This document provides a review of figurative language devices taught in 8th grade Language Arts, including simile, personification, metaphor, anaphora, allusion, assonance, and appositive. It defines each device and provides examples from literature and speeches. It also includes exercises asking students to identify devices in passages and combine sentences using appositives. The review is intended to help students study for their semester 1 exam in Language Arts.
A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. There are several types of nouns including proper nouns, which are capitalized names, and common nouns, which are not capitalized except at the beginning of a sentence. Nouns can also be concrete and name tangible things that can be perceived by the senses, or abstract and name intangible concepts. Nouns can be countable, with both singular and plural forms, or non-countable, only occurring in singular form. Nouns can also be made possessive to show ownership.
The document contains a collection of poems written by the student Gemma in different styles and genres including acrostics, haikus, cinquains, diamantes, free verse, riddle poems, rapping, and character poems. It also includes examples of these genres from other sources and collected poems from other students. The document explores various poetic forms and Gemma's exploration and experimentation with poetry writing.
The document defines and provides examples of several literary devices:
1. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words. Examples include "A peck of pickled peppers" and "Dan's dog dove deep in the dam."
2. Anaphora is the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive sentences for emphasis, as in a Winston Churchill speech.
3. Antithesis contrasts opposing ideas for effect.
4. Oxymorons place contradictory terms together, like "awfully good" or "found missing."
5. Rhetorical questions do not require answers but encourage thought or create humor.
Richard Deankey introduces himself and describes his unusual family situation, with parents who maintained their own last names after marriage, resulting in Richard's strange last name of Deankey. He provides some details about himself and his family, including his loud and intimidating father who throws Richard through a wall after an argument. Richard also discusses his mother's poor cooking skills and intelligent sister Swydni. The only friend Richard has is Russell, an odd but wise little person he met eight years ago when Russell's large dog tackled Richard in the front yard. Russell possesses a strange mystique and helps keep Richard striving to be a better person.
This document summarizes key aspects of early Middle English orthography and grammar from the 12th-15th centuries. It discusses changes to consonant pronunciation, the introduction of spellings like 'y' and 'gh'. Genitive forms transitioned from inflected to uninflected. Noun and verb inflections eroded over time. Adjectives lost number distinctions. References are provided for further reading on the historical linguistics of this period.
The document provides background information and discussion questions about the poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". It includes definitions of key terms like quest and symbolism. It prompts the reader to analyze passages from the poem and answer multiple choice questions to build their understanding. The main topic is exploring the virtues of knighthood through the adventures of Sir Gawain as depicted in the poem.
Etzold sir gawain and the green knight 7 step lessonaprilme74
This document provides instructions and content for a lesson on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It includes sections for building background knowledge through readings and a video, listening to an audio recording of the text while following along, answering multiple choice questions, analyzing the hero archetype, and responding to discussion questions in writing. Key terms, the essential question, and an opportunity for extra credit are also outlined.
Here are some tips for improving your writing:
- Eliminate unnecessary words like "very" and "really." Be specific.
- Avoid passive voice. Use active verbs to make your writing more concise and engaging.
- Watch for ambiguous phrases. Clearly state your thesis or point.
- Vary sentence structure to avoid repetition. Combine/rework sentences as needed.
- Ensure pronoun agreement and clarity in reference.
- Use strong, descriptive verbs over forms of "to be."
- Consider revising prepositional phrases to sentence-initial position for emphasis.
- Focus on demonstrating your analysis, not just stating observations.
Revising with these techniques in mind can strengthen the
A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. There are several types of nouns including proper nouns, which are capitalized names, and common nouns, which are not capitalized except at the beginning of a sentence. Nouns can also be concrete and name tangible things that can be perceived by the senses, or abstract and name intangible concepts. Nouns can be countable, with both singular and plural forms, or non-countable, only occurring in singular form. Nouns can also be made possessive to show ownership.
The document contains a collection of poems written by the student Gemma in different styles and genres including acrostics, haikus, cinquains, diamantes, free verse, riddle poems, rapping, and character poems. It also includes examples of these genres from other sources and collected poems from other students. The document explores various poetic forms and Gemma's exploration and experimentation with poetry writing.
The document defines and provides examples of several literary devices:
1. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words. Examples include "A peck of pickled peppers" and "Dan's dog dove deep in the dam."
2. Anaphora is the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive sentences for emphasis, as in a Winston Churchill speech.
3. Antithesis contrasts opposing ideas for effect.
4. Oxymorons place contradictory terms together, like "awfully good" or "found missing."
5. Rhetorical questions do not require answers but encourage thought or create humor.
Richard Deankey introduces himself and describes his unusual family situation, with parents who maintained their own last names after marriage, resulting in Richard's strange last name of Deankey. He provides some details about himself and his family, including his loud and intimidating father who throws Richard through a wall after an argument. Richard also discusses his mother's poor cooking skills and intelligent sister Swydni. The only friend Richard has is Russell, an odd but wise little person he met eight years ago when Russell's large dog tackled Richard in the front yard. Russell possesses a strange mystique and helps keep Richard striving to be a better person.
This document summarizes key aspects of early Middle English orthography and grammar from the 12th-15th centuries. It discusses changes to consonant pronunciation, the introduction of spellings like 'y' and 'gh'. Genitive forms transitioned from inflected to uninflected. Noun and verb inflections eroded over time. Adjectives lost number distinctions. References are provided for further reading on the historical linguistics of this period.
The document provides background information and discussion questions about the poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". It includes definitions of key terms like quest and symbolism. It prompts the reader to analyze passages from the poem and answer multiple choice questions to build their understanding. The main topic is exploring the virtues of knighthood through the adventures of Sir Gawain as depicted in the poem.
Etzold sir gawain and the green knight 7 step lessonaprilme74
This document provides instructions and content for a lesson on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It includes sections for building background knowledge through readings and a video, listening to an audio recording of the text while following along, answering multiple choice questions, analyzing the hero archetype, and responding to discussion questions in writing. Key terms, the essential question, and an opportunity for extra credit are also outlined.
Here are some tips for improving your writing:
- Eliminate unnecessary words like "very" and "really." Be specific.
