erm , i will be typing those people who has high marks for the learning style(under the difinitions of words). A hint for tomorrow , try to remember the 10 literary devics . Choose one of it that you want to remember :D
DICTION- an author's chioce of words
METAPHOR- an implied coparison is made between 2 unlike things that usually have something importatnt in common .
ONOMATOPEIA- formation of a word form a sound associated with what is named
PERSONIFICATION- an inanimate object is given human qualities or abilities
PUN- a word is used which has 2 meanings at the same time
RHYME SCHEME- a refular pattern of a ryhme , one that is consisent throughout the extent of the poem
SIMILE- an indirect relationship where 1 thing or idea is described as being similiar to another
STANZAS- it is a unified group of lines in a poetry
THEME- it is the general idea or insight about life that a writer wisher wishes to express
TONE- it is the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character
exact from nicole :)
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DICTION- refers to the language of the poem and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning
ONOMATOPOEA- use of words that seems to imitate the sounds they prefer or any combination of words in which the sound gives the ipression of echoing the sense
RHYME SCHEME- the arrangement of rhymes in a poem or stanza
TONE- the poet's attitude towrds the subject of the poem
SIMILE- the comparisons of 2 unlike things using like or as
METAPHOR- comparisons of 2 unlike things using the word 'to be'
THEME- the statement the poem/poet makes about its subject
STANZAS- a fixed number of lines of verse formaing a unit iof a poem
PUN- an expression that achieves emphasis or humour by contriving an ambiguity , 2 distinct meanings being suggested either by the same word or by 2 similiar-sounding words
PERSONIFICATION- a type of metaphor that gives living qualities to inanimate odjects or abstract ideas or human qualities to animals
exact from syafiqah :)
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DICTION- a way someone pronouces word
METAPHOR- describing by comparing something else that has same qualities without using
SIMILE- an expression that describes something by comparing it with something else using words like 'as'
THEME- the main subject (idea in book)
TONE- quality of sound
ONMATOPOEIA- words which imitated the sound it represents (eg. oink!)
PERSONIFICATION- an example of typify
STANZAS - a group of lines that forms parts of a poem
PUN - playing of words
exact from avere :)
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DICTION- clearness
METAPHOR- sugges a likeness or analogy
ONOMATOPOEIA- use of words whose sound suggests the same
PERSONIFICATION- represent a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form
PUN- 2 or more of its meanings or the meanings of another word similiar in sound
RHYME SCHEME- arrangement of rhymes in a paragraph or a poem
SIMILE- a figure of speech comparing 2 unlike things that is ofen introduced by 'like' or 'as'
STANZAS- poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together
THEME- a specific and distinctive quality , characteristic , or concern
TONE- style or manner of expression in speaking or writing
exact from siusuan :)
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if you have seen this post , please info your other friends :)
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Literature Examination
Hello.
Some of you may still be confused with what you are going to expect for tomorrow’s Lit exam. Well, to clear up the air, there will be 2 sections. First section is based on a poem you have read in class (any one of these: “Spaghetti”, “Parents’ Evening [1]” and “Parents’ Evening [2]”).
The second section is based on a poem you have not seen before (hence an “unseen poem”). Do not worry about this poem because I have given you practice on this already. There are two main handouts that you should look at: 1) the suggested answers to Elizabeth Bishop’s “Manners” and 2) the suggested answers to Billy Collin’s “Introduction to Poetry”. In these two suggested answers, you have models to show you how you could tackle the unseen poem. Let me emphasise this: The unseen poem in the exam is NOT the same as “Manners” or “Introduction to Poetry”. What you should be revising from the two suggested answers I have given you is the way to answer a question well.
Some tips on how to answer tomorrow’s questions:
1) read the poem carefully
2) make notes by the side of the poem – on the literary devices (e.g. what is the rhyme scheme, is it a metaphor, a simile, a personification, etc)
3) ask yourself: “what’s happening in the poem?”
4) who are the personas in the poem?
5) make notes on how you feel about the poem as you read
The total marks for the examination is 30 marks – 12 for section 1 and 18 for section 2.
