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Friday, October 9, 2009

October 9th - English 8

- Handed Interm Reports
- Worked on Vocabulary Sheet; alliteration, onomatopoeia, and idiom.
-> Alliteration: is the repetition of the same consonant sound.
ex. She went boating with her box and Bob. See Sally sit by the seashore selling seashells
-> Onomatopoeia: is a literary device that refer to words in which the sound suggests the meaning.
ex. Buzz, Crack, Slap
-> Idiom: is a phrase or expression that is used to describe something. It is usually slang. If you are a from another country, and someone came up to you saying 'hey it's raining cats and dogs' and they don't understand - then it is an idiom.
ex. 'Shake a leg' get going, move faster. 'How do you do?' a greeting.
- Mr. Wilson came in to talk about 'w00t' and 'J3ff' being a type of internet idiom. (On the net, it is called 'l33t' or leet'