Bellringer – 8/14/19 (A), 8/15/19 (B)

1. Bellringer – 8/14/19 (A), 8/15/19 (B) Copy the following sentence and label each word with its part of speech. Vocabulary homework may be turned in to your block’s box on the front table. The invention of the printing press in the 1450s aided in the spreading of the Renaissance beyond Italy.

2. Parts of Speech Nouns – Person, Place, Thing, Idea (If you can have it…) Pronouns – Rename Nouns (He, She, It, We, They… -self… This, That, These… Who, Which…) Adjectives – Modify/Describe Nouns and Pronouns (What kind? How many?) Verbs – Action in the sentence, State being (am, is, are, was, were… has, have, had… taste, smell) Adverbs – Modify/Describe Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs (-ly… very, not.. When/How did it happen?) Conjunctions – Join Sentence Parts (FANBOYS… because, although, since… however, therefore…) Interjections – Interrupt (Oh! Yes! No! Well,…) Prepositions – Spatial Relationship (of, from, to, for… beneath, above, beyond, between, near, around)

3. All cities have some things in common, yet most big cities have unique landmarks. • Not only is Washington, D.C. our nation’s capital, but it is also the home of many beautiful monuments. • Although the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, was originally not very popular, it has become the city’s symbol; similarly, Parisians disliked the Eiffel Tower at first. • Amazing! The wrought-iron tower was once the world’s highest structure. • San Franciscohas both the Golden Gate Bridge and cable cars. • The Statue of Liberty and the Empire State building are in New York City. • Unbelievable! It looks as though the Leaning Tower of Pisa will fall over any minute. • Neither time nor floods have diminished the beauty of St. Mark’s Square in Venice; consequently, the square attracts thousands of visitors each year. • I haven’t traveled extensively, but I can name several places I’d like to visit someday. • Provided I have the time and money, I will travel around the world.

4. Literary Lingo • I would advise you to create a page in your binder labeled Literary Terms (or “Literary Lingo”). Use this page to compile a list of all the terms we cover that you can use to analyze literature. • Juxtaposition – two or more contrasting ideas are placed side by side

5. More Literary Lingo • Rhetorical Situation (Historical Context): • Exigence – The inciting incident. What event spurred the writing? • Audience – Who is the intended recipient of the writing? • Writer – What do we know about the author (not just a name)? • Purpose – What is the intended purpose of the piece (inform, persuade, etc.)? • Context – What is happening in the culture at the time of writing? • Message – What information is being communicated?

6. Nathaniel Hawthorne • Turn to p. 271 in the literature book Hawthorne

7. Nathaniel Hawthorne • “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

8. Nathaniel Hawthorne • “The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.”

9. Nathaniel Hawthorne • “No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”