There will be essay questions. Remember to use this structure:
Introduction – State your stand and the one (two, if you feel confident) factor you would consider to support your stand.
Paragraph 1 – Support your stand.
State
Evidence
Elaboration
LinK
Paragraph 2 – How might some people disagree with you?
State
Evidence
Elaboration
LinK
Conclusion – What basis do you think that your point is stronger than other people’s?
S
E
E
K
Tips on writing the essay:
1) State your stand clearly. Concentrate on a specific factor. For example if the question asks you: "Do you like the poem?" first you must say "yes" or "no". Then you need to identify the factor. Be specific. Do not say things like "We should consider appearence before we can decide". Just say "We should consider appearence."
2) Make sure that your factor can be substantiated. This means that there is CLEAR EVIDENCE from the text to support your answer. It will be a bonus for you if you can use direct quotes (meaning you use the exact word/phrase from the text).
3) Please, please, please follow the structure I have put above.
Good luck everyone. It's been great having you as my students for the past 8 weeks.
Some of you may still be confused with what you are going to expect for tomorrow’s Lit exam. Well, to clear up the air, there will be 2 sections. First section is based on a poem you have read in class (any one of these: “Spaghetti”, “Parents’ Evening [1]” and “Parents’ Evening [2]”).
The second section is based on a poem you have not seen before (hence an “unseen poem”). Do not worry about this poem because I have given you practice on this already. There are two main handouts that you should look at: 1) the suggested answers to Elizabeth Bishop’s “Manners” and 2) the suggested answers to Billy Collin’s “Introduction to Poetry”. In these two suggested answers, you have models to show you how you could tackle the unseen poem. Let me emphasise this: The unseen poem in the exam is NOT the same as “Manners” or “Introduction to Poetry”. What you should be revising from the two suggested answers I have given you is the way to answer a question well.
Some tips on how to answer tomorrow’s questions:
1) read the poem carefully
2) make notes by the side of the poem – on the literary devices (e.g. what is the rhyme scheme, is it a metaphor, a simile, a personification, etc)
3) ask yourself: “what’s happening in the poem?”
4) who are the personas in the poem?
5) make notes on how you feel about the poem as you read
The total marks for the examination is 30 marks – 12 for section 1 and 18 for section 2.
There will be essay questions. Remember to use this structure:
Introduction – State your stand and the one (two, if you feel confident) factor you would consider to support your stand.
Paragraph 1 – Support your stand.
State
Evidence
Elaboration
LinK
Paragraph 2 – How might some people disagree with you?
State
Evidence
Elaboration
LinK
Conclusion – What basis do you think that your point is stronger than other people’s?
S
E
E
K
Tips on writing the essay:
1) State your stand clearly. Concentrate on a specific factor. For example if the question asks you: "Do you like the poem?" first you must say "yes" or "no". Then you need to identify the factor. Be specific. Do not say things like "We should consider appearence before we can decide". Just say "We should consider appearence."
2) Make sure that your factor can be substantiated. This means that there is CLEAR EVIDENCE from the text to support your answer. It will be a bonus for you if you can use direct quotes (meaning you use the exact word/phrase from the text).
3) Please, please, please follow the structure I have put above.
Good luck everyone. It's been great having you as my students for the past 8 weeks.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Important Announcement
For those of you who have not handed in your Learning Styles and/or Poem, please do so by 7 May 2009 morning. If you are late, please know that you will be considered as ZERO SUBMISSION. The learning styles and poem will count towards your S.A. marks so do not take this lightly. Thanks.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
On Parents' Evening
Hello 2E4,
Some of you may be wondering how to do an essay well. Don’t worry. Just keep in mind the following format: S (Statement). E (Evidence). E (Elaboration). K (linK) when writing your paragraphs.
Some of you are struggling with how to write a personal response essay on “Parents’ Evening”. There are two main questions I can think of. I have listed them below. Under each question, there are sub-questions that you must answer yourself. You can tackle any one of these main questions to say whether you like the poem or not:
1. Do you like having four points of view in the poem? (Note that you need to explain what points of view (P.O.V.) is in order to successfully handle this question)
For yes answers:
- How is each persona feeling before the meeting?
