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Monday, 4 February 2013

Comm 12

1. Go over Syllabus (please bring back signed).
2. Parts of Speech review, lesson 1:
- common noun
- concrete noun
- abstract noun
- collective noun
- singular and plural
- proper noun
- pronoun
3. Lit Term review - Define and give examples for the following:
- theme
- metaphor
- allusion
- alliteration
- simile
- satire
- symbolism
- irony
- Types of conflict: Man. vs. Man, Man vs. Himself, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Environment (Nature), Man vs. Supernatural
- Point of View: Objective, Omniscient, Limited Omniscient (Third Person), First Person
4. Homework: Read Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" (page 43 of Inside Stories III).
*Be able to identify key elements of plot, type of conflict, any literary devices that you defined today that apply --> Hint: Symbolism, Metaphor, Irony

English 11 - Period 2

1. Go over Syllabus (please bring back signed).
2. Parts of Speech review. Know the following terms:
Nouns:
- Common
- Pronoun
- Proper
- Concrete
- Abstract
- Collective
3. Lit term review:
- Theme
- Metaphor
- Allusion
- Alliteration
- Simile
- Satire
- Symbolism
- Irony
- Types of conflict: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Himself, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Environment (Nature), Man vs. Supernatural
- Point of View: Objective, Omniscient, Limited Omniscient (Third Person), First Person

4. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Vocab for Chapter 1:
1. Tacit
2. Contentious
3. Irate
4. Inveigle
5. Consternation
6. Rhetorically
7. Seigneurs

*You will have a quiz tomorrow*

English 11 - Periods 3 and 4

1. Go over Syllabus (please bring back signed).
2. Parts of Speech review. Know the following terms:
Nouns:
- Common
- Pronoun
- Proper
- Concrete
- Abstract
- Collective
3. Lit term review:
- Theme
- Metaphor
- Allusion
- Alliteration
- Simile
- Satire
- Symbolism
- Irony
- Types of conflict: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Himself, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Environment (Nature), Man vs. Supernatural
- Point of View: Objective, Omniscient, Limited Omniscient (Third Person), First Person

4. Act I The Crucible Vocabulary:
1. persecute
2. creed
3. somber/sombre
4. ordinance
5. predilection
6. heathen
7. conjure
8. faction
9. conviction
10. partisan
11. calumny
12. pretense
13. prodigious
14. exaltation
15. enrapture

*You will have a quiz tomorrow*