- Avoid passive voice. Use active verbs to make your writing more concise and engaging.
- Watch for ambiguous phrases. Clearly state your thesis or point.
- Vary sentence structure to avoid repetition. Combine/rework sentences as needed.
- Ensure pronoun agreement and clarity in reference.
- Use strong, descriptive verbs over forms of "to be."
- Consider revising prepositional phrases to sentence-initial position for emphasis.
- Focus on demonstrating your analysis, not just stating observations.
Revising with these techniques in mind can strengthen the
This document provides guidance on improving writing style through eliminating certain common grammatical constructions such as passive voice, the verb "to be", ambiguous language, and pronoun disagreement. It offers examples of weak constructions and rewrites them to be more concise, clear, and analytical. Key advice includes using strong active verbs instead of forms of "to be", establishing clear subjects for actions, and varying sentence structure to avoid repetition. The document aims to help writers strengthen their analytical style.
This document defines and provides examples of 20 common figures of speech: alliteration, anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, euphemism, hyperbole, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, personification, pun, irony, simile, understatement. Figures of speech use distinctive wording to achieve special rhetorical effects and are often used in literature and everyday language without conscious thought. Examples are given to illustrate each figure of speech.
This document discusses figures of speech and defines several types: simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. It provides examples for each type of figure of speech and includes a quiz for readers to test their understanding. The document encourages readers to write a short story using examples of each figure of speech discussed.
This document provides guidance on identifying topics and main ideas in paragraphs of nonfiction text. It explains that the topic is the central subject or idea to which all details in a paragraph refer. To find the topic, readers should look for repeated words or phrases. The main idea combines the topic with a statement about it. While the first sentence sometimes states the main idea, readers need to examine each sentence to identify one that includes both the topic and a point about it. This approach usually works, but some paragraphs require more analysis to discern the main idea.
This document defines and provides examples of various literary devices used in poetry:
- Word stress refers to prominent syllables in words like "PHOTOgraph".
- Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounding words at the end of lines, like "wool" and "full".
- Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds, like "Sally sells seashells".
- Onomatopoeia uses words that imitate sounds, such as "buzz" for bees.
- Assonance repeats vowel sounds within words, while consonance repeats consonant sounds.
- Imagery appeals to the senses through descriptive language.
The phrase "a horse of a different color" means something that is completely different or distinct from what was previously discussed or considered. It originated from a phrase used by Shakespeare to refer to the same matter, which later evolved in the 1800s to point out difference rather than similarity. Examples of its use include describing a boyfriend turning out to be a brother, Clinton being distinct from other politicians, and jokes that hurt people being a different matter than jokes that don't.
This document discusses the idiom "a horse of a different color", which means that something is completely different or distinct from what was previously assumed or expected. The idiom originated from a phrase used by Shakespeare to refer to difference rather than similarity. By the mid-1800s, the term was used to point out differences rather than likenesses. Examples provided show the idiom being used to contrast people or situations that are distinct from what was initially thought.
Class 04 emerson_phonetics_fall2014_stress_calif_vowels_don_dawn_related_wordsLisa Lavoie
This document provides an overview of topics to be covered in a phonetics class, including determining word stress through various methods, stress patterns in related words and dialects, vowel contrasts and mergers, and examples of stress variation in different accents. The class will involve transcription exercises and discussions of phonetic concepts like tense/lax vowels and diphthongization patterns in California English. Students are asked to review previous transcription work and consider stress shifts in nicknames.
The document discusses how to identify the topic and main idea of a paragraph. It explains that the topic is the central subject or idea that a paragraph discusses. To find the topic, one should look for words or phrases that are repeated throughout the paragraph. The main idea is the topic along with the author's central point about the topic. While the main idea is sometimes in the first sentence, it can also be in other sentences. To identify the main idea, one should consider each sentence and find the one that best encompasses the topic and what is being said about that topic. Not all paragraphs clearly state their topic and main idea, requiring critical analysis to determine.
- The document contains questions and multiple choice answers about various topics in literature including Anglo-Saxon poetry, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, ballads like "Barbara Allen", Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, sonnets by Shakespeare, and poems by Donne, Herrick, and Dickinson.
- It discusses literary terms and techniques used in these works like kennings, caesuras, and paradoxes.
- The questions help test knowledge about themes, authors, time periods, and devices across different genres of poetry.
1) The document discusses various types of diction including literal vs figurative language, denotative vs connotative words, active vs passive voice, concrete vs abstract language, and examples of these from classic novels.
2) It also covers poetic devices like assonance, consonance, and alliteration which involve repetition of sounds in words.
3) Examples are provided from works like Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Hard Times, and others to illustrate different types of diction.
This document summarizes and analyzes three pieces of Greek art that depict relationships between men and dogs:
- Item A, a bronze statuette from Samos, depicts a man and dog as equal partners successfully hunting a lion through teamwork.
- Item B, a funerary stele from Athens, shows an old man offering a dog a treat, representing their lifelong companionship.
- Item C, an athlete base from Athens, unusually depicts young men forcing a reluctant dog to fight another animal for entertainment, representing a corruption of the traditional relationship shown in items A and B.
The document concludes this scene in item C breaks from the norms of items A and B by having the master
Alliteration is a literary device where words are used in close proximity to each other that start with the same consonant sound, usually at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. It was commonly used in Old English poetry as a metrical device where the initial consonant sounds were repeated throughout lines. While alliteration is still used today for musicality in poems, songs, nursery rhymes and advertisements, it served as an essential part of the structure of Old English poetry where it helped carry the rhythm.
The document defines and provides examples of alliteration, consonance, and assonance. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." Consonance is the repetition of internal consonant sounds, like in "The lumpy, bumpy road." Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, as in "I made my way to the lake." The document notes that alliteration, consonance, and assonance are used commonly in poems, songs, phrases, and company names to make language more rhythmic, memorable and appealing.
This document outlines a poetry project for an emotional support classroom. It discusses how creative writing like poetry can help students express their feelings in a healthy way. It then provides information on different types of poetry like sonnets and haiku. It also defines prose and storytelling. The document gives examples of assignments asking students to write poems about personal experiences, relationships, and stories with morals. It concludes by introducing the Last Poets, a influential group of black poets and musicians from the civil rights movement.
