E3 Literature & Writing 2023

Thursday, July 23, 2020

July Writing Camp Homework DUE: Friday, July 24, 2020

HOMEWORK
Memorize 3 quotes that could be used in future essays.

Choose quotes that could be used in many different kinds of essays.

Quotes about perseverance, love, success, happiness, goodness, virtue, generosity, hard work would be examples of quote topics that could be used in a variety of essays.

Quotes by reputable people or from reputable sources are always good. You might want to choose quotes by people you admire.

A quote by Mother Teresa or Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. might carry more weight than a quote by Iron Man.

But! Choose quotes that make you want to memorize them. Sometimes a quote by Winnie the Pooh might be simple but profound ---- if you like it, choose it.

The first step to memorizing something is to read it as many times as possible. Read the quote once through completely to get a feel for its overall logic and meaning. Then slowly reread it word by word and, once every few words, take a moment to see the sentence written out in your mind's eye.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

July Writing Camp Homework DUE: Wednesday, July 23, 2020

1. Pick your favorite sentence from last night's homework.
2, Let it inspire you to write a story using it as your writing prompt.
3. 1 paragraph (minimum)
4. In each paragraph indicate:
1 of each dress up
1 of each opener
and
indicate the original sentence
5. Please note that examples of the dress ups and openers are on the right side bar of this website.

es·say

noun

/ˈesā/

A short piece of writing on a particular subject.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

July Writing Camp Homework DUE: Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Homework: 3 examples each of the following DECs

MET metaphor
SIM simile
ALLIT alliteration - 3 consonant or consonant blends
ASON assonance - 3 matching vowel sounds
DEC 1 Rhetorical Question
DEC 1 Quotation

Include your (upper left) name and date stamp.

Include a title block (centered as usual)

Indicate each sentence properly

No banned words

No contractions

No dialogue

Monday, July 20, 2020

JULY Writing Camp DUE:Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Good work today. I hope all questions were answered and everybody feels caught up!

PLEASE ask me if you do not understand the dress ups, openers,

DECs, M3s, or OWLS that we have covered.

PLEASE ask me if you do not understand how to indicate or if you do not understand a comment or correction I have made.

Be sure to copy, paste, and fill in this checklist for your Personification Essay AND your Cookie Essay.

Please remember to ----------->

CHECKLIST
who

which

www asia

DEC
M3
OWL

Friday, July 17, 2020

July Writing Camp -- Happy Weekend!

No Homework this weekend!

But!!! Go back and look at all past essays.

Get rid of banned words, contractions, and dialogue.

Make them even BETTER!

Thursday, July 16, 2020

JULY Writing Camp DUE: Friday, July 17, 2020

FINAL DRAFT DAY! WOOOOWHOOO!

In each paragraph of your Personification Essay, indicate
• each dress up
• 4 of the 7 openers (your choice)
• 1 DEC or M3 or OWL

Edit carefully!
NO BANNED WORDS
NO CONTRACTIONS
NO DIALOGUE
Be consistent with your tense of choice.
Fix your spelling, punctuation, and formatting.

Easy peasy, right? Have fun with it. Get it done. Do it well.

Now . . . if you have read this far, you will have a sneak preview into our next lesson!

Personification gives human qualities to something that is nonhuman. The ocean crashed angrily during the storm.

Anthropomorphism giving human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects, animals, or other natural phenomena.
Winnie the Pooh asked Rabbit how many carrots he grew this year.

Anthropo - human form (from the Greek ἄνθρωπος )

Morph - to change (from the Greek "form" μορφή )

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

JULY Writing Camp DUE: Thursday, July 16, 2020

Watch and Read and Enjoy.

Be inspired to write you own story.

The name of the game is PERSONIFICATION!

Rough Draft due tomorrow

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OPENERs

(S) Subject Opener

(1) Because

(2) Prepositional (prep)

(3) ly adverb (ly)

(4) ing

(5) www asia

(6) very short sentence (vss)

(7) ed

(8) Abstract Noun

Examples

(S) The door is locked.

(1) Because the forecast called for rain, I took my umbrella.

(2) Under the leafy branches of an old oak tree, we found the perfect place for our picnic.

(3) Silently, the cat stalks its prey.

(4) Embracing his mom, the boy told her he was happy she was home.

(5) When the clock struck twelve, the carriage turned back into a pumpkin.

(5) While the teacher taught the lesson, the students remained attentive.

(5) Where there is smoke, there is fire.

(5) As the campfire was lit, the children ran to find the marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers.

(5) Since the last rehearsal, the understudy has been perfecting his lines just in case he has to take the stage.

(5) If anyone knocks on the door, be sure to call a parent to answer it.

(5) Although the Bible was the more difficult King James version, the little boy read it every day.

(6) Never swim alone.

(7) Excited about attending Mass, the child bounded out of bed on Sunday morning.

(8) "Faith and Reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth..." (JPJII)

What is an M3?

(M3-adj) Repeating adjectives

(M3-ing) Repeating ing(s)

(M3-ly) Repeating ly(s) adverbs

(M3-vb) Repeating verbs

(M3-n) Repeating nouns

(M3 intj) Repeating interjections

(M3 vss) Short staccato sentence

Examples:

(M3-adj) The rolling, tumbling, cascading river took him, and he worked hard to stay afloat. (This could also be indicated as M3-ing)

(M3-adj) The sky was a beautiful, bright, blue dome dotted with fluffy white clouds.

(This could also be indicated as an ALLIT)

(M3-ing) Standing, balancing, and grinning, my ten month old brother gleefully reached for my outstretched hands.

(M3-ly) My dance teacher told me to move gracefully, confidently, and joyfully.

(M3-vb) He walked across the bridge, looked out over the edge, and smiled with happiness.

(M3-n) The boys visited shelters, orphanages, and retirement homes in their mission to bring Christmas joy to those who might be lonely.

(M3-n) She won the accolades of her peers, the admiration of her siblings, and the approval of her parents when her book hit the bestseller list. (noun phrases)

(M3 intj) And just like that . . . pow, zap, bang, she disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

(M3 vss) Rain pounded on the windows. Thunder violently boomed and crashed. Lightning streaked the sky.

OWLs

• Anaphora: Repeats a word or phrase at the start of every line or passage. (I Have a Dream - MLK)

• Anthimeria: Uses one part of speech in place of another. BEWARE! It can easily become silly and is often overused.

• Antiphrasis: uses a word with an opposite meaning for ironic or humorous effect. "We named our chihuahua Goliath."

• Appositive: places a noun or noun phrase next to another noun for descriptive purposes.

• Chiasmus: reverses of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases or sentences. A chiasmus reverses grammatical structure, not necessarily w/ the exact same words.

* Antimetabole: reverses the EXACT SAME words in the sentence

• Epanalepsis: repeats a similar grouping of words at the beginning of a sentence and at the end. The repeated words act as "bookends.

• Epistrophe (AKA: Epiphora): repeats ending words (Gettysburg Address)

• Epizeuxis: repeats one word for emphasis

• Hyperbole: greatly exaggerates something for emphasis

• Metanoia: corrects or qualifies a statement to strengthen it or soften it in some way.

• Personification: is figurative.

It projects characteristics that normally belong only to humans onto inanimate objects, animals, deities, or forces of nature. Personification is figurative.

• Anthropomorphism is literal.

With anthropomorphism the non-human entities actually do human things. (Thomas the Tank Engine, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Rabbit)