Name a work or video we discussed in class that employs satire or parody
In Depth but Shallowly, Girl Moved to Tears by Cliffs Notes Of Mice and Men, Angry Birds parody of Adele's song, satire of Toddlers & Tiaras, Onion article about a man winded by long fast food order, Shrek
100
Complete this line from a poem by William Carlos Williams:
"This is just to say I have eaten the _______"
plums
200
Why does the use of cliches suck the life out of your writing?
Cliches are overused sayings, devoid of meaning, useless filler and anti-reader engagement!
200
A few years ago, how did Levi's sell jeans using Walt Whitman?
Levi's used a supposed recording of Walt Whitman reading his poem "America" as the background for a stark and chaotic television advertisement.
200
Provide the name of a sound device and give an example to illustrate it.
Answers may vary: onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, consonance, near rhyme, perfect rhyme, parallelism, repetition, etc
200
What is one example of satire or parody from the film Shrek?
Answers may vary: "Matrix" fight scene, "Do You Know the Muffinman" conversation, Gepetto selling out Pinocchio, songs sung by Donkey, etc.
200
Describe an image from any poem we read in class...
Answers will vary...
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When writing dialogue between two characters, what must you do every time a different character speaks?
Begin a new line on the page.
300
What are some elements of a successful, well written blog?
300
According to the instructor, to whom did Shakespeare probably write his sonnet, "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"
to his young son, who died in childhood
300
What was The Onion criticizing in its article about a girl who cried at the Cliff's Notes Of Mice and Men?
Students who choose to read a long, boring, unmoving expositional piece about a class novel instead of reading the short and interesting novel itself.
300
Provide one detail or scenario from Miss Moulton's blog
Possible answers include details from my "25 Random Things" list, my thoughts on a Billy Collins event, etc
400
What was the main writing goal of your "50 Things" and "Creative Thing" assignments?
A) to use transition words
B) to include vivid imagery through every day details
C) to use perfect grammar
B) vivid imagery
400
According to the Frontline documentary "The Persuaders," how have advertisements changed from those created fifty years ago?
Advertisements used to use "er" words: whiter, brighter, stronger, better; now advertisements sell a concept, an idea, rather than laud the actual merit of a product.
400
In the dramatic monologue "My Last Duchess," how does the poet show us the speaker's true nature? (Answers may vary)
The curtain in front of the portrait, the "last" duchess comment, his jealousy over the duchess' kindness to all people and lack of appreciation for his name, his snobbery over valuable artwork, etc.
Explain one difference between the writing styles of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ernest Hemingway:
Green/Latin roots, archaic forms, understatement, parenthetical statements
vs
Sparse/journalistic description, simple words, minimal subordination, direct phrasing
500
In "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros, what specific writing tool was used to interest the reader?
A) Satire
B) Exposition
C) Conflict and contrast
D) Litotes
C) Conflict and contrast
500
Explain one legal right of student bloggers, or one thing they don't actually have the right to do under the umbrella of "free speech".
First amendment rights protect you from government censorship; on-campus speech can be censored; see www.eff.org
500
Name one of the poems we read together in class that uses poetic devices (and explain how).
Soda Crackers, Snow Day, Introduction to Poetry, Passengers, The Raven, etc.
500
What is the difference between parody and satire?
Parody is an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect; satire can include humor and parody, but seeks to comment or criticize an idea, situation, human tendency, policy, etc.
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Explain one way that Mark Twain crafted his humor...
Mark Twain was an expert noticer, including observations of every day details in his writing. He also used exaggeration, colloquialism, understatement, contrast, verbal irony...