LITERARY DEVICES are the tools that literary writers use to spice up what they write. These devices add aesthetics (beauty) to such work, making them more appealing to read. Some of these devices are used only in poetry, some used only in drama, some used only in prose, and many are used, generally, in all the genres. Examples are: stanza, rhyme, rhythm, theme, dialogue, stage direction, simile, irony, satire, metaphor, pun, assonance, personification, parody, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox, metonymy, flashback, foreshadowing, alliteration, etc.
This document contains examples of different poetry forms including haiku, cinquain, diamante, free verse, riddle poems, and more. It provides definitions and examples for each form. The document is from a student named Bronson and appears to be from a poetry anthology or notebook collecting different poetry styles.
Un informe que proporciona datos que facilitan la interpretación de los efectos de la Economía 4.0 sobre la demanda, el empleo y, en definitiva, en la sociedad.
The document contains data from an experiment measuring relative humidity and temperature over a period of 50 minutes. It records temperature and humidity readings taken at 1-minute intervals. It also includes graphs plotting the temperature and humidity measurements over time. The document discusses the results and asks questions about transpiration and the factors that influence it.
The document contains data from an experiment measuring relative humidity and temperature over time inside a plastic bag. It includes tables showing the temperature and humidity measurements taken every minute for an hour. It also includes graphs plotting the temperature and humidity measurements and discussion questions about transpiration and the factors that influence it.
This document discusses a group project. It mentions group members and unique features of the project. In a concise 3 sentences, the document covers assembling a team to work on a project with distinctive characteristics.
This document provides a review of figurative language concepts covered in an 8th grade Language Arts class, including simile, personification, metaphor, anaphora, allusion, assonance, and examples of each. It also discusses appositives and provides examples of identifying similes, metaphors, and personification. The review is intended to help students prepare for a semester 1 exam.
This document provides guidance on improving writing style through eliminating certain common grammatical constructions such as passive voice, the verb "to be", ambiguous language, and pronoun disagreement. It offers examples of weak constructions and rewrites them to be more concise, clear, and analytical. Key advice includes using strong active verbs instead of forms of "to be", establishing clear subjects for actions, and varying sentence structure to avoid repetition. The document aims to help writers strengthen their analytical style.
This document defines and provides examples of 20 common figures of speech: alliteration, anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, euphemism, hyperbole, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, personification, pun, irony, simile, understatement. Figures of speech use distinctive wording to achieve special rhetorical effects and are often used in literature and everyday language without conscious thought. Examples are given to illustrate each figure of speech.
This document discusses figures of speech and defines several types: simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole. It provides examples for each type of figure of speech and includes a quiz for readers to test their understanding. The document encourages readers to write a short story using examples of each figure of speech discussed.
This document provides guidance on identifying topics and main ideas in paragraphs of nonfiction text. It explains that the topic is the central subject or idea to which all details in a paragraph refer. To find the topic, readers should look for repeated words or phrases. The main idea combines the topic with a statement about it. While the first sentence sometimes states the main idea, readers need to examine each sentence to identify one that includes both the topic and a point about it. This approach usually works, but some paragraphs require more analysis to discern the main idea.
This document defines and provides examples of various literary devices used in poetry:
- Word stress refers to prominent syllables in words like "PHOTOgraph".
- Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounding words at the end of lines, like "wool" and "full".
- Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds, like "Sally sells seashells".
- Onomatopoeia uses words that imitate sounds, such as "buzz" for bees.
- Assonance repeats vowel sounds within words, while consonance repeats consonant sounds.
- Imagery appeals to the senses through descriptive language.
The phrase "a horse of a different color" means something that is completely different or distinct from what was previously discussed or considered. It originated from a phrase used by Shakespeare to refer to the same matter, which later evolved in the 1800s to point out difference rather than similarity. Examples of its use include describing a boyfriend turning out to be a brother, Clinton being distinct from other politicians, and jokes that hurt people being a different matter than jokes that don't.
This document discusses the idiom "a horse of a different color", which means that something is completely different or distinct from what was previously assumed or expected. The idiom originated from a phrase used by Shakespeare to refer to difference rather than similarity. By the mid-1800s, the term was used to point out differences rather than likenesses. Examples provided show the idiom being used to contrast people or situations that are distinct from what was initially thought.
Class 04 emerson_phonetics_fall2014_stress_calif_vowels_don_dawn_related_wordsLisa Lavoie
This document provides an overview of topics to be covered in a phonetics class, including determining word stress through various methods, stress patterns in related words and dialects, vowel contrasts and mergers, and examples of stress variation in different accents. The class will involve transcription exercises and discussions of phonetic concepts like tense/lax vowels and diphthongization patterns in California English. Students are asked to review previous transcription work and consider stress shifts in nicknames.
The document discusses how to identify the topic and main idea of a paragraph. It explains that the topic is the central subject or idea that a paragraph discusses. To find the topic, one should look for words or phrases that are repeated throughout the paragraph. The main idea is the topic along with the author's central point about the topic. While the main idea is sometimes in the first sentence, it can also be in other sentences. To identify the main idea, one should consider each sentence and find the one that best encompasses the topic and what is being said about that topic. Not all paragraphs clearly state their topic and main idea, requiring critical analysis to determine.
- The document contains questions and multiple choice answers about various topics in literature including Anglo-Saxon poetry, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, ballads like "Barbara Allen", Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, sonnets by Shakespeare, and poems by Donne, Herrick, and Dickinson.
- It discusses literary terms and techniques used in these works like kennings, caesuras, and paradoxes.
- The questions help test knowledge about themes, authors, time periods, and devices across different genres of poetry.
1) The document discusses various types of diction including literal vs figurative language, denotative vs connotative words, active vs passive voice, concrete vs abstract language, and examples of these from classic novels.
2) It also covers poetic devices like assonance, consonance, and alliteration which involve repetition of sounds in words.
3) Examples are provided from works like Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Hard Times, and others to illustrate different types of diction.
