Stuck in hades???

Taenarum. Or http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/gallery/taenarum_c.html.

Hope that helps you all.

Please please!

Remember to read Book 1 of The Odyssey for tomorrow. Thanks for all of your prompt research paper entries: ) I hope you all enjoyed your weekend--happy epic-reading.

The Remains of the Week

Here's a breakdown of our week/future:

Wednesday: Epic-specific devices and project sharing.
Thursday-What should an Odyssey log look like? Plus, a calendar!
Friday-Notes 101--you read--AND practice.

Next week, our weirdo HSPA schedule has our classes falling like this:
M: Normal
T: 5/6, 11
W: 5/6, 12
Th: 5/6, 11
F: Normal--but I may be out for a professional day at Davies.

This is going to mess with our introductory books, but we'll figure it out.  Period 5/6--you will most likely have a day 'off' in that half day schedule.

Happy project-making!

We're Almost Done! I Swear!

Let's run through some due dates:

Today by 11:59:  Outline due.
Wednesday by the time you walk into class:  Odyssey project
Thursday by 11:59:  Final Research Paper Due

This is a link to Marcell's sample research paper.  If you need anything over the weekend, you know how to contact me.

Happy writing!

Lit Terms Quiz

So the big quiz is on Thursday.  Below is a sample quiz from 2009--ahh, the good ol' days...

Literary Terms Quiz 1

Directions: Fill in each blank with the correct term that corresponds to the example or definition.  Each term is only used once.  (Yes, that’s a gift)

Allegory               Allusion                                Apostrophe        Archetype           Indirect Characterization 

Direct Characterization  Connotation       Denotation         Diction                  Hyperbole      Imagery

Dramatic Irony      Situational Irony                 Verbal Irony      Metaphor      Metonymy         Oxymoron

Parallelism          Personification      Setting              Simile                    Synecdoche                       Tone

___Hyperbole__________ 1.  I overheard Lindsey saying, “I’m going to get a 5 on the stupid quiz.  I don’t know anything.”

__Dramatic Irony_____2.  This is when the audience knows more than the character onstage.

___Apostrophe________3.  “Why, gods, why do you mock me?”

__Archetype_________4.  Gilgamesh is this for every hero that follows him to this day.

___Denotation______5.  The literal meaning of a word.

___Setting_________6.  Once upon a time, in a land far, far away…

____Metaphor_________7.  Love is a battlefield.

___Oxymoron__________8.  Organized chaos

____Tone_____________9.  The attitude of an author towards the reader or subject matter.

_____Diction_________10.  “Yo, what up, playa?” is a (rather corny) example of a particular type of this.

______Direct Characterization_11.  Joe Rock is a kind, thoughtful man.

__Synecdoche_______12.  There are a lot of ‘mouths to feed’ in war-torn countries.

___Connotation_______13.  The figurative, deeper meaning of a word.

_____Allusion________14.  We’re not Kate and Leo; I’m not going to jump for you.

_____Metonymy_______15.  I’m starving; Let’s go to the Golden Arches.

__Simile____________16.  “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.”

___Indirect Characterization___17.  Describing a character by showing, not saying.

__Verbal Irony______18.  Sarcasm is an example of this.

__Personification        19.  The sun smiled down on the mid-Spring picnic.

__Parallelism______20.  We love him for his soul.  We cherish him for his humor.  We hate him for his body odor.

__Allegory__________21.  The presentation of an abstract idea through concrete means

___Situational Irony_____22.  When there is a discrepancy between the expectation and the reality.

___Imagery__________23.  The cold, fat, greasy, wrinkled hands of the man in front of me suddenly touched my shoulder as the smell of motor oil wafted towards my face.

Notecards Due Tomorrow!

With that in mind, I've added a few links on the side of this page: research outline format, notecard format, Odyssey of You project, and the Hero's Journey.  Hopefully these things are helpful. I'm also adding a link to this post with a sample research outline.  I hope it helps give you an idea of what needs to be done.

A Link and a Gift

Here is the link for the research outline format.  There are thousands more online; I just wanted to give you one.   Outline

I also want to make an announcement:

EDITORIALS ARE DUE BY 11:59 on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11th.

Since I have the 21 Down Dance, and many of you have events that keep you away from the computer, I've extended this date.  I hope it helps: )