MARKS

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Test next week

The Warren Pryor paragraph we worked on today (which is listed waaaaay below), will be due at the end of the class on Friday (but do some work on it at home still!)

There will be a Sightlines 10 test next long block -- Wednesday, March 11th
There will be about 20 multiple choice questions. There will also be a section where you have to read a story, answer questions, and write a literary composition.

You will be responsible for knowing the following pieces of writing:
Meditation XVII
I Am a Rock
The Face in the Pool
This is a Test
Self-Portrait
Nonconformist
The Bicycle
Envy
The Ninny
My Body is My Own Business
Warren Pryor
My Left Foot
Dreams
I Have a Dream

You should also be familiar with how to write a literary paragraphs and all the new terms and words we've learned (here are just a few): allusion, ambiguity, vanity, metaphor, connotation, dennotation, nonconformity, free verse paradox, euphemism, synonym, lyric, idiom, taut, marsupial, pithy, soltude, thesis, narcissistic, jargon, imagery