole point of each paragraph is to relate your point to your thesis, but it helps to spell it out clearly in at least one sentence of the paragraph.

The Conclusion

Basically, the conclusion restates the introduction. So just reiterate questions 1, 2, and 3. It is also helpful to trace your argument as you made it within the essay. A good way to do this is to create a proof that might look something like this:

POINT ONE+POINT TWO+POINT THREE=THESIS ORPOINT ONE leads to POINT TWO which leads to POINT THREE therefore THESIS is true!

So, when planning your essay consider this format:

I. IntroductionA. SubjectB. Main PointsC. THESISII. Point OneA. Intro and explanation of pointB. EvidenceC. How point relates to thesisIII. Point TwoA. Intro and explanation of pointB. EvidenceC. How point relates to thesisIV. Point ThreeA. Intro and explanation of pointB. EvidenceC. How point relates to thesisV. ConclusionA. Restate subjectB. Summarize Main Points C. Restate THESIS (B and C can be combined into the proof)

Organization in a paper is important not only because it makes the paper easier to write, it also guides the reader through the paper. A clearly organized paper will better hold the reader's interest and convince them that your thesis is valid!


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Name: ______________________________________ Date: __________________

If you were asked to make a fair evaluation of your teachers, what criteria would you use for the evaluation? Discuss.

Pretend that you have just been inaugurated as president. Write the speech that you would giveto the nation.

Should students’ textbooks be replaced by notebook computers? Explain how extra-curricular activities help or harm students in improving their personalities.

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the promptSome focus establish but has major lapses

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organization is present but weak or

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organization is present but points

may fail to flow with clear relationship to

each other

organization is obvious with points

clearly related to each other

Support and Elaboration

little elaboration which is very general

some elaboration; may be list-like in its

form

elaboration present with minor lapses

apparent

elaboration present throughout the essay provides

abundant support for student assertions

Style language use and sentence structure are

elementary or extremely simple

some attempt at using precise language and more varied sentence

structure

language choice is generally specific with some lapses; sentence structure

reflects some variety

specific language appropriate to the prompt; student

uses sentence structure

purposefully to express ideas

Writing Conventions

Displays over five errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure.

Displays three to five errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure.

Displays one to three errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure.

Displays no errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure.

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ParallelismParallelism or parallel structure adds clarity to your writing.

When you use parallelism, you increase the readability of your writing by creating word patterns readers can follow easily. Parallelism is an important element in English writing, especially when you are listing

and comparing and contrasting items or ideas.

Understanding ParallelismParallelism is the repetition of the same grammatical form within a sentence. By making each

compared item or idea in your sentences follow the same grammatical pattern, you create a parallel construction.

Example:Not Parallel: My English class is made up of Koreans, Japanese, and some are from China. Parallel: My English class is made up of Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese.

Using Parallel Structures With Coordinating Conjunctions

When you connect words, phrases, and clauses with a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) use parallel structure

Not Parallel: Of all the sports I’ve played, I prefer soccer, tennis, and playing golf. Parallel: Of all the sports I’ve played, I prefer soccer, tennis, and golf.

With Correlative ConjunctionsWhen you connect words, phrases, or clauses with a correlative conjunction (not only..but also, either..or, neither..nor, etc)

Not Parallel: The teacher not only wants his students to keep quiet but also to do the task.Parallel: The teacher wants his students not only to keep quiet but also to do the task.

With Phrases or Clauses of ComparisonWhen you connect two clauses or phrases with a word of comparison, such as than or as, use parallel structure.

Not Parallel: She is mad about watching TV more than to read a book. Parallel: She is mad about watching TV more than reading a book.

With ListsWhen you are comparing items in a list, use parallel structure.

Not Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and looking up irregular verbs.

Parallel: The dictionary can be used for these purposes: to find word meanings, pronunciations, correct spellings, and irregular verbs.

