Sunday, December 13, 2009

Last Minute Preparation for the Final Exam

A group of lines of poetry is called a stanza, and stanzas of different lengths have different names:

2 lines = couplet
3 lines = tercet
4 lines = quatrain
5 lines = cinquain
6 lines = sestet
7 lines = septet
8 lines = octave

A break within a line of poetry that represents a pause is called a caesura.

Poets use words to translate an emotion from themselves to a reader or listener, and word choice, also known as diction, is crucial in that process. In selecting the right words, poets consider connotation, denotation, and even the etymology of the word. Etymology is the study of the history of words.

Edgar Allan Poe is credited for creating the sub-genre of the short story known as The Detective Story.

Throughout this semester we have study prose and prosody. It's important to know the difference. Prose is the term used to denote everyday language. Essays and short stories are examples literature written in prose. In short, prose is everything that is NOT poetry.

Prosody, on the other hand, is the sound of poetry. Rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration are all examples of what contributes to a poem's prosody.

To round out your knowledge, be sure to review the crossword puzzles and the "unscrambling poetic terms" worksheets that I distributed in class.

The literature questions that correspond to the short stories that we have studied are not new to you. In fact, most of them come from either quizzes or the questions at the end of each story.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

12/10 and 12/11

Attendance
Materials
Prayer
The Gift of the Magi quiz
Poetry
Final Review

Homework:
Final on Monday morning at 8:00 a.m.

12/8 and 12/9

Attendance
Prayer
materials
Read "The Gift of the Magi"
Poetry Lecture

Homework:

Re read "The Gift of the Magi"

Monday, December 7, 2009

Mass Attire 12/8

Please remember to wear mass attire on 12/8/2009

12/4 and 12/7

Agenda:
Prayer
Attendance
Materials
Return Things
Poetry

Homework:

No homework

Honors: Portfolio due 12/8

Thursday, December 3, 2009

12/3 and 12/4

Prayer
Attendance
Vocab Quiz 15
No More Vocab
SAT sentence completion questions
Poetry Notes

Homework:
No Homework

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

No More Late Work

As mentioned previously in class, today, December 1, marks the last day you could have submitted late work for credit.