Matthew Patel (http://mpatelrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/): Matt went right to work when presented with the prompt and not only wrote a lot but with purpose as well. He has great handwriting which is a plus for the AP readers. His writing is serious and intellectual as compared to his blog writing which is funny and entertaining.
Eddie Pineda (http://cwestrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/): Eddie is getting the hang of it although the ten minutes wasn't sufficient because he would've written more if there was more time at hand. The sentences that he does have down are well written and well thought out. Megan Hardisty (http://mhardistyrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/): Well thought out introduction and I agree with Ming in that here second paragraph can be organized better. She did a good job of sticking to the prompt.
I really enjoy reading science fiction books because they transport you to a different world. This one chapter was very interesting, especially the part about 632 AF which I googled and it starts the years when Henry Ford created the Model T. For the author to use AF as a year indicator, it shows that this society sees technology as religious, just as we use AD and BC and our society views Christianity as a large religion. Also in this society, everyone thing is completely controlled and you don't have ownership of your life. It seems like they thought perfection would bring happiness and they forgot that freedom is what fuels happiness. This type of society frightens me and I wonder if it scares me because of the fact that certain aspects might be made reality one day.
a) Evaluate your performance so far this semester by explaining how you've done on required assignments and how you have moved forward on your Sr. Project/BQ/CWG
I think my performance in this class has been good. I have not yet advanced in my senior project but hope to do so soon.
b) List your goals and expectations of yourself for the next quarter
Next quarter I wish to keep up the good work and continue to do my assignments as well as participate in the class work. Overall, to have consistency in my work.
c) Make suggestions for course /process.
I'm not sure I really have suggestions just because I think the course is running great as it is.
I've posted every post that has been assigned even if some have been late. I have made progress towards my SMART goal, as college creeps closer (alliteration right there!). I find the thought of college very nerve wrecking and I'm not sure what's keeping me from a panic attack O_O. I have in fact been thinking of my senior project but I am not sure if I am going to do it by my self or with my table. My performance has been...foggy and distracted but I want to try harder. I only have one high school experience, one AP English Lit and Comp Experience and I've got 4 months left.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Jim Rohn
Omniscient Point of View: knowing all things, usually the third person.
Onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its
meaning.
Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradicting words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox.
Pacing: rate of movement; tempo.
Parable: a story designed to convey some religious principle, moral lesson, or general truth.
Paradox: a statement apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really containing a possible truth; an opinion contrary to generally accepted ideas.
A slim crocodile living in the Nile took a child. His mother begged to have him back. The crocodile could not only talk, but was also a great sophist and stated, "If you guess correctly what I will do with him, I will return him. However, if you don't predict his fate correctly, I'll eat him."
What statement should the mother make to save her child?
Parallelism: the principle in sentence structure that states elements of equal function should have equal form.
Parody: an imitation of mimicking of a composition or of the style of a well-known artist.
I searched for an appropriate parody on youtube but couldn't find one without bad words or something inappropriate.
Pathos: the ability in literature to call forth feelings of pity, compassion, and/or sadness.
Pedantry: a display of learning for its own sake.
Personification: a figure of speech attributing human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
Plot: a plan or scheme to accomplish a purpose.
Poignant: eliciting sorrow or sentiment.
Point of View: the attitude unifying any oral or written argumentation; in description, the physical point from which the observer views what he is describing.
Postmodernism: literature characterized by experimentation, irony, nontraditional forms, multiple meanings, playfulness and a blurred boundary between real and imaginary.
Prose: the ordinary form of spoken and written language; language that does not have a regular rhyme pattern.
Protagonist: the central character in a work of fiction; opposes antagonist.
Pun: play on words; the humorous use of a word emphasizing different meanings or applications.
Purpose: the intended result wished by an author.
Realism: writing about the ordinary aspects of life in a straightfoward manner to reflect life as it actually is.
Requiem: any chant, dirge, hymn, or musical service for the dead.
Resolution: point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out; denouement.
Restatement: idea repeated for emphasis.
Rhetoric: use of language, both written and verbal in order to persuade.
Rhetorical Question: question suggesting its own answer or not requiring an answer; used in argument or persuasion.
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