Literature 7-8
"The Raven" is in many ways a showpiece. We have already noted such things as the unusual meter and complex rhyme patterns. It is also a poem that uses alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia to a surprising degree. Answer the questions below. Due no later than noon on Wednesday, April 1.
1. Give the definition of the following words.
a. alliteration
b. assonance
c. onomatopoeia
2. I have written out the first stanza below, and I have marked all the examples I could find of alliteration and assonance. I did not include rhymed and repeated words.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
" 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--
Only this and nothing more."
You see that I have used boldface for alliteration. Remember that for both alliteration and assonance, it is not the spelling but the sound that counts. So qu and c in the second line have the same sound, even though the spelling is different. For assonance, I have used underlining. In the first line, I wrote
"while I " because the two long "i" sounds assonate with each other. Since there is another, different example of assonance in the same line, I underlined and italicized it: "weak and weary".
Now you do the same thing with the stanza that begins "This I sat engaged in guessing" (l. 73ff.). Take your time and do it right. Reading it aloud will help.
3. Poe also loves onomatopoeia. There are at least two examples in the first stanza above. "Tapping" and "rapping" both echo the sound of someone lightly hitting a door. The repetition of both words, furthermore, echoes the fact that this knocking is done repeatedly. This same onomatopoeia is used in other stanzas as well.
Your turn: Find, write out, and explain all the examples of onomatopoeia that you find in the following stanzas. Be careful and do it right. Reading them aloud will help.
a. 3 ("And the silken")
b. 5 ("Deep into that darkness")
c. 7 ("Open here")
d. 10 ("But the Raven, sitting lonely")
e. 12 ("But the Raven, still beguiling")
f. 13 ("Then, methought")
American Literature
Read chs. 14-15. First, in a paragraph of no fewer than 100 well-chosen words, discuss how Wilson shows that he is a changed man in ch. 14. Give specific examples. Include a short sparkle. Also tell why you think this change has happened. Next, do the same thing for Henry in ch. 15.
due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
British Literature
Long-Term Assignment
Read Part 1 of The Power and the Glory for Monday, April 6. Part 2 will be due after your Easter break; Part 3 TBD. Here are a few introductory remarks to help you get the most out of your reading.
Graham Greene was a well-known 20th-century novelist. He wrote mysteries and spy novels (which he called "entertainments") as well as more serious books. But even his more serious books have had a lot of popular appeal, and many have been made into movies.
As a young adult, Greene turned away from agnosticism to embrace Roman Catholicism. He was sent on a fact-finding mission to Mexico in the 1930's, and that became the real-life background for this novel. At that time, Christianity had been outlawed by the Socialist government of the time. In some parts of Mexico, the persecution was relatively light, but in other states the government was much more aggressive and violent. That Greene saw for himself and heard from the people he talked to. And that is what he reported to the people who sent him.
We can see for ourselves how bad it was in this work of fiction. The viewpoint character is a Roman Catholic priest who is on the run from the state authorities and at the same time trying to minister to the Christians who have not renounced the faith...yet. He is known as a "whiskey priest," an alcoholic. He is, as he is well aware, a very flawed priest and a very flawed person.
He knows he is not much of a moral example, but as an ordained priest, he feels he has an obligation to do what only a priest can do--to hear confessions and grant absolution, to baptize children, and to celebrate the Mass, including (according to Roman Catholic teaching) re-enacting the death of Christ with Christ's body (the bread) and his blood (the wine) in the sacrament. It is a weighty responsibility, and he feels that weight constantly. The novel is the story of this fugitive priest. Seniors will notice many parallels with the novel Silence by Shusaku Endo, sometimes called "the Japanese Graham Greene"!
Here is the procedure we will follow. Read at your own pace, but you must finish Part 1 by Monday. When you finish each chapter, send me an email. Ask questions, give me your impressions (no summaries, please), and include a sparkle with a brief explanation. Pace yourself, and don't do it all at the last minute. I will expect to hear from you regularly, if not every day. (Sunday is the Lord's Day, even when we can't go to church. Please don't do schoolwork. Honor the Lord by keeping his day holy.)
Short-term Assignment Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
1. Read the biography of William Wordsworth on pp. 605-606. Write 5 things about Wordsworth that are worth knowing.
2. Read aloud or listen here to the sonnet "The world is too much with us" (p. 611). Answer questions 1-10 in the "Reviewing the Selection" section (pp. 612-613).
C.S. Lewis
See post from Friday.
Luke and Acts
Read Acts 11 and answer the following questions. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
1. What was Peter criticized for?
2. Who criticized him?
3. Summarize the story Peter tells in response.
4. According to Peter, what does this story teach?
5. How did the Jerusalem church respond?
6. Give the location of a )Phoenicia, b) Cyprus, and c) Antioch.
7. The focus is on the church in (Syrian) Antioch.
a. What new group is hearing the gospel there?
b. The Jerusalem church sent Barnabas there--yes, that Barnabas!
i. How had he encouraged the church in ch. 4"
ii. How had he helped Saul in ch. 9?
iii. What good things did he see during his visit?
iv. Why did he then go to Tarsus?
c. What prediction did the prophet Agabus make?
d. How did the church in Antioch respond to this prediction?
Poets and Prophets
Read Isaiah 27and answer the following questions. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
1. Leviathan
a. Review what we said about this creature in our discussion of Job 41. Summarize the most important points (50 words).
b. This creature is also mentioned in Ps. 104. What is the context, and what is Leviathan doing?
c. This creature is also mentioned in Ps. 74. What is the context, and what is Leviathan doing?
d. Think about this creature now in the context of Is. 27 and of Isaiah's prophecy so far. Make an educated guess about what it's doing here.
2. vineyard image
a. How was it used in ch. 5?
b. What's different about how it's being used here?
3. threshing image
a. What is threshing?
b. How is it being used figuratively here?
c. Is. 11 uses a different image for a similar event. What is it?
4. trumpet image
a. How is a trumpet being used in the following passages?
i. Numbers 10:1-10 (Note that there are several functions for the silver trumpets).
ii. Joshua 6 (skim)
iii. Judges 7 (skim)
iv. II Chronicles 5 (skim)
v. II Chronicles 7 (skim)
vi. Ps. 98, Ps. 150
vii. I Thessalonians 4:13-18
viii. Revelation 8-9 (skim)
b. How is the image used in Is. 27.
5. What are some ways in which this chapter foreshadows Christ and the Church (50 words)?
Introduction to French
Notice
The next book we will be doing is Presque Mort. We will start next week. Please call Mrs. West at the school to arrange for a time to pick it up before then.
Answer the following review items about Fama 1-12. Write all answers in complete sentences. You may use online dictionaries, if you must, but under no circumstances use online translators. Do your own work; Makeing a few misstakes iz alrite! (But always do your best.) Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
Tell one way you know that:
1. Fama travaille dur.
2. Elle aime sa famille.
3. Elle aime voyager.
4. Elle apprecie la Mauritanie.
5. Elle apprecie aussi les Etats-Unis.
6. Fama est une bonne amie.
7. Elle est courageuse.
8. Elle n'est pas raciste.
9. Elle est intelligente.
Intermediate French
We are returning to the Easy French Reader. Read 8 &9 and do the questions at the end. Due no later than noon tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1.
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