You will be able to
Understand the definition of analogy
Clarify the difference between an analogy and a metaphor
Demonstrate the use of an extended analogy in a short poem
Demonstrate the use of an extended analogy to describe a reflection in your life at narbonne.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
The extended analogy
"Analogies prove nothing, that is true" wrote Sigmund Freud, "but they can make one feel more at home." In this article, we examine the characteristics of effective analogies and consider the value of using analogies in our writing.
As defined in our glossary, an analogy is "reasoning or explaining from parallel cases." Put another way, an analogy is a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity. As Freud suggested, an analogy won't settle an argument, but a good one may help to clarify the issues.
Some basic facts about memory are clear. Your short-term memory is like the RAM on a computer: it records the information in front of you right now. Some of what you experience seems to evaporate--like words that go missing when you turn off your computer without hitting SAVE. But other short-term memories go through a molecular process called consolidation: they're downloaded onto the hard drive. These long-term memories, filled with past loves and losses and fears, stay dormant until you call them up.
Does this mean that human memory functions exactly like a computer in all ways? Certainly not. By its nature, an analogy offers a simplified view of an idea or process--an illustration rather than a detailed examination.
Analogy and Metaphor
Despite certain similarities, an analogy is not the same as a metaphor. As Bradford Stull observes in The Elements of Figurative Language (Longman, 2002), the analogy "is a figure of language that expresses a set of like relationships among two sets of terms. In essence, the analogy does not claim total identification, which is the property of the metaphor. It claims a similarity of relationships."
As defined in our glossary, an analogy is "reasoning or explaining from parallel cases." Put another way, an analogy is a comparison between two different things in order to highlight some point of similarity. As Freud suggested, an analogy won't settle an argument, but a good one may help to clarify the issues.
Some basic facts about memory are clear. Your short-term memory is like the RAM on a computer: it records the information in front of you right now. Some of what you experience seems to evaporate--like words that go missing when you turn off your computer without hitting SAVE. But other short-term memories go through a molecular process called consolidation: they're downloaded onto the hard drive. These long-term memories, filled with past loves and losses and fears, stay dormant until you call them up.
Does this mean that human memory functions exactly like a computer in all ways? Certainly not. By its nature, an analogy offers a simplified view of an idea or process--an illustration rather than a detailed examination.
Analogy and Metaphor
Despite certain similarities, an analogy is not the same as a metaphor. As Bradford Stull observes in The Elements of Figurative Language (Longman, 2002), the analogy "is a figure of language that expresses a set of like relationships among two sets of terms. In essence, the analogy does not claim total identification, which is the property of the metaphor. It claims a similarity of relationships."
Friday, May 25, 2012
RESUME -Experience
You will be able to:
- clarify resume format concerning Experience
- follow exact directions on Format
- produce your own sample work Experience
Work in Progress Resume Sample
1545 W.206 St. Torrance, California 90501 (424)
200-7262
Objective: To seek and entry
level position as a Medical assistant to enhance my working experience in the Health
Care field.
Education
Dates
of Attendance School Name CITY,STATE
Degree
Obtained
·
Completed Majors, and/or GPA
Course
Work:
Academic/
Awards and Achievments
Education
2008-2012 Narbonne
High School Harbor
City, CA
High School Diploma obtained June 2012
·
GPA 3.5, SAT II
1980
Course Work:
·
Statistics
·
Honors World Literature
Awards:
·
Debate Team State
Champions 2012
Experience
04/11/09- present LA
Times Newspaper Harbor City, CA
Wrapper
·
Trained to
operate with heavy machinery
·
Heavy lifting of
over 100 pounds
·
Provided job
training and managed new employees
DATE EMPLOYER CITY, STATE
JOB TITLE
·
Use active form
verbs to describe what you did
·
Describe another
thing
·
Point out your
SKILLS
04/11/09- present LA
Times Newspaper, Wrapper Harbor
City, CA
228 st Frampton Avenue, CA 90501
(310) 612-4142
Trained
to operate with heavy machinery
Heavy
lifting of over 100 pounds
Provided job training and managed new
employees
Certification/ Credit
Economics – analyzed Domestic and Global Market Economies
World Literature – discussed rhetorical functions in
Writing
Teacher assistant – assisted operational duties for Choir
Awards
CASHEE
Certified
SLC wrote letters to current senators of CA and
representatives of Torrance, CA
Personal Skills
Natural
leadership
Hard working
Perseverant
Carol Levin
________________________ E. Baltazar
_________________________
Choir English