- If the poet uses only the son’s P.O.V., do you think you would know how the other personas are feeling?
- Why do you think the poet uses P.O.V. to tell you how each persona feels?
For no answers:
- Could the poet use a third-person persona (using “they”, “them” instead of
“I”) in the poem? In what way do you prefer this over four P.O.V.?
2. The poem is about a meet-the-parents session. Is this sort of event something you can relate to?
i. If yes, how does the event relate to you? Why?
ii. If no, how does the event not relate to you? Why?
For this question, concentrate on how the personas feel. How do they feel?
Did you feel the same when you had you meet-the-parents session?
Even if you did not feel nervous, how do you know if your parents and teachers were not nervous before they met each other?
Can this poem give you some insight on how parents and teachers feel before they meet each other? How and how not?)
For each of these questions (labelled 1. and 2.), you will notice that I have given two different sub-questions for you to see a yes and no answer. You need to come up with the answers yourself, using evidence from the poem to support your answer. Once you can come up with the answers, your next task is to decide on your stand, factors to consider and the conclusion.
One of the students from one class I teach has already plagarised me, so I will not give you model answers.
Good luck!
Some of you may be wondering how to do an essay well. Don’t worry. Just keep in mind the following format: S (Statement). E (Evidence). E (Elaboration). K (linK) when writing your paragraphs.
Some of you are struggling with how to write a personal response essay on “Parents’ Evening”. There are two main questions I can think of. I have listed them below. Under each question, there are sub-questions that you must answer yourself. You can tackle any one of these main questions to say whether you like the poem or not:
1. Do you like having four points of view in the poem? (Note that you need to explain what points of view (P.O.V.) is in order to successfully handle this question)
For yes answers:
- How is each persona feeling before the meeting?
- If the poet uses only the son’s P.O.V., do you think you would know how the other personas are feeling?
- Why do you think the poet uses P.O.V. to tell you how each persona feels?
For no answers:
- Could the poet use a third-person persona (using “they”, “them” instead of
“I”) in the poem? In what way do you prefer this over four P.O.V.?
2. The poem is about a meet-the-parents session. Is this sort of event something you can relate to?
i. If yes, how does the event relate to you? Why?
ii. If no, how does the event not relate to you? Why?
For this question, concentrate on how the personas feel. How do they feel?
Did you feel the same when you had you meet-the-parents session?
Even if you did not feel nervous, how do you know if your parents and teachers were not nervous before they met each other?
Can this poem give you some insight on how parents and teachers feel before they meet each other? How and how not?)
For each of these questions (labelled 1. and 2.), you will notice that I have given two different sub-questions for you to see a yes and no answer. You need to come up with the answers yourself, using evidence from the poem to support your answer. Once you can come up with the answers, your next task is to decide on your stand, factors to consider and the conclusion.
One of the students from one class I teach has already plagarised me, so I will not give you model answers.
Good luck!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Your responses
Hello 2E4!
First, I apologise for setting up this blog late.
For most of you, encountering poetry is for the first time but no worries! You can connect your experiences to poetry. Remember the word association activities I did in class with you (connecting ideas with "Red" and "Poems"), and writing the "cloud" poem? Word association is an activity that you can use when reading poems. These activities are all about connecting your experiences to what you read.
Your holiday assignment is to write a response to the persona of "Spaghetti" about how you would play with your favourite food (between 50-200 words).
Here is an example of how I would write it:
1. (introduction)
Dear Frank (using the poet's name),
2. (background for writing a response)
I read your poem "Spaghetti" and I love it! I love how you imagine the spaghetti to be like worms, twizzling and woozling before they slide down your throat. I laugh when you say you look like a clown because I would also say that I look like a clown, with so much sauce on my face! You are having so much fun! I totally know how you feel! I want to share with you how I enjoy my favourite food.
[Notice that I use the present tense.]
3. (give new information)
My favourite food is Char Kuay Teow. This is a local fried dish. There is a mix of broad and thin noodles, fish cake and bean sprouts cooked in a thick serving of black soya sauce.