This document summarizes and analyzes three pieces of Greek art that depict relationships between men and dogs:
- Item A, a bronze statuette from Samos, depicts a man and dog as equal partners successfully hunting a lion through teamwork.
- Item B, a funerary stele from Athens, shows an old man offering a dog a treat, representing their lifelong companionship.
- Item C, an athlete base from Athens, unusually depicts young men forcing a reluctant dog to fight another animal for entertainment, representing a corruption of the traditional relationship shown in items A and B.
The document concludes this scene in item C breaks from the norms of items A and B by having the master
Alliteration is a literary device where words are used in close proximity to each other that start with the same consonant sound, usually at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. It was commonly used in Old English poetry as a metrical device where the initial consonant sounds were repeated throughout lines. While alliteration is still used today for musicality in poems, songs, nursery rhymes and advertisements, it served as an essential part of the structure of Old English poetry where it helped carry the rhythm.
The document defines and provides examples of alliteration, consonance, and assonance. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." Consonance is the repetition of internal consonant sounds, like in "The lumpy, bumpy road." Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, as in "I made my way to the lake." The document notes that alliteration, consonance, and assonance are used commonly in poems, songs, phrases, and company names to make language more rhythmic, memorable and appealing.
This document outlines a poetry project for an emotional support classroom. It discusses how creative writing like poetry can help students express their feelings in a healthy way. It then provides information on different types of poetry like sonnets and haiku. It also defines prose and storytelling. The document gives examples of assignments asking students to write poems about personal experiences, relationships, and stories with morals. It concludes by introducing the Last Poets, a influential group of black poets and musicians from the civil rights movement.
LITERARY DEVICES are the tools that literary writers use to spice up what they write. These devices add aesthetics (beauty) to such work, making them more appealing to read. Some of these devices are used only in poetry, some used only in drama, some used only in prose, and many are used, generally, in all the genres. Examples are: stanza, rhyme, rhythm, theme, dialogue, stage direction, simile, irony, satire, metaphor, pun, assonance, personification, parody, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox, metonymy, flashback, foreshadowing, alliteration, etc.
This document contains examples of different poetry forms including haiku, cinquain, diamante, free verse, riddle poems, and more. It provides definitions and examples for each form. The document is from a student named Bronson and appears to be from a poetry anthology or notebook collecting different poetry styles.
Un informe que proporciona datos que facilitan la interpretación de los efectos de la Economía 4.0 sobre la demanda, el empleo y, en definitiva, en la sociedad.
The document contains data from an experiment measuring relative humidity and temperature over a period of 50 minutes. It records temperature and humidity readings taken at 1-minute intervals. It also includes graphs plotting the temperature and humidity measurements over time. The document discusses the results and asks questions about transpiration and the factors that influence it.
The document contains data from an experiment measuring relative humidity and temperature over time inside a plastic bag. It includes tables showing the temperature and humidity measurements taken every minute for an hour. It also includes graphs plotting the temperature and humidity measurements and discussion questions about transpiration and the factors that influence it.
This document discusses a group project. It mentions group members and unique features of the project. In a concise 3 sentences, the document covers assembling a team to work on a project with distinctive characteristics.
This document provides a review of figurative language concepts covered in an 8th grade Language Arts class, including simile, personification, metaphor, anaphora, allusion, assonance, and examples of each. It also discusses appositives and provides examples of identifying similes, metaphors, and personification. The review is intended to help students prepare for a semester 1 exam.
The document provides definitions and examples for the words "hover" and "laggard". It defines hover as to float or hang suspended over and gives the example of alien ships hovering over cities in Independence Day. Laggard is defined as a slow or sluggish person who falls behind, and examples include a worker causing a project to fall behind and tour guides having to urge laggards to keep up.
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From the survey “Creating People Advantage” conducted by BCG and WFPMA in 83 different countries and markets, HR and other executives throughout the world identified the top future challenges. It appears that managing corporate and cultural change becomes a critical capability. Corporations that can meet these challenges will build and sustain competitive advantage.
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This document provides an overview of the evaluation and assessment framework for the ICT curriculum at the primary level in Years 1 through 6. It outlines two main forms of assessment: formative assessment through continuous classroom observations and informal feedback, and summative assessment conducted at the end of topics. Performance is assessed based on demonstrations of knowledge, skills, and competencies. Assessment results are recorded using forms like classroom assessment forms and summative reports to track student progress over time. The assessments and records aim to provide feedback to improve learning.
The document provides an overview of key terms and concepts for a final exam review on propaganda and loaded language. It defines genocide, the Holocaust, denotation, and connotation. It then discusses loaded words and provides two activities for students to rank terms from least to most scary or loaded based on their connotations. The document concludes by defining propaganda, discussing who uses it, and listing several propaganda techniques like bandwagon, patriotism, testimonials, snob appeal, and transfer that could be used to manipulate audiences.
In this newly globalizing world, we tend to minimize the effect that culture has on business efficiency and productivity; we think, quite rationally, that working globally is more a question of adaptability. Indeed, why should I have more problems working with someone from another culture? Reality shows us however that messages and expectations are not always perceived as expected. Why is that? And what can we do about it?
A wiki can be used as a classroom webpage to share homework assignments, handouts, pictures, a calendar of events, presentations, video clips, notes, and communication with students and parents. Only approved users with provided usernames and passwords can access the wiki from any internet connection without special software. It tracks every change made and teachers can learn more about using a wiki through webinars on pbworks.com.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
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This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech. It discusses alliteration, anaphora, epiphora/epistrophe, metaphors, similes, antithesis, apostrophe, chiasmus, paradox, euphemisms, hyperbole, irony, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, and synecdoche. Each term is defined and an example is given to illustrate how that figure of speech is used.
Figures of speech are rhetorical devices that use words in distinctive ways to achieve special effects. Some common figures of speech are metaphor, simile, personification, and irony. A metaphor is a direct comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as". A simile directly compares two things using "like" or "as". Personification gives human qualities to objects or ideas. Irony is when the literal meaning contrasts with the intended meaning. Figures of speech help make writing and conversation more interesting and impactful.