Management skills | Communication skills | Clerical or detailed skills |
administered
analyzed assigned attained chaired contracted consolidated coordinated delegated developed directed evaluated executed improved increased organized oversaw planned prioritized produced recommended reviewed scheduled strengthened supervised |
addressed
arbitrated arranged authored corresponded developed directed drafted edited enlisted formulated influenced interpreted lectured mediated moderated motivated negotiated persuaded promoted publicized reconciled recruited spoke translated wrote |
approved
arranged catalogued classified collected compiled dispatched executed generated implemented inspected monitored operated organized prepared organized prepared processed purchased recorded retrieved screened specified systematized tabulated validated |
Research skills | Technical skills | Teaching skills |
clarified
collected critiqued diagnosed evaluated examined extracted identified inspected interpreted interviewed investigated organized reviewed summarized surveyed systematized |
assembled
built calculated computed designed devised engineered fabricated maintained operated overhauled programmed remodeled repair solved trained upgraded |
adapted
advised clarified coached communicated coordinated developed enabled encouraged evaluated explained facilitated guided informed initiated instructed persuaded set goals stimulated |
Financial skills | Creative skills | Helping skills |
administered
allocated analyzed appraised audited balanced budgeted calculated computed developed forecasted managed marketed planned projected researched |
acted
conceptualized created designed developed directed established fashioned founded illustrated instituted integrated introduced invented originated performed planned revitalized shaped |
assessed
assisted clarified coached counseled demonstrated diagnosed educated expedited facilitated familiarized guided referred rehabilitated represented |
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Comparative Literature: 1984 1000 point Essay
Comparative Literature: 1984 1000 point Essay Assigned: May 21, 2011
Due: June 5, 2011
Using 1984, Brave New World, and other media sources like “V”,
“In Time”, and “Kimijongolia” compare 1984 with real world observations of your
choice as you answer the following literary analysis questions below. You must cite formally all sources you use.
You must use at least three formal citations.
You have the choice of writing three independent literary response
essays of 350 to 500 words or one essay combining all three literary responses
into one organized essay of 1000-1500 words.
·
1984 is a presentation of Orwell's definition of
dystopia and was meant as a warning to those of the modern era. What
specifically is Orwell warning us against, and how does he achieve this?
·
Analyze the Party's level of power over its
citizens, specifically through the lens of psychological manipulation. Name the
tools the Party uses to maintain this control and discuss their effectiveness.
·
Discuss the three party slogans and what each
statement implies about this society. What does the public’s easy acceptance of
these mottos suggest about the populace.
·
REMEMBER! Each of your responses MUST be
connected to 1984 and an another source for comparative analysis.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Introducing Essay 1984
You will be able to:
- discuss and clarify the goal of the essay prompt.
- find connections from the movie "V" in regards to "conciousness" and examples of control.
The 1984 ESSAY(s)
Comparative Literature:
Using 1984, Brave New World, and any media like “V”, compare 1984 with real
world observations of your choice. You must cite formally a source per essay
question or combine all three into one coherent essay.
·
1984 is a presentation of Orwell's definition of
dystopia and was meant as a warning to those of the modern era. What
specifically is Orwell warning us against, and how does he achieve this?
·
Analyze the Party's level of power over its
citizens, specifically through the lens of psychological manipulation. Name the
tools the Party uses to maintain this control and discuss their effectiveness.
·
Discuss the three party slogans and what each
statement implies about this society. What does the public’s easy acceptance of
these mottos suggest about the populace at this stage of the story.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
V, 1984, Brave New World and religion
You will be able to critically analyze how religious philosophies affect mood and tone.
Why would people who desire power use religion as control?
What about the power of religion that makes it so dangerous?
Why do you think Aldous Huxley andGeorge Orwell's World have only "one" religion?
Why would people who desire power use religion as control?
What about the power of religion that makes it so dangerous?
Why do you think Aldous Huxley andGeorge Orwell's World have only "one" religion?
V
You will be able
to Clarify meaning in discourse.
to Identify words in V's speech to the public which need clarification.
Identify allusion presented in the story.
to Clarify meaning in discourse.
to Identify words in V's speech to the public which need clarification.
