The Sonnets You can buy the Arden text of these sonnets from the Amazon.com online bookstore: Shakespeare's Sonnets (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) I. FROM fairest creatures we desire increase,II. When forty winters shall beseige thy brow,III. Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewestIV. Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spendV. The Nardvark: IB English If you get the joyous privilege of studying a poem with rhythm and metre, you need to understand what rhythm and metre mean. No matter how many times Nardvark’s teacher explains it, no matter how many diagrams and Powerpoints she uses and how many times she claps her hands, Nardvark just doesn’t get it. And that’s NOT because he is sitting in the back of the classroom reading his friends’ tweets from math class, honest! Rhythm: George and Ira Gershwin had rhythm. Eg: Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. In the well-known nursery rhyme, the syllables that your voice stresses when you say them are bold. Eg: I've got the moves like Jagger. In the well-known song lyric above, every second syllable is stressed. OH! So where does the “Pentameter” part come in? Ok, we’re getting to that. There are other rhythms besides iambic. Meters with two-syllable feet are: IAMBIC (da-DUM, or x /) eg: I've got the moves like Jagger. Meters with three-syllable feet are One foot = monometer
Shakespeare's Sonnets Open Source Shakespeare: search Shakespeare's works, read the texts World Lit Assignments: Advice « IB English A1 by Mr. MacKnight (80) on January 24th, 2008 As an assistant examiner for the IB, I mark World Lit essays every year. Here is an excerpted version of the examiner’s report that I submitted last year after finishing my marking. It highlights some of the common problems so that you can avoid them! 1. Not surprisingly under such circumstances, most students simply retail ideas that their teachers or other sources have fed them. The assignment(s) I am submitting is (are) my own work. Failing to acknowledge use of their teachers’ ideas with a simple ‘as discussed in class’ casts suspicion on the provenance of every other observation they make. Literature as ‘The Search for Hidden Meanings’ and students’ retailing of potted interpretations go together, of course. 3. Other miscellaneous comments: Assignment 2: be sure to label 2a, 2b, or 2c, depending on your choice. Label essays ‘Assignment 1′ and ‘Assignment 2′. Page citations should be unobtrusive. 36 people like this post.
The Handmaid's Tale (wiki) The Handmaid's Tale won the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987; it was also nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, the 1986 Booker Prize, and the 1987 Prometheus Award. It has been adapted for the cinema, radio, opera, and stage. Plot summary[edit] The Handmaid's Tale is set in the near future in the Republic of Gilead, a theocratic military dictatorship formed within the borders of what was formerly the United States of America. Beginning with a staged terrorist attack (blamed on Islamic extremist terrorists) that kills the President and most of Congress, a movement calling itself the "Sons of Jacob" launches a revolution and suspends the United States Constitution under the pretext of restoring order. The story is presented from the point of view of a woman called Offred (literally Of-Fred). The Commander is a high-ranking official in Gilead. After Offred's initial meeting with Nick, they begin to rendezvous more frequently. Characters[edit]
Words Shakespeare Invented Words Shakespeare Invented The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare. He invented over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original. Below is a list of a few of the words Shakespeare coined or adapted, hyperlinked to the play and scene from which it comes. ** Please note that the table below gives both a sample of words Shakespeare coined and words he adapted. For more words that Shakespeare coined please see the Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Dr. How to cite this article: Mabillard, Amanda. More Resources Shakespeare's Reputation in Elizabethan England Quotations About William Shakespeare Portraits of Shakespeare Shakespeare's Sexuality Shakespeare's Boss: The Master of Revels Hamlet Essays and Study Guide Macbeth Essays and Study Guide Othello Essays and Study Guide Top 10 Shakespeare Plays
List of Useful English Words Last updated: 2008-10-07 If you find these words useful, you can download a Word file that contains all of the same words here. Sections: To indicate more information To indicate an example To indicate a cause or reason To indicate a result or an effect To conclude To express an opinion To describe or make To prove To compare or contrast To indicate time To indicate certainty To indicate doubt To summarize To provide a condition To express positive words To show intelligence To intensify Said Noted (said) Precisely Numerous Praise Call Forth To indicate more information Besides - Making an additional point; anyway Furthermore In addition Moreover Likewise Indeed – In truth In fact Also As well Foremost - Ranking above all others; Preceding all others in spatial position First, Second, Third, Finally Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly To indicate an example For example For instance In particular Particularly - Specifically or especially distinguished from others Specifically To illustrate To demonstrate To conclude To prove