Background, Examples, and Effects of Fifteen Rhetorical Techniquesgswider
This document provides definitions and examples of rhetorical devices used to attract and hold attention in writing. It discusses Aristotle's rhetorical triangle of ethos, logos, and pathos. It then examines 15 specific rhetorical devices in detail, providing the Greek origin, definition, examples, and effect of each device. These include asyndeton, polysyndeton, anaphora, epistrophe, oxymoron, allusion, and others. The purpose is to introduce a variety of techniques writers can use to influence readers.
A noun is a word used to name a person, place, thing or abstract idea. Nouns can function as subjects, objects, or complements in a sentence. There are several types of nouns including proper nouns, common nouns, concrete nouns, abstract nouns, countable nouns, non-countable nouns, and collective nouns. Nouns can also take possessive or plural forms to indicate ownership or number. Adjectives are words that modify nouns by describing, identifying or quantifying them. There are different types of adjectives including articles, possessive adjectives, demonstrative adjectives and participial adjectives.
Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa. It can involve using a part to refer to the whole, a whole thing referring to a part, a general class name denoting a specific instance, or referring to materials something is made of. Some examples given include referring to people by a single characteristic like "the beard" for an older man, calling workers "hands", or saying "the law" to mean police officers.
The summary provides the key definition of synecdoche as a figure of speech where a part represents the whole or vice versa, and gives some brief illustrative examples to highlight this concept in 3 sentences.
This document defines and provides examples of various figures of speech including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, irony, and others. It examines how each figure of speech makes comparisons between objects, gives human traits to non-human things, exaggerates ideas, or involves contradictions to convey meaning in a vivid, interesting way.
This document discusses different rhetorical strategies for emotional argumentation, including appeals to emotion, framing, and rhetorical figures. It provides examples of different types of appeals to emotion such as appeals to hope, fear, pity, guilt, ridicule, disgust, consequences, flattery, and spite. It also discusses conceptual metaphors, framing devices, and rhetorical figures like repetition figures, antithesis, tricolon, chiasmus, and paralipsis that can be used to emotionally engage an audience.
The document provides an overview of rhetorical devices and examples of common devices used to persuade audiences. It defines rhetorical devices as stylistic techniques used by authors and speakers to impact their audience. Some key devices discussed include similes, metaphors, personification, rhetorical questions, allusions, hyperbole, euphemisms, repetition through anaphora and epistrophe, parallelism, juxtaposition, understatement, and oxymorons. Examples are provided for each device to illustrate how they can be effectively used in writing and speeches.
The document lists and defines various literary devices and figures of speech, including simile, metaphor, antithesis, hyperbole, irony, anaphora, chiasmus, asyndeton, litotes, climax, epimone, hypozeuxis, zeugma, disjunctio, and assonance. Examples are provided for each term to illustrate its meaning.
Creative Writing For Grade English Writingcrvponce
Speaking of Past and Present, here are a couple of competing claims:
Creative Writing (Literature) is the art of language in the present moment. The live, unstable, mysterious evolution that is happening continually and right under our noses. Brand new poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, script-writing, and genres we don’t yet know how to name.
Creative Writing (Literature) is the art of language as an ancient activity. Something we’ve been doing since we first opened our mouths to speak, write on cave walls, and sing around a fire. Some theorists say that the impulse to create poetry is at the root of the human impulse to communicate, period.
What is “Creative Writing” with a capital C and W?
= the branch of English Studies that involves teaching and learning how to write creatively, right?
Yeah, but…
Did you know…
In some of its earliest appearances in higher ed, Creative Writing was offered to help students understand literature better. I.e., it was in the service of literature studies.
The idea was that by writing some fiction, poetry, or drama themselves, students would better understand the masterpieces of literature.
But also…
a bunch of teachers who were also writers wanted to get together with other writers and blab about their work—
in a college setting. (Couldn’t hang out in the bistros of Paris or Gertrude Stein’s salon anymore, so had to get together somewhere…)
I teach genres. Poetry, fiction. Creative nonfiction. Some script writing.
I encourage wide-open, glorious self-expression. Go for it.
I encourage self-denial and disciplined attention to the needs of audience. Craft.
I encourage demented new ways of thinking about the world.
I encourage thoughtful appreciation of very old traditions.
I try to do everything.
That’s why I’m burning out.
That’s why I’m insane.
Don’t tell my boss.
Poetry
PoetryGoing Back to The Very Beginning
Playing with language: Kenneth Koch, The Luminous Object
Surrealism
Worst High School Metaphors
Harmonious Confusion
Maybe it starts with just loving words.
What’s figurative language?
How do you say that someone is drunk?
How many animal metaphors do we use everyday?
Where did most worn-out metaphors come from, and how do we keep the language alive? Look at Lorrie Moore…
Worst High School Metaphors
1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.
4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli, and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
-Credits to the owner
The document lists famous personalities and a car that appeared in Eminem's music video for "Without Me". It includes Lil' Kim, Dr. Dre, Spider-Man, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, Kenan and Kel, and a Hummer H2. The video parodied pop culture and was a major commercial success when released in 2002, helping promote Eminem's album The Eminem Show.
The document discusses various types of figurative language such as similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, and oxymorons. It provides examples for each type to illustrate how figurative devices are used to describe something in a creative, vivid way rather than a literal sense. Specific literary techniques like imagery, alliteration, and assonance are also defined alongside common figures of speech employed by poets and writers.
This document defines and provides examples of various rhetorical devices and terms:
1) Procatalepsis is anticipating and answering an objection to allow an argument to progress logically.
2) Metonymy is substituting a closely associated word for another to symbolize a whole thing or concept.
3) Enumeration is listing items or qualities one by one for emphasis or accounting.
The document summarizes 5 main genres of literature: fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, and folktale. It provides examples and descriptions of each genre. Fiction is the most popular and includes subgenres like fantasy, historical fiction, contemporary fiction, mystery, and science fiction. Nonfiction tells real stories, while drama involves stories created for stage performances. Poetry uses metrical patterns and sometimes rhyme. Folktale passes on moral lessons through oral stories.
