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Friday, 1 March 2013

Comm 12

1. Continue F 9/11.
2. Think of propaganda techniques Moore uses; for example, omission. (Why does Moore omit the visual footage of the Twin Towers plane crashes?)
3. What is different between the news coverage of the war in Iraq with the testimony of the American soldiers? Who controls the news media?
4. Why and how does Moore use music and humour to back up his argument?
5. Decide: Is this documentary propaganda?

Eng 11 Block 2

1. Hand in analysis of "And Thou Art Dead..."
2. Begin A River Runs Through It.
3. Compare the characters of Gene/Finny with Norman/Paul.
4. What are the similarities between the film and A Separate Peace in terms of characterization, narrative technique, pathetic fallacy, and theme?

Eng 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Finish film adaptation of The Crucible.
2. Interview with Daniel Day Lewis and Arthur Miller.
3. Define the following lit terms:
-allusion - apostrophe - assonance - consonance - didactic - euphemism - flashback - foreshadowing - imagery - metonymy - personification
4. Define the following poem types:
- lyric - narrative - ballad - ode - elegy - monologue - free verse - blank verse