There are many types of parallelism and the important point to remember is that both or all forms must be the same. One part of speech or of a sentence can be balanced only by one (or a series) of the same kind (ex: verb and verb; noun, noun, and noun; etc)

Example:

Not Parallel: I enjoy biking and to walk around the park.Parallel: I enjoy biking and walking around the park. (gerund and gerund)


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Name: ______________________________________ Date: __________________

Rewrite the following sentences in parallel form.

1. The students who do well attend class, they do their homework, and practice speaking in English.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. If you want to pass the course, you have to study hard, taking good notes, and attendance at every class._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. After the toddler threw his bowl of cereal, oatmeal splattered down the walls, the floor, and the table. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. If you’re looking for the car keys, you should look under the table, the kitchen counter, and behind the refrigerator. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. He is a good choice for manager because he works hard, he keeps calm, and well-liked. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Credit cards are accepted by department stores, airlines, and they can be used in some gas stations. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Many people carry not only credit cards but they also carry cash. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. I would rather go to a movie than spending thousands of pesos on a concert. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. After the conference, the director and I met to assess the program, planning next month’s session, and coordinate the schedule. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. The police have a duty to serve the community, safeguard lives and properties, protect the innocent against deception, and they must respect the constitutional rights of all. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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DramaDrama is a literary composition involving conflict, action crisis and

atmosphere designed to be acted by players on a stage before an audience. This definition may be applied to motion picture drama as well as to the traditional stage.

Elements of Drama

1. Plot - the sequence of events or incidents of which the story is composed.A. Conflict is a clash of actions, ideas, desires or wills.

a. person against person.b. person against environment - external force, physical nature, society, or "fate."c. person against herself/himself - conflict with some element in her/his own nature; maybe physical, mental, emotional, or moral.

B. Protagonist and Antagonist - the protagonist is the central character, sympathetic or unsympathetic. The forces working against him, whether persons, things, conventions of society, or traits of their own charatcer, are the antagonists.

C. Artistic Unity - essential to a good plot; nothing irrelevant; good arrangement.

D. Plot Manipulation - a good plot should not have any unjustified or unexpected turns or twists; no false leads; no deliberate and misleading information.

2. CharacterA. Direct Presentation - author tells us straight out, by exposition or analysis, or through another

character.

B. Indirect Presentation - author shows us the character in action; the reader infers what a character is like from what she/he thinks, or says, or does. These are also called dramatized characters and they are generally consistent (in behavior), motivated (convincing), and plausible (life like).

C. Character Types - a Flat character is known by one or two traits; a Round character is complex and many-sided; a Stock character is a stereotyped character (a mad scientist, the absent-minded professor, the cruel mother-in-law); a Static character remains the same from the beginning of the plot to the end; and a Dynamic (developing) character undergoes permanent change. This change must be (a.) within the possibilities of the character; (b.) sufficiently motivated; and (c.) allowed sufficient time for change.

3. Theme - the controlling idea or central insight. It can be 1. a revelation of human character; 2. may be stated briefly or at great length; and 3. a theme is not the "moral" of the story.

A. A theme must be expressible in the form of a statement - not "motherhood" but "Motherhood sometimes has more frustration than reward."

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C. A theme must not be a generalization larger than is justified by the terms of the story.

D. A theme is the central and unifying concept of the story. It must adhere to the following requirements: 1. It must account for all the major details of the story. 2. It must not be contradicted by any detail of the story. 3. It must not rely on supposed facts - facts not actually stated or clearly implied by the story.

E. There is no one way of stating the theme of a story.

F. Any statement that reduces a theme to some familiar saying, aphorism, or cliché should be avoided. Do not use "A stitch in time saves nine," "You can't judge a book by its cover, " "Fish and guests smell in three days," and so on.

4. Points Of View

A. Omniscient - a story told by the author, using the third person; her/his knowledge, control, and prerogatives are unlimited; authorial subjectivity.

B. Limited Omniscient - a story in which the author associates with a major or minor character; this character serves as the author's spokesperson or mouthpiece.

C. First Person - the author identifies with or disappears in a major or minor character; the story is told using the first person "I".