Identify allusion presented in the story.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Would you sacrifice people in order for the majority of society to be safe?
Did you like that? USA... Ulcered Sphincter of Arse-erica, I mean what else can you say? Here was a country that had everything, absolutely everything. And now, 20 years later, is what? The world's biggest leper colony. Why? Godlessness. Let me say that again... Godlessness. It wasn't the war they started. It wasn't the plague they created. It was Judgement. No one escapes their past. No one escapes Judgement. You think he's not up there? You think he's not watching over this country? How else can you explain it? He tested us, but we came through. We did what we had to do. Islington. Enfield. I was there, I saw it all. Immigrants, Muslims, homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go. Strength through unity. Unity through faith. I'm a God-fearing Englishman and I'm goddamn proud of it!
Men can be killed Ideas can never be killed
Take away ideas and words like NEWSPEAK in 1984, then you take away the power of the people. For words and Ideas are power.
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot... But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them... but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it... ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love... And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man... A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget.
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot... But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them... but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it... ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love... And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man... A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget.
V - the reason to REBEL
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot.
Alliteration Usage - Same consonant sound used ina astring of words.
V uses aliiteration. Notice its creative usage.
V: [Evey pulls out her mace] I can assure you I mean you no harm.
Evey Hammond: Who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey Hammond: Well I can see that.
V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Evey Hammond: Oh. Right.
V: But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace sobriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona.
V: Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
[carves "V" into poster on wall]
V: The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
V: [giggles]
V: Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Evey Hammond: Are you, like, a crazy person?
V: I am quite sure they will say so. But to whom, might I ask, am I speaking with?
Evey Hammond: I'm Evey.
V: Evey? E-V. Of course you are.
Evey Hammond: What does that mean?
V: It means that I, like God, do not play with dice and do not believe in coincidence. Are you hurt?
V: [Evey pulls out her mace] I can assure you I mean you no harm.
Evey Hammond: Who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.
Evey Hammond: Well I can see that.
V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.
Evey Hammond: Oh. Right.
V: But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace sobriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona.
V: Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
[carves "V" into poster on wall]
V: The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
V: [giggles]
V: Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Evey Hammond: Are you, like, a crazy person?
V: I am quite sure they will say so. But to whom, might I ask, am I speaking with?
Evey Hammond: I'm Evey.
V: Evey? E-V. Of course you are.
Evey Hammond: What does that mean?
V: It means that I, like God, do not play with dice and do not believe in coincidence. Are you hurt?
Vendetta
Warm up -
What's does Vendetta mean?
You will be able to:
identify connections from a media source that is related to concepts in 1984 for use ans an example of supporting evidence
Activities:
Make a graphic organizer on Similarties and Connections with categories of CONTROL , Slogans, Characters, Society, and "Consciousness through Rebellion."
V for Vendetta trailer
What's does Vendetta mean?
You will be able to:
identify connections from a media source that is related to concepts in 1984 for use ans an example of supporting evidence
Activities:
Make a graphic organizer on Similarties and Connections with categories of CONTROL , Slogans, Characters, Society, and "Consciousness through Rebellion."
V for Vendetta trailer
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
1984 Test - Allusion
You will be able to:
complete the study guide test for 1984
connect Allusion to a song
explain the allusion you identified in your song
complete the study guide test for 1984
connect Allusion to a song
explain the allusion you identified in your song
Monday, May 7, 2012
Allusion
You will be able to
clarify the meaning of the literary device: Allusion.
analyze its uses in literature
Activities:
Warmup: Please write down 5 songs that you know the lyrics too
Copy the definition of Allusion
Identify the Allusion in the Poem: El Salvador by Marjorie Agosin
Identify allusions in selected song lyrics
Identify allusions in your 5 selected songs
clarify the meaning of the literary device: Allusion.
analyze its uses in literature
Activities:
Warmup: Please write down 5 songs that you know the lyrics too
Copy the definition of Allusion
Identify the Allusion in the Poem: El Salvador by Marjorie Agosin
Identify allusions in selected song lyrics
Identify allusions in your 5 selected songs
Friday, May 4, 2012
LockUp - Control
You will be able to
Use media from different sources to support ideas and arguments with precise examples
Take notes using strategic Cornell techniques.
1984
Understanding Orwell quotation explication
Graphic organizer: Forms of control
Dangