Tuesday, January 20, 2015

NOTE GUIDE - please copy and paste this guide into your blogs.

List the five elements of Tragedy

1) hero must be fated to fall or fail

2) there must be dramatic foils

3) has a tragic herp

4) internal and external conflict

5) raises some question about the nature of existence (what it means to be alive)


List the five elements of a Tragic Hero

1) noble birth

2) loyal, respectful, good mannered, virtuous 

3) tragic flaw 

4) tragic flaw causes downfall

5) audience learns something from the characters downfall 


Define Oxymoron and give an example.

two words that mean opposite put together to describe something.
accurate stereotype
awfully good





Define dramatic foils and give an example from the play.
two characters that contrast in order to bring out their character traits/personalities 



Define soliloquy and give an example from the play.
when one character is alone on stage speaking his or her emotions to the audience 
-sampson- joyful swordsman who enjoys slaying people in battle and raping women.
-Gregory-another joyful swordsman, though not too into the whole forceful “ejaculate and evacuate” scene.
-abram-polite civilian
-benvolio- joins brawl
-tybalt- joins brawl
-officers- break up brawl
-capulet- a villain
-montague-
-lady montague-
-prince-breaks up family fued


Monday, January 19, 2015

Choose a country or place that you'd like to visit in Europe and

1) Discuss it's location, place, region.
absolute location - 52.3667 N 4.9000 E
place- the dam, first dispensaries, 44.3% belong to protestant
region - Netherlands, temperate maritime climate,

2) Human-Environment interaction.
-lots of canals
-excessive amounts of smoke
-petroleum geoscience
-windmills

3) Find two photos of it.


4) Find one map that shows where it is located.


5) Find three interesting things about the country or place.
-marijuana has a very high legal tolerance
-more than a quarter of the region is under water
-dutchies are the tallest people in the world
-the region is the largest exporter of beer worldwide

love at first sight.
nah dawg. you cant really love someone without getting to know them. you can become infatuated with the way the look, but thats only skin deep. how can you love someone without exploring them? i mean, mike myers rtied that out and ended up marrying an axe murder.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Consider the following social offenses. Rank each in order of seriousness with 1 being the most serious.

Planning to trick someone-13
Lying to parents-12
Killing someone for revenge-1
Advising someone to marry for money-5
Two families having a feud-6
Killing someone by mistake while fighting-3
Cursing-11
Killing someone in self-defense-4
Suicide-2
Crashing a party-7
Marrying against parents' wishes-9
Giving the finger-10
Picking a fight-8

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

1) Why can Europe be called "a peninsula or peninsulas"? because its one big peninsulas made up of a bunch of smaller peninsulas

2) What European islands are located in North Atlantic? great Britain, Ireland, Iceland, and greenland  
  In the Mediterranean Sea? - corsica, sardinia, sicily and crete.

3) How do mountains and uplands affect life in Europe? 
the mountains block chill winds from reaching the leeward side. the uplands thy both separate groups of people.

4) The Alps arc across what countries or places?
France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the northern balkan peninsula.

5) The Pyrenees are located where?
between France and Britain

6) Where does the Danube flow?
central and eastern Europe
 
7) How are rivers used in Europe?
transportation of goods, people, and ideas.
they also connect Europe to the oceans which allow for trade and access to the rest of the world.

8) What is the most important plain in Europe?
the northern European plain.

9) Why is it important?
very fertile soil

10) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
the plains have fertile soil, but are also an easy route for enemies.

11) How did natural resources help Europe to become industrialized?
abundant supplies of coal and iron ore.

On the blank map that I will give you locate the following:

1) The Black Sea
2) The Mediterranean Sea
3) The Danube River
4) The Rhine
5) The Alps
6) The Pyrenees
7) The Northern European Plains

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.):

Dr. Josef Mengele:

Elie: he is young and is continuing to be dulled by the events unfolding before him.

Stein of Antwerp: wore glasses, old and short. he was very humane, giving the circumstances. 

Akiba Drummer: 

SETTING:
Detail the time and place the story is presently at: 
Auschwitz, in 1944  

Detail the routine the prisoners were forced to endure after they first entered Auschwitz.
all of the women and children were sent straight to the crematory to be burned alive because nazis are total dicks 
How long did the deportees stay at Auschwitz?
a week, i think
What’s the name of the second camp they attended?
baku
IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:
Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences):

Why did Elie lie to Stein about his knowledge of the man’s family?
to give stein some sort of hope to keep him moving. if he knew of his families fate, he wouldn't have anything to live for.
LITERARY ELEMENTS:

IRONY: explain why the statements are ironic and what type of irony it is.

“The good days were over.” (Pg. 41):
the "good days" still consisted of torture and death.
“Work is liberty!” (Pg. 38):
they were being forced to work, theres no liberty there. 
SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: GIVE THREE EXAMPLES

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION
Minimum 4-5 Sentences

What change occurs in Elie’s faith?
his father  is beginning to be stripped of whats built him up over his life. being beaten nearly to death for things like marching incorrectly or not working hard enough is starting to break him. he had to watch his son be whipped until he fainted, and he seeing so much pointless death around him.