D. Objective or Dramatic - the opposite of the omniscient; displays authorial objectivity; compared a roving sound camera. Very little of the past or the future is given; the story is set in the present.

5. Symbol - a literary symbol means more than what it is. It has layers of meanings. Whereas an image has one meaning, a symbol has many.

A. Names used as symbols. B. Use of objects as symbols. C. Use of actions as symbols.

Note: The ability to recognize and interpret symbols requires experience in literary readings, perception, and tact. It is easy to "run wild" with symbols - to find symbols everywhere. The ability to interpret symbols is essential to the full understanding and enjoyment of literature. Given below are helpful suggestions for identifying literary symbols:

The story itself must furnish a clue that a detail is to be taken symbolically - symbols nearly always signal their existence by emphasis, repetition, or position.

The meaning of a literary symbol must be established and supported by the entire context of the story. A symbol has its meaning inside not outside a story.

To be called a symbol, an item must suggest a meaning different in kind from its literal meaning.

A symbol has a cluster of meanings.

6. Irony - a term with a range of meanings, all of them involving some sort of discrepancy or incongruity. It should not be confused with sarcasm which is simply language designed to cause pain. Irony is used to suggest the difference between appearance and reality, between expectation and fulfillment, the complexity of experience, to furnish indirectly an evaluation of the author's material, and at the same time to achieve compression.

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C. Irony of situation - discrepancy between appearance and reality, or between expectation and fulfillment, or between what is and what would seem appropriate.

Types of Drama

ComedyWhen we talk about comedy, we usually refer to plays that are light in tone, and that typically have happy endings. The intent of a comedic play is to make the audience laugh. In modern theater, there are many different styles of comedy, ranging from realistic stories, where the humor is derived from real-life situations, to outrageous slapstick humor.

TragedyTragedy is one of the oldest forms of drama; however, its meaning has changed since the earliest days of staged plays. In ancient times, a tragedy was often a historical drama featuring the downfall of a great man. In modern theater, the definition is a bit looser. Tragedy usually involves serious subject matter and the death of one or more main characters. These plays rarely have a happy ending.

FarceFarce is a sub-category of comedy, characterized by greatly exaggerated characters and situations. Characters tend to be one-dimensional and often follow stereotypical behavior. Farces typically involve mistaken identities, lots of physical comedy and outrageous plot twists.

MelodramaMelodrama is another type of exaggerated drama. As in farce, the characters tend to be simplified and one-dimensional. The formulaic storyline of the classic melodrama typically involves a villain a heroine, and a hero who must rescue the heroine from the villain.

MusicalIn musical theater, the story is told not only through dialogue and acting but through music and dance. Musicals are often comedic, although many do involve serious subject matter. Most involve a large cast and lavish sets and costumes.

Fantasy It's a complete fictional work where characters virtually display supernatural skills. It's more appealing to children as fairies, angels, superheroes, etc are embedded in the plot. Use of magic, pseudo science, horror and spooky themes through various kinds of technical devices create a perfect world of fantasy. The modern version of drama incorporates a great deal of special effects.

SatireSatire is used in many works of literature to show foolishness or vice in humans, organizations,

or even governments - it uses sarcasm, ridicule, or irony. For example, satire is often used to effect political or social change, or to prevent it. Satire can be used in a part of a work or it can be used throughout an entire work.

Dramatic Techniques Monologue – an extended speech by one character. Aside – a character’s direct address to the audience, which is not heard by the other characters. Soliloquy – an extended speech by one character, alone on stage. Soliloquies are used to

express the private thoughts of one character. Flashback - In improvised drama this is a replay of important moments or a memory that one of

the characters has of the past. It allows the group to focus on or ‘replay’ events that are linked to the actual scene being explored.


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Short Storyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_(narrative)http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/engramja/elements.htmlhttp://learn.lexiconic.net/characters.htm

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Essayhttp://www.privatewriting.com/types-of-essays.htmlhttp://examples.yourdictionary.com/essay-examples.htmlhttp://www2.mcdaniel.edu/english/writingcenter/essayformat.htm

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