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Re-Write each sentence correctly 9/11/12

Re-Write each sentence correctly 9/11/12. 1. watching the movie trailer made miles really want see the hobbit 2. my greatest dream are playing in the nfl someday. Answers. 1. Watching the movie trailer made Miles really want to see The Hobbit.

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Re-Write each sentence correctly 9/11/12

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  1. Re-Write each sentence correctly9/11/12 1. watching the movie trailer made miles really want see the hobbit 2. my greatest dream are playing in the nfl someday

  2. Answers 1. Watching the movie trailer made Miles really want to see The Hobbit. 2. My greatest dream is to play in the N.F.L. someday.

  3. Infinitives • Infinitive = "to" + verb • This is the base form of every verb. • It has no tense and does not show action (just the idea of an action.) • Functions as a noun.

  4. Infinitives Watching the movie trailer made Miles really want to see The Hobbit. • "to see" is an infinitive. It LOOKS like a verb, but it is the THING Miles really wants to do. • Note, he is not seeing the movie in this sentence, it is just an IDEA! (Remember the definition of a noun?)

  5. Infinitives • My greatest dream is to play in the N.F.L. someday. • "to play" is an infinitive. It LOOKS like a verb, but it is functioning as a noun in this case. • Nobody in this sentence actually plays in the NFL, it is just a dream, an IDEA! Ideas are nouns.

  6. Directions Step 1: Highlight all terms and definitions as we cover them. Step 2: You may complete all exercises on the tone analysis packet or on a separate sheet of paper.

  7. Mood • the atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work. In other words, mood is the emotional response of the reader to the text. Exercise 1: Thinking back to a time when you felt a premonition or a feeling of dread, fill in the rest of the lines with other words that might contribute to a sense of foreboding.

  8. Exercises 2 and 3 Exercise 2: Write a paragraph that describes a time when you felt a sense of foreboding. Try to recreate that same feeling. Do not use the word “foreboding” in your paragraph. Exercise 3: Carefully read the passage from “By the Waters of Babylon.” Fill in the chart with words and images that create a sense of foreboding for the reader. DictionImagery “afraid, afraid” “Place of the Gods” “evil” “evil spirits”

  9. Tone • the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject, character, or audience. It is conveyed primarily through the author’s choice of diction, imagery, details, figures of speech, and syntax. ***See the back board for tone word examples***

  10. Exercise 4 and 5 Exercise 4: Link as many of the words from the spiral graphic to the words and images in the chart that seem to express that feeling. Study the example and then finish filling in the chart below. (create new chart) Exercise 5:Now fill in the blanks below to explain how some of the words and images help to illustrate the speaker’s tone. The first one is done for you.

  11. Exercise 6 Exercise 6: Reread the paragraph you wrote recounting a time when you felt a sense of foreboding. As the author, you selected, consciously or unconsciously, words and images to try to recreate your tone or feeling of foreboding. Fill in the chart below with words and images from your paragraph that helped to create this feeling.

  12. Figurative Language • Metaphor: a direct comparison not using like or as. • Personification: giving human characteristics to a non-human object. • Simile: a comparison using the terms ‘like’ or ‘as’.

  13. Exercise 8-11 First, identify the figurative language in the lines below. Then fill in the blanks to identify the comparisons and discuss the effect of the use of the device. Do not use the word “foreboding.” You may use words from the first graphic or synonyms where appropriate.

  14. Language Complete the language section for homework.

  15. Sentence Structure

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