Prepositions
What is the preposition in the following sentence?
I will hang the poster on the bulletin board.
On
This lens focuses on social classes, money, and limited resources.
Marxist lens
This lens focuses on gender roles/norms, as well as the relationship between men and women.
Feminist lens
If the day is November 16, 2024, how would you write the date on the heading?
16 November 2024
List the order of plot diagram structure.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Preposition, modifier, object of the preposition
Name the seven critical lenses that we have reviewed.
Archetypal, Feminist, Formalism, Marxist, New Historicism, Psychoanalytic, Reader Response
Describe the formalism lens.
The lens focuses on the text's structure, syntax, diction, rhyme scheme, et cetera. The only thing the audience should use to examine the text is the text itself.
What is wrong with this section?
The text says, "And now when I see her searching the garbage—for what? The thing we assassinated? I talk about how I did not plant the seeds too deeply, how it was the fault of the earth, the land, of our town. I even think now that the land of the entire country was hostile to marigolds that year. This soil is bad for certain kinds of flowers. Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear, and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live. We are wrong, of course, but it doesn’t matter. It’s too late. At least on the edge of my town, among the garbage and the sunflowers of my town, it’s much, much, much too late."
The in-text citation is missing.
The text says, "And now when I see her searching the garbage—for what? The thing we assassinated? I talk about how I did not plant the seeds too deeply, how it was the fault of the earth, the land, of our town. I even think now that the land of the entire country was hostile to marigolds that year. This soil is bad for certain kinds of flowers. Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear, and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live. We are wrong, of course, but it doesn’t matter. It’s too late. At least on the edge of my town, among the garbage and the sunflowers of my town, it’s much, much, much too late" (Morrison 156).
List the four types of conflict.
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. Society
What is the object in the following sentence?
Can I please order the T-bone steak with the garlic asparagus?
Asparagus
Read the lines from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (1798).
"There passed a weary time. Each throat / Was parched, and glazed each eye. /A weary time! a weary time! / How glazed each weary eye, // When looking westward, I beheld / A something in the sky. [...] With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, / We could nor laugh nor wail; / Through utter drought all dumb we stood! / I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, / And cried, A sail! a sail!"
This poem focuses on details that alert the reader that the speaker is suffering from scurvy. This poem was released only a few decades after the disease's discovery and only three years after the Royal Navy was persuaded to routinely give lemon juice and citrus to its sailors to prevent scurvy.
Given the information, what lens can be used to best explore and analyze the text?
New Historicism
Read the poem "When I Heard the Learn'd Astrologer" by Walt Whitman (1867).
When I heard the learn’d astronomer, / When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, / When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, / When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, / How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, / Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself, / In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, / Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.
When Juliet first reads this poem, she is reminded of her sociology class. She does not like sitting in class and listening to lectures about the topic, but she heavily enjoys watching people interact and looking at human behavior. Because of this, she believes Walt Whitman's poem is about how some subjects need to be experienced rather than taught. What lens is Juliet using?
Reader Response
What is wrong with this section?
"The divide between Catholicism and Protestant Christianity ruptured the foundation of Europe during the Protestant Reformation. Yet, despite this major shift in beliefs and the revealing of the notable differences in doctrine of Catholics and Protestants, there were still hefty moments of overlap. Morals, virtues, and sins remained relatively unchanged, and literary works were still able to encompass similar doctrine regardless of their denomination. However, Edmund Spenser did not take the same route. Rather than adhering himself to more modern doctrine and ideals, he stepped into the past to explain the present, exploring Greco-Roman deities and their stories rather than sticking to the commonalities of Christianity. However, I believe the inclusion convolutes matters, and Spenser’s comparisons fall flat as a result."
First person was used: "However, I believe the inclusion convoluted matters, and Spenser's comparisons fall flat as a result."
What is the difference between tone and mood?
The tone is how the author feels about the subject.
The mood is what the author wants the audience to feel/how the author writes the material to encourage certain emotions.
How many prepositional phrases are in the following movie quote?
Magic Mirror: And last but not least is a fiery redhead who lives in a dragon-guarded castle surrounded by a boiling lake of lava! But don't let that cool you off. She's a loaded pistol who likes piña coladas and getting caught in the rain. Yours for the rescuing: Princess Fiona!
Five prepositional phrases
Read a section of the script from the movie Annabelle (2014).
JOHN: She also thinks this demon possessed a doll in her collection too. So of course she's thrown every doll away...
MIA: No. I didn't say that. I said it attached itself to the doll. Not possessed. You can only possess things that have souls.
Which lens would be best when considering the section?
Archetypal
Dolls/toys coming to life is a popular trope (Toy Story, Pinnochio, The Nutcracker). These toys becoming murderous is another popular concept (Chucky in Child's Play or Brahms Heelshire in The Boy).
Read the passage from Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.
“We hold another Hunger Games using Capitol children, ” says Coin.
[...]
I weigh my options carefully, think everything through. Keeping my eyes on the rose, I say, “I vote yes . . . for Prim.”
What lens would be best to examine this section, especially regarding Katniss' line?
Psychoanalytic
The audience can see that Katniss' sister, Primrose, is the main motivator for Katniss' decisions.
What is the order of the heading?
Your name, teacher's name, class, date
Provide definitions for the following terms:
-flat character
-round character
-dynamic character
-static character
A flat character is one that is not multidimensional and is often a stereotype.
A round character is one that has many sides, including distinct personality traits, flaws, strengths, desires, and motivations.
A dynamic character is one that goes through a change throughout the text.
A static character is one that does not change over the course of the text.
Label all the prepositions and their corresponding objects in the following sentence from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
“Mr. Bucket was the only person in the family with a job. He worked in a toothpaste factory, where he sat all day long at a bench and screwed the little caps onto the tops of the tubes of toothpaste after the tubes had been filled.”
“Mr. Bucket was the only person in the family with a job. He worked in a toothpaste factory, where he sat all day long at a bench and screwed the little caps onto the tops of the tubes of toothpaste after the tubes had been filled.”
If you were to look at the following text from an environmental perspective, which lens would you use?
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens (2018)
"Marsh is not swamp. Marsh is a space of light, where grass grows in water, and water flows into the sky. Slow-moving creeks wander, carrying the orb of the sun with them to the sea, and longlegged birds lift with unexpected grace—as though not built to fly— against the roar of a thousand snow geese. Then within the marsh, here and there, true swamp crawls into low-lying bogs, hidden in clammy forests. Swamp water is still and dark, having swallowed the light in its muddy throat. Even night crawlers are diurnal in this lair. There are sounds, of course, but compared to the marsh, the swamp is quiet because decomposition is cellular work. Life decays and reeks and returns to the rotted duff; a poignant wallow of death begetting life."
Ecocriticism
The archetypal and psychoanalytic lenses have another name, both of which were based on the men who came up with the theory. What are the other names for these lenses?
Archetypal: Jungian
Psychoanalytic: Freudian
What is the most recognizable (and arguably best) website to use when writing in MLA format, as it is detailed, up-to-date, and reliable?
Purdue Owl
What is the other name for the resolution of a story?
Denouement