2nd Semester ReVieW

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2nd Semester ReVieW
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Passage ID

• To His Excellency, General Washington
• Dream Deferred Langston Hughes
• April Rain Song
• The Weary Blues
• Theme for English B

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Passage ID

• I, Too Langston Hughes
• Earth on Turtles Back Spoken Word
• The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros
• The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros
• The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros

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Passage ID

• 11. The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros
• 12. The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros
• 13. The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros
• 14. Because I could not stop for Death
• 15. Because I could not stop for Death

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Passage ID

• I heard a fly buzzwhen I died
• Theres a certain slant of light
• Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris
• Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris
• 20-25. The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fiztgerald

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4 Types of Discourse

• Persuasive
• Narrative
• Descriptive
• Expository

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Phyllis Wheatley

• Born in Africa
• Sold into slavery age 7
• Family taught her how to read write
• Illegal Dangerous
• Freedom after poetic success
• Wrote in 1770s
• To His Excellency, General Washington 1776
  Read on Page 184--Handout

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Slave Spirituals

• Spoken word tradition
• Swing Low Go Down Moses
• Page 499 501
• Symbols
• Tone
• Repetition
• Freedom/ Hope

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Harlem Renaissance

• Revival of arts
• 1920s-1930s
• Renewal of life, vigor
• Change, transition

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The Arts

• Literature
• Music
• Visual Art
• Painting
• Drawing
• Sculture

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Amendments

• 13th Prohibits Slavery
• 14th Citizenship, Equal Protection
• 15th Right to Vote

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Etymology of Renaissance

• Reagain
• Nascibe born
• born again, or rebirth

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Langston Hughes

• 1902-1967 Grew up in Kansas, Illinois, OhioHS
  in Cleveland
• Most successful writer of HR
• Tried to make poetry sound like jazz
• Poet, playwright, nonfiction

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Langston Hughes

• I, too page 929--Handout
• Dream Deferred
• April Rain Song
• The Weary Blues
• Theme for English B

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Writers

• W.E.B Dubois
• Paul Laurence Dunbar
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Marcus Garvey

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Musicians

• Louis Armstrong
• Josephine Baker
• Duke Ellington
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Billie Holiday
• Charlie Parker

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Visual Artists

• Jacob Laurence
• Allen Crite

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Geography

• New York City
• Near the Bronx
• Savoy Ballroom (integrated)
• Cotton Club (segregatedwhite only)

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Jazz

• Originated in New Orleans
• Soulful
• Often improvised
• Usually alto saxophone trumpet melody

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The Great Migration

• 1910-1920
• Get out of the South
• Begin new life
• Top 3 cities
• Detroit
• Chicago
• Columbus

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Publications

• The Crisis
• Fire!!

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Themes

• Marginality
• Alienation
• Heritage
• Blues tradition
• Two-ness (writing for two audiences)

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Oral (spoken word) Tradition Whats the
difference between telling a story reading
one? How do you tell a good story? What
affects your comprehension of a spoken story?
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What are some famous works that were primarily
told and retold before they were written down?
Homer Brothers Grimm Slave spirituals
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• What does the spoken tradition do for people?
• Transmit literature, history, law, knowledge
  without a written system
• Native Americans
• Not a definite version
• Archetype (characters)
• figures embody important cultural ideas rather
  than complex personalitiesthey are simplified
• Stories vary with tribes

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DYRT Grizzly Navajo

• What were grizzly bears like before the curse?
• What was the mountain called?
• What did the Wind Spirit do?
• What made the first Indians?
• Why did the Chief of the Sky curse the grizzlies?
• List two things the gods laid down to create
  people.
• What gave people life?
• What did the Mirage people do?
• Name one of the gods from the Navajo myth.
• Which myth most matches commonly accepted origin
  stories today?

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True or False

• Telling a good story requires voice inflection.
• You dont need imagery for a good spoken story.
• Pace greatly affects comprehension of spoken
  stories.
• Whitman authored the Iliad The Odyssey.
• Slave spirituals were originally written to pass
  down for generations.