The document defines and provides examples of several literary devices:
- Antithesis is the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in one sentence or phrase. Examples given are from Charles Dickens and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Hyperbole is exaggeration used for emphasis. An example is given from The Simpsons television show.
- Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. An advertising slogan and a request to write your own example with alliteration are provided.
- A pun is a play on words involving different senses of the same word or similar sounding words. Examples of puns are given.
- Antimetabole is when the second half of an expression is balanced
The document provides an overview of deconstruction as a literary theory and method of analysis. It discusses key concepts of deconstruction such as dismantling binaries, exploring unintended meanings in metaphors, and examining contradictions and instabilities in a text. The document also provides examples and steps for applying deconstruction to analyze literary works.
The document contains vocabulary words and their definitions from the novel "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor. Each entry includes the vocabulary word, its part of speech, its definition, and an example sentence from the text using the word. There are over 20 vocabulary words defined from the novel.
Writing class review --Learning StationAlice Nelson
The passage describes a crowd's reaction upon seeing strange and terrifying creatures near the water's edge. There was initially a moment of horror-struck silence from the crowd. Then a hoarse murmur arose along with the splashing of feet as people moved toward the water. In the rush to escape, the narrator was struck by a man carrying a portmanteau and pushed by a woman. Though terrified, the narrator remembered the terrible Heat-Ray and thought to take shelter under water.
100 Literary Devices And Figures Of SpeechJeff Nelson
This document provides a list and definitions of 100 different literary devices and figures of speech. It is compiled by Edward R. Raupp, a professor at Gori State Teaching University, from various sources as a reference for writers and readers. Each term is defined and an example is given. The purpose is to collect these terms in one place for easy reference. Keywords include literary devices, figures of speech.
1. The document instructs students to play games on the Vocabulary and Spelling City (VSC) app to earn extra credit points.
2. To access the VSC app, students should log into Edmodo and click on the icon at the top left of their screen resembling a phone or calculator.
3. The teacher will give students one point of extra credit for each game played on VSC.
The document instructs students to play games on the Vocabulary and Spelling City (VSC) app by logging into Edmodo and clicking on an icon resembling a phone or calculator, and that the student will receive 1 point of extra credit for each game played on VSC.
This document provides a list of commonly confused homophones including to/too, your/you're, their/there/they're, and accept/except. The list contains four pairs of homophones that are often mixed up or used incorrectly in writing.
The document provides sample introductions and outlines for convincing a principal to enact a school-wide recycling program and convincing parents to allow getting a driver's license early. It discusses using facts, anecdotes, descriptions, questions, and quotations to draw the reader in and make the case. Specific examples are given like the amount of waste the school produces daily and how getting a license early could alleviate parents' burdens and allow contributing financially.
This document provides examples of the correct usage of "your" versus "you're" and "to" versus "too". "Your" shows ownership or possession, such as "your house" or "your shoes". "You're" is a contraction that means "you are". "To" is used to indicate movement or action towards something, while "too" means "also" or "excessively". The document gives several examples to illustrate the proper context for each word.
The document makes the case for hiring an additional music teacher by providing three key reasons:
1) Studies show that playing music decreases stress and improves overall health and wellness.
2) Students involved in music programs have higher college attendance rates (85%) compared to those not involved in music (40%).
3) Students who participate in extracurricular activities like music programs tend to earn higher lifetime incomes since they are more likely to graduate from college. College graduates earn $500,000 more on average than high school graduates.
The document provides dos and don'ts for writing effectively for Florida Writes assessments. It advises the reader to write down their purpose and audience after reading the prompt, capitalize proper nouns, use real words instead of text language, avoid beginning sentences with conjunctions, include vivid descriptive examples, use "fist pounding" words to show passion, avoid "be" verbs and boring verbs, and properly use plural and possessive "s". It also advises the reader on how to end with a strong call to action rather than hoping to convince the reader.
The document discusses how conflict can expose humanity and inhumanity, providing examples from the Holocaust and Anne Frank's diary. It asks the reader to analyze two examples of humanity/inhumanity from these sources in a page-long response. It also provides a sample answer discussing racism and violence against African Americans in "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry," showing the worst in locals in response to the Logan family's protest.
This document defines and provides examples of several types of figurative language: simile, personification, metaphor, anaphora, allusion, and alliteration. Simile uses like or as to compare two unlike things. Personification gives human traits to non-living things. Metaphor directly states one thing is another. Anaphora repeats words at the beginning of lines for emphasis. Allusion indirectly references history or literature. Alliteration repeats initial consonant sounds.
3. simile A literary device that compares one thing to another using “like” or “as” Examples: “The girls were like two peas in a pod.” “Don’t treat me like a puppet on a string.” “His temper was as explosive as a volcano.”
4. personification Def.: a literary device where the writer gives human characteristics to non-living things. “While my Guitar Gently Weeps.” “The sky looked angry, with huge black clouds and jagged lightning.” “The car choked and sputtered, spewing smoke, dying a slow death in the middle of the busy highway.”
5. metaphor A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing or called by the name of another thing. Example from Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”: “My love is a blinding, burning flame. The sun, a demon’s eye.” “ Soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun.”
6. anaphora A literary device where the writer repeats a sequence of words at the beginnings of lines, thereby lending them emphasis. "What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness; but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country whether they be white or whether they be black." Robert F. Kennedy, Announcing the death of Martin Luther King
7. allusion A literary device by which the writer refers indirectly to an historical event or literary work. "I was not born in a manger.” (alludes to the Bible) “Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.” (alludes to “A Christmas Carol”)
8. assonance Repetition of vowel sound(s) of two or more words in close proximity. Examples: "The mass of men lead lives of quietdesperation.” (Henry David Thoreau, Walden) Listen to the long “I” sound in those two words. It is pleasing to the ear, and more subtle than out-and-out rhyming.
9. assonance Assonance is similar to rhyming, but a bit more sophisticated, and is often used in speeches and “regular” prose writing to make those types of writing more pleasing to the ear and more poetic-sounding. Example from “I Have a Dream” speech: “…shake the foundations of our nation…” Read that line out loud. What vowel sound do you hear repeated three times? Click again for the answer. The long “A” sound. Read it again. It sounds rhythmic, almost like a song.