Every time I eat this dish, I imagine the food going down my throat like little fish. Like you, I suck them in my mouth head first and watch their tails flap against my lips and cheeks as they wriggle down my throat. When I am done, I have eaten a large plate of Char Kuay Teow! My mother would clean my mouth and cheeks. She does not call my a clown, though. She calls me a "messy cat"!
[If you are introducing a local dish, remember to tell the reader what it is, like how I did with Char Kuay Teow]
4. (conclusion and sign off)
I really enjoy your poem and it reminds me of how I eat my favourite food. Thank you for this wonderful poem.
Yours Sincerely,
Keh
My word count is 223. It has overshot the word limit, but this is still okay.
You will notice that in my response, I have tried to connect my experience of eating Char Kuay Teow with the persona eating spaghetti. This is not always successful because there are still some differences in the way the persona and I view our favourite food. He thinks spaghetti are like worms and I think the Char Kuay Teow are like little fish. He calls himself a clown but my mother calls me a "messy cat".
However, Spaghetti is about his favourite food. It reminds me of my favourite food. Hence there is a connection. Through this connection, we can share our experiences when eating our favourite food.
This holiday homework is to allow you to build connections with what you read. I think you can do a better job than me!
Notes on the holiday homework:
1) It is to be handed in on Thursday (26 March 2009)
2) It is individual work. Do not try and copy from your friends.
3) If you have any questions, please leave a comment. Please leave your nme so that I can respond. If there is no name, I would not respond. If you leave inappropriate comments I will delete the comments.
First, I apologise for setting up this blog late.
For most of you, encountering poetry is for the first time but no worries! You can connect your experiences to poetry. Remember the word association activities I did in class with you (connecting ideas with "Red" and "Poems"), and writing the "cloud" poem? Word association is an activity that you can use when reading poems. These activities are all about connecting your experiences to what you read.
Your holiday assignment is to write a response to the persona of "Spaghetti" about how you would play with your favourite food (between 50-200 words).
Here is an example of how I would write it:
1. (introduction)
Dear Frank (using the poet's name),
2. (background for writing a response)
I read your poem "Spaghetti" and I love it! I love how you imagine the spaghetti to be like worms, twizzling and woozling before they slide down your throat. I laugh when you say you look like a clown because I would also say that I look like a clown, with so much sauce on my face! You are having so much fun! I totally know how you feel! I want to share with you how I enjoy my favourite food.
[Notice that I use the present tense.]
3. (give new information)
My favourite food is Char Kuay Teow. This is a local fried dish. There is a mix of broad and thin noodles, fish cake and bean sprouts cooked in a thick serving of black soya sauce.
Every time I eat this dish, I imagine the food going down my throat like little fish. Like you, I suck them in my mouth head first and watch their tails flap against my lips and cheeks as they wriggle down my throat. When I am done, I have eaten a large plate of Char Kuay Teow! My mother would clean my mouth and cheeks. She does not call my a clown, though. She calls me a "messy cat"!
[If you are introducing a local dish, remember to tell the reader what it is, like how I did with Char Kuay Teow]
4. (conclusion and sign off)
I really enjoy your poem and it reminds me of how I eat my favourite food. Thank you for this wonderful poem.
Yours Sincerely,
Keh
My word count is 223. It has overshot the word limit, but this is still okay.
You will notice that in my response, I have tried to connect my experience of eating Char Kuay Teow with the persona eating spaghetti. This is not always successful because there are still some differences in the way the persona and I view our favourite food. He thinks spaghetti are like worms and I think the Char Kuay Teow are like little fish. He calls himself a clown but my mother calls me a "messy cat".
However, Spaghetti is about his favourite food. It reminds me of my favourite food. Hence there is a connection. Through this connection, we can share our experiences when eating our favourite food.
This holiday homework is to allow you to build connections with what you read. I think you can do a better job than me!
Notes on the holiday homework:
1) It is to be handed in on Thursday (26 March 2009)
2) It is individual work. Do not try and copy from your friends.
3) If you have any questions, please leave a comment. Please leave your nme so that I can respond. If there is no name, I would not respond. If you leave inappropriate comments I will delete the comments.
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