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True or False

• Brothers Grimm are origin myths.
• An archetype has complex personality.
• The Native American origin myths have never
  changed.
• Every tribe follows the same origin myth.
• Origin myths tell from where the world and all of
  us came.
• Empirical proof is associated with Creationism.

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Sandra Cisneros

• Born December 20,1954 in Chicago
• Works Novels, Short Stories, Poetry
• Childhood Grew up in Chicagos South Side

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Sandra Cisneros

• Familys dream Own a house
• Goal informing readers of reality
• Education Loyola University
• Also an adjunct professor University of
  California at Berkley, UC, University of Michigan

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House on Mango Street

• Category Novel
• Form Several short stories (glimpses into the
  characters life)
• Writing Style poetic, whimsical, song-like
• Uses strong figurative language, especially
  similes metaphors

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My Name

• What is her name?
• What does it mean in English? In Spanish?
• Why does she have her name?
• How does she want to be different?
• How does she contrast the sound of her name
  between English Spanish?

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My Name

• Why does Esperanza wish she had a nickname?
• Please highlight or underline examples of similes
  metaphors (I found 6).
• What is humorous about the story?
• What would it mean to baptize yourself under a
  new name?

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What is in a name?

• Why did your parents give you your name?
• Do you have a nickname? Where did you get it?
  What does it mean?
• If you could choose a different name for
  yourself, what would it be, and why would you
  choose it?

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What is in a name?

• Has someone ever said, You look like a Sarah
  or a Michael or whatever? What does that mean?
• Could your name be a name for the opposite sex?
  Why or why not?

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'That which we call a roseBy any other name
would smell as sweet.' Romeo Juliet

• What does Shakespeares quote above mean? Do you
  agree with it?
• What about sounding masculine or feminine? How do
  you determine masculine feminine words?

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No Speak English

• What do you think when you hear someone say No
  speak English?
• Please take a moment to choose your favorite
  descriptive line. Why is it your favorite?
• What is significant about the words Mamacita can
  say?

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No Speak English

• Why does it break her heart forever to hear her
  baby boy singing the Pepsi commercial?
• How does she describe the sound of English?
• What is ironic about the last paragraph?

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Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes

• Narrative theory of identity
• Every person must know understand every part
  of his or her own story in order to have a
  healthy sense of identity.
• What is therapeutic about writing? (Journal,
  spontaneous)
• What does the last line say about her race?

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Theme

• My Name
• Boys Girls
• Hips

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Theme

• No Speak English
• A House of My Own
• Pg. 105
• Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes

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Conclusions

• How do you think Cisneros gender affects her
  writing?
• What about her ethnicity?
• How does her use of figurative language help to
  shape theme? 2 examples.

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Emily Dickinson 1830-1886

• Considered a recluse
• Dressed in white
• Lived in Amherst, MA
• Father died young
• Not published during lifetimeFamily
• Wanted poems destroyed

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Elements of Emily Dickinson

• How does her cultural
• context affect Emily
• Dickinsons poetry?

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Elements of Emily Dickinson

• Themes
• Form
• Diction

• Madness, Death, Destruction, Supernatural,
  Emotional trauma, Identity, Art in the everyday
• Dashesseparate the poemdisconnect, inconsistent
  rhyme, significant capitalization
• Strong, powerful words, active verbs, double
  meanings, emphasis on connotation

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Elements of Emily Dickinson

• Tone
• Purpose

• Somber, melancholy, straight-forward
• Interaction with her world, show art in the
  everyday that death is an ordinary occurrence,
  spend her time, give perspective

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Diagnosis Grammar
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Grammar Diagnostic

• Major Sentence Errors
• Directions Correctly Identify the following as
• complete sentence b) fragment c) run-on
• _____11. The storm that frightened my dog and cat
  late yesterday afternoon.
• _____12. Our family rescued the abandoned puppy
  from the animal shelter.
• _____13. The student became stressed her daily
  schedule was hectic.
• _____14. Dr. Scott is my dentist he is a very
  pleasant person.
• _____15. Just as I closed and locked the back
  door.
• _____16. The pitcher threw the ball home,
  however, the runner was safe.
• _____17. Phil's new stereo which is second hand.
• _____18. Because John had sprained his ankle
  going up the ladder.
• _____19. If John and Alan would stop talking, I
  could get some work done.
• _____20. I thought I was wrong , I was obviously
  mistaken.

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SVA

• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Directions In each of the following sentences,
  choose the verb form which agrees with the
  subject.
• 21. Both John and his twin (is, are) planning to
  attend the reunion.
• 22. My sister, along with my mother, (plans,
  plan) to tour England.
• 23. Inside the secret panel of the closet (was,
  were) several old documents.
• 24. Either the newspaper or the magazines (has,
  have) the information you will need.
• 25. My daughter's favorite food (is, are) peanut
  butter sandwiches.
• 26. Everyone in Mrs. Brown's biology classes
  (visits, visit) the Learning Lab twice each week.
• 27. Until recently, mumps (was, were) a dreaded
  childhood disease.
• 28. Seventy-five dollars (is, are) too much to
  spend on that dress.
• 29. (Do, Does) John's parents realize that his
  job is in jeopardy?
• 30. Visits from my old college roommate (is, are)
  few and far between.

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Grammar Terms

• Noun Person, place, thing, idea
• Pronoun Replaces nouns
• Verb Action or linking word
• Adverb Modifies verbs, adjectives, or adverbs

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Grammar Terms

• Adjective Modifies nouns
• Preposition Shows direction, location, or
  association
• Conjunction Connecting word
• Gerund Verb acting as a noun

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Grammar Terms

• Infinitive Most basic form of verb
• Participle Verb acting as ADJ
• Comma Splice Two sentences connected with a
  comma
• Object What the preposition refers to

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Passive Voice

• Action is performed upon the subject.
• Object ? Verb ? Subject
• The Great Gatsby was read aloud by Miss Fowler.
• Newton was defeated by the baseball team.
• Prom was hosted by the Junior class.

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Phrase

• A group of words that lacks either a subject, a
  verb, or both.
• Functions as one part of speech
• Prepositional (with noun or pronoun)
• Adjective (what kind, which one)
• Adverb (where, when, how, to what extent)
• Near the table and chairs
• After a long, tiring run

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Clause

• A group of words with a subject and a verb
• Independent Clause expresses a complete thought.
• -I ran to the store.
• Subordinate Clause not a complete thought but
  has a subject and verb
• -When he gets back from Timbuktu.

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Sentence Types

• Simple One independent clause.
• -Were in trouble.
• Compound Two or more independent clauses.
• -Were in trouble, but shes not going to punish
  us.
• Complex At least one independent clause and at
  least one subordinate clause.
• -When she walks in the door, we will all yell,
  Surprise!

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In text

• Call me Ishmael (Melville 1).
• Poe gives detailed description in the first
  lines During the whole of a dull, dark, and
  soundless day. . . (312).
• Sing out for him! (Melville 359).

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Block Quotes

• 4 lines or moreonly permitted one
• Introduce Quote
• Invisibility had become my unsatisfying
  resolution for the outside/inside problem. Moving
  back and forth between antithetical worlds
  separated by subway rides, I never fully was what
  I seemed or tried to be. I had the feeling I was
  playing hooky all the time, not from school, but
  from the person represented by my bland outward
  appearance. (Johnson 41).

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Works Cited

• Alphabetical Order
• Must cite your text 3 other sources
• Double spaced
• MLA format
• Hanging indent

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

• What is Fitzgeralds full name (no
  abbreviations)?
• Why does he have this name?
• About what decade did Fitzgerald famously write?
• Where was Fitzgerald born?
• Where was Fitzgerald educated (college)?
• What did Fitzgerald do immediately following
  college?
• What are two of Fitzgeralds novels? Please
  properly indicate the titles of books.
• To whom was Fitzgerald married?
• How was Fitzgerald effected by the 1929 stock
  market crash?
• How did Fitzgerald die?