10. assonance Sometimes songwriters and poets do it, too. “You better lose yourself in the music, the moment you own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo.” The assonance in the first line is the “oo” sound. The assonance in the second line is the long “O” sound. Do you hear it?
11. Sentence with Interrupter All the trailers look the same, ragged around the edges, lined up in neat little rows. We cruise past block after block of humble little houses, white-washed and stucco, built decades ago.
12. The apple, red and crisp, plunked me on my head as it fell. The meat-eating dinosaur, stumpy-armed and big-headed, devoured the illiterate fool.
13. The pale vampire, long black hair framing his angular face, pounced on the helpless fox. The tall vampire, starving for blood, fanged his innocent prey.
14. Sentence Combining With Appositives Michael was a dedicated Tampa Bay Bucs fan. He attended every home game, even when they were having a losing season. Michael, a dedicated Tampa Bay Bucs fan, attended every home game, even when they were having a losing season.
25. What is an “appositive”? Appositive: a big fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers - What does the appositive do? Appositives are dependent clauses- they cannot stand alone without the rest of the sentence; they DEPEND on the rest of the sentence to express a complete thought.
26. Appositive Practice My dog, , chases the mailman every day. My dog, a frisky poodle, chases the mailman every day. My dog, energetic and territorial, chases the mailman every day. My dog, baring his teeth ferociously, chases the mailman every day.
27. Add in the Appositive My dog, , ran to bite the mailman. My dog, a huge pit bull, ran to bite the mailman. My dog, furious and foaming at the mouth, ran to bite the mailman.
28. Add in the Appositive Regan Mealy, an intelligentblonde in the third row, enjoys picking her nose. Trey Haymore, a budding artist, likes to draw tanks. Trey Haymore, talented and driven, likes to draw tanks.
29. Combine the following sentences to create one sentence with an appositive: “Back to the Future” is one of my favorite movies of all time. “Back to the Future” starred Michael J. Fox. “Back to the Future,” one of my favorite movies, stars Michael J. Fox. Haile Middle School is an “A”-rated school. Haile is located in Bradenton, Florida. The Florida Gators are Mrs. Chioffe’s favorite football team. The Florida Gators are the #1 rated team in the country.
30. collaborate Def: work together Syn: (team up, join forces) Ant: (work alone) Sent: “Several students plan to collaborate on a geology project for the annual science fair.”
31. citadel Def: (n.) a fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place Syn: fort, stronghold Sent: A medieval citadel once guarded the capital city of the Greek island of Rhodes. I have always regarded our colleges and universities as citadels of education and bastions against ignorance and superstition.
33. hover Def: (verb) to hang suspended over; to move back and forth over or around Syn: float, loom (over) Ant: (soar over) Sentences: The alien ship hovered menacingly over the city. My mom always hovers over my shoulder when I am on the internet.
35. decree def.: (noun)- an order having the force of law sent: “In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a mean headmaster posts dozens of decrees all over the wall.” (verb) – to issue such an order; to command forcefully sent: “Professor Umbridge decreed that all students be in their rooms by 6 p.m.” syn: (n) proclamation, edict (v) proclaim
36. Synonyms: noun- squabble, altercation, spat verb- squabble, quarrel Sentence: (noun) “The two boys were in a wrangle over who would play quarterback.” (verb) “The two boys wrangled over…” wrangle My Sentences: (one as verb and one as noun) Definition: (noun) a fight or argument (verb) to fight or argue
37. Synonyms: wreckage, debris Sentence: “After the tornado raged through what had once been a quaint little village of Victorian houses was now reduced to a pile of rubble.” rubble My Sentence: Definition: (noun) broken stones or bricks; ruins
38. Sentence: “Even though the criminal served jail time, she reverted to her old ways when she was released.” Syn: relapse, regress Ant: progress, evolve, advance revert My Sentence: Def: (verb) to return, to go back
40. Sample Prompt #3: The world is becoming more and more aware of the effects of pollution and excess waste on the environment. Write to convince your principal to enact a mandatory school-wide recycling program.
41. Sample Prompt #4: Florida has recently changed the legal driving age to 15. Write to convince your parents to allow you to obtain your license a year early.
42. Now, let’s look at some ways to “grab” the reader (in this case, Mrs. Kerley). Remember, we need to convince her that recycling is the only way to go, the best choice for our school. Let’s draw her in from the very first sentence.
43. Fact: Every day, our school fills up an entire industrial-sized dumpster with waste that could be recycled.
44. Fact: Every year, you chauffer Mitch back and forth to school 360 times, adding up to about two and a half weeks out of your life spent on the road. What if I told you that I could relieve you of this burden? If you allow me to obtain my license a year early, I will not only be able to drive Mitch back and forth to school for you, but I will also be able to do many other errands for you to free up your time, as well as get a job and contribute financially to the Charbonneau family.
45. Fact: Every year, you chauffer Mitch back and forth to school 360 times, adding up to about two and a half weeks out of your life spent on the road.
46. Anecdote: Every day, I walk by the dumpster that sits behind the school just as the janitor is heaving a heavy, black plastic bag over the edge. The bag, stuffed full of potentially-recyclable materials, is headed for the city dump. The janitor, exhausted, trudges back into the building to fetch the next load.
47. Anecdote: One hundred and eighty mornings every year go something like this for you: drag Mitch out of bed, kicking and screaming, force-feed him a bowl of cereal, sift through his room to find a clean pair of pants, then push him out the front door towards the car.You are then trapped in the car with Mitch the Whiner for fifteen minutes of complete torture. I may not be able to help out much with the part before you get his lazy butt out the door, but if you allow me to get my license a year early, I can definitely help out with the driving. I will also be able to get a job and not only contribute to the family income, but save for my future, as well.
48. Description: Picture this: The humidity in Bradenton is soaring, just like the temperature. Just twenty years ago, people would have taken refuge at the beach, body-surfing in the crystal-blue water. But that is the past. Today, the air over Bradenton is thick and brown, like a heavy blanket. The water is now so heavily polluted that visiting the beach is forbidden. Instead of enjoying outdoor activities, Bradentonians are trapped inside.
