Ms. Bridges' AP English

Monday, November 27th:   In the play Death of a Salesman, the Loman family struggles with honesty, trustworthiness, and praises each other on toxic actions withholding the truth , bullying, and abusive relationships. The toxicity of their family was once what kept them together and now it is the thing that is tearing them apart. Toxic means deathly, unhealthy, injurious to health, poisonous, lethal, dangerous Toxins can rot, erode, corrode, can cause cancer Corrode: corrosive Corrosive relationship Cancerous What are some of the corrosive things Willy taught his sons – that stealing was fine as long as you are “likeable”. Watch Act 1 of Hamlet Brief discussion of Act One Tuesday, November 28th:  Read Laertes’ speech to Ophelia in Act 1, Scene 3, line 10 – 44 Main idea Figurative Language Main imagery, motifs, symbols, metaphors in Laertes’ speech to Ophelia Tone Read Polonius’ speech to Ophelia on pages 35 and 37 What is the ...

Monday, November 13th: Analyze Sonnet 73 Vocabulary:  An elegy is a poem, which is bemoaning the loss of something or the passing of someone. A eulogy is a speech given at a funeral to praise and to commemorate the passing of a person. Pyre is a large mound of kindling upon which a corpse is placed and burned.    Finished going over the multiple choice questions for Sonnet 73.  Checked out Hamlet  today.   Tuesday, November 14th:   Watched Act 1, Scene 1 of Hamlet Read aloud of Act 1, Scene I Discussion Wednesday, November 15th:  --> Finish reading Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1 Scavenger Hunt for Figurative Language Pair up and find as many examples of figurative language as you can in Act 1, Scene 1 Metaphor, Similes, Personification, Imagery, Allusion Write the quotation Describe what is being compared to what What is revealed about the thing being compared? What does it mean?...

Monday, November 6th:  ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS Question 3 (Suggested time—40 minutes. This question counts as one-third of the total essay section score.) In many works of literature, past events can affect, positively or negatively, the present actions, attitudes, or values of a character. Choose a novel or play in which a character must contend with some aspect of the past, either personal or societal. Then write an essay in which you show how the character’s relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Please use Death of a Salesman for your essay. Do not merely summarize the plot.  Tuesday, November 7th:  The Sonnet! Elizabethan Iambic pentameter Form Perrine’s; page 966 - 967 Answer the questions on 967 in Perrine’s “Sonnet 73” Friday, November 10 th !!! “That Time of Year” by William Shakespeare Multiple Choice Test The sonnet has fourteen lines!!!! ...