Helpful Notes on the Midterm

Be able to identify and explain examples of the following from our readings:

Figurative language (non-literal meanings) for: metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and metonymy

Themes - a subject, topic, or "takeaway"

Motifs - a distinctive or repeated idea

Symbols - an object representing something else; perhaps something deeper and more important or a material object representing something immaterial

Make your own associations/connections between texts

Make sure to review unfamiliar words from the texts we have read

Good Luck!

Quiz on Monday - Writing a Compare and Contrast Essay

Here is a link about how to organize a compare and contrast essay. Your assignment is to read it.

There will be a short quiz on Monday ( 9/26/16) on the topics and ideas for organizing your compare and contrast essay. Prepare well. Good Luck

Reminder: 5 Sections of your assignment are due by email today

5 sections.

Each section has:

a) A title
b) At least 5 sentences describing the noteworthy history
c) An explanation, in 3 or more sentences, of why you chose this one noteworthy event, situation or person, in particular  (be specific why you chose it)
d) At least one citation per section in proper formatting but more citations are encouraged

Good Luck! Hope you find out some interesting things along the way!

10 noteworthy things...1800's America due: 9/19/16

Homework Assignment: 10 noteworthy or interesting things I learned about 1800's America

Due date: Friday, September 19, 2016 in class (late homework will be penalized)

1) Research 19th Century America. Note anything unusual, interesting or momentous - pay special attention to the pre-civil war period.

2) Things to consider or possible questions you can answer:
                   
     What kind of jobs did people do for a living? What about pay? Working conditions?
     How did people travel and was there any mode of mass transit?
     What kind of clothes did they wear and how was it different from today's styles?
     How did the geography of America change in this time?
     Who were some famous people? Why were they famous and what did they do?
     What did the urban environment versus the countryside look like?
     Were there any radical laws passed?
     Were there any wars fought? Over what? Who fought? What were the losses or gains?
     What was school like? Was it compulsory? Free? Expensive? For everyone?

3) Write your list in 10 separate sections.

     Each section must have a:  title, description and your explanation of why you chose it.
     Each section should be at least a paragraph or two. (approximately 5 to 10 sentences)

 4) Include a citation for all sources of information in an appropriate citation format such as MLA or APA (you must cite all sources including online texts, websites, or videos).

    
Note: The goal is for you to begin to understand what America was like back in 1800's so that when we begin our journey with Huckleberry Finn you have created some pictures of what life was like back then. In other words you are creating the context for the text of the novel.