49. Description: Imagine this, if you will: it is a Monday morning, the sun is streaming through the window behind your bed, gently prodding you from a restful night’s sleep. You roll over in bed and glance at the clock; it reads 10 a.m. You stretch and sit up in bed; the aroma of coffee beckons you from the kitchen. The house is quiet; all you can hear is the gentle hum of the air conditioner. What dreamland is this? If you allow me to obtain my license at fifteen, I can deliver my loud, annoying siblings safely to school, and you can sleep in and wake refreshed every morning. I will also be able to get a job and contribute to the family income in numerous ways.
50. Question: “Have you ever thought about how instituting a mandatory recycling program could impact the environment?”
51. Question: Wouldn’t it make your life much more pleasant if you didn’t have to drag Mitch back and forth to school every day? Have you ever fantasized about waking up in the morning to the gentle prodding of the sunlight and coffee beckoning you from downstairs? If you allow me to obtain my license a year early, I can make all of these dreams come true for you. There are numerous benefits to you allowing me to begin driving, and they are not limited to saving you the dreadful trip to school with Mitch the Whiner and lovely, peaceful mornings. I will also be able to contribute to the family income, which will have many positive benefits for the Pendley Family.
52. Question: Wouldn’t it make your life much more pleasant if you didn’t have to drag Mitch back and forth to school every day? To not have to spend what adds up to two and a half weeks of your life every year on the road? If this sounds appealing to you, then please consider allowing me to obtain my driver’s license a year early. In addition to saving you the annoying thirty minutes in the car every day with Mitch the Whiner, I will also be able to run errands for you, freeing up your time for other, more enjoyable pursuits. Also, I will finally be able to get a job and earn money for the things that I want and contribute to the family’s income.
53. Quotation: "To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival." Writer Wendell Berry’s wise words sum up exactly why you should institute a mandatory recycling program here at Haile.
54. Quotation: “Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” You will be able to take these wise words of Ovid and bring them to life if you allow me to get my license a year early. How? By allowing me this privilege, I will be able to drop Mitch off at school every day, enabling you to sleep in and finally, after all of these years, catch up on thousands of hours of lost sleep. Additionally, I will be able to get a job and contribute in many different ways to the income of Pendley Family.
57. “THE MRS.” a strategy to use in persuasive writing TIME- saves time, helps the reader have more time for other things HEALTH- improves health, reduces stress EDUCATION- improves education, aids understanding MONEY- saves money, helps the reader to make more money RESPONSIBILITY- remind the reader of their responsibility as an individual SAFETY- increases safety, is a safety factor, saves lives
58. Example Prompt: A new law has passed and teens now have the opportunity to drive a year earlier than before. Persuade your parents to allow you to get your license a year early.
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61. Environment/Education I will be encouraged to keep my grades up so that I can keep my driving privileges.
62. Money As a driver, I will be able to get a job and help contribute financially to the family.
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66. Can you identify the strategy? “Studies have shown that music, whether listened to or played, decreases stress, which has a direct impact on overall wellness.” health
67. “Additionally, the general health of your students has a very strong correlation to their academic performance.” education
68. “One of the most important reasons that you should hire an additional music teacher is that it is proven that students who are involved in music programs have an 85% college attendance rate, as opposed to those not involved in music, who only go on to attend college 40% of the time.” Statistic/education
69. “In the long run, students who are involved in extra curricular activities and music programs have a much higher income because they have graduated from college. College graduates, on average earn $500,000 more than those who graduate from high school and go straight to a job or career. ” Education/money
70. “When faced with such compelling reasons, how can you not make the right choice? As principal, it is your moral and ethical duty to make the best choices for the students, and there is only one choice to make: hire an additional music teacher.” responsibility
72. . Prompt: Write to convince students why either math skills or language arts skills are more important in life.
73. Read the following leads for the prompt, and identify which of the “FADQuQu” strategies is/are being used.
74. Look all around you. From tall, intricately designed skyscrapers to ultra fuel-efficient cars to computers that can do everything from download your favorite music to recording data from far-off planets. What do they have in common? They were all designed by mathematics. Description followed by a question
75. In today’s economy, finding a well-paying job is next to impossible. In fact, the unemployment rate in America is at its highest since 1975. Believe it or not, having a strong vocabulary may be the advantage that pushes you past the other applicant for the next job you interview for. The skills that you acquire in Language Arts are essential to almost every aspect of your life, from the ability to relax and enjoy a classic novel to writing a resume that will land you your dream job. facts
76. Picture this: you have worked your fingers to the bone for fifty years for a boss who made your life a living you know what. You now are ready to retire and buy your dream home. But wait! You have managed to save only a measly three hundred dollars over the course of your lifetime. Now you will be forced to live on a monthly Social Security check that will not even cover your health expenses, let alone an around-the-world cruise or that beautiful log home in the Smoky Mountains. Believe it or not, the math skills that you take the time to learn today will affect you for the rest of your life. anecdote (prediction)
77. Prompt: Situation: Each year, the overall quality and nutrition of the food in your school cafeteria has declined due to budget cuts. Task: Write to convince your principal to allocate more funds to the school lunch program to improve the menu. Your two main arguments will be HEALTH of the students and ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENTS (better grades, higher level of learning, higher FCAT scores and even better classroom behavior).
78. Are you aware that 35% of teens in America are now considered clinically obese due not only to inactivity, but also to a diet that is high in fat and calories? A statistic that is part of a question
79. Picture this: a student walks through the halls after his fat and calorie-laden lunch, his energy levels so low that he can barely make it to class. He doesn’t have the mental clarity to focus on the lesson of the day, instead, he stares numbly at the wall. Now, picture this: after a healthy meal of fresh fruits and vegetables with a bit of lean protein, that same student is focused and ready to learn. He walks quickly to his classroom, energized and ready to learn. He, along with his classmates, is focused and absorbs the material well. Anecdote
80. My Grandma Betty, my mother’s mother and probably one of the most intelligent people I have ever known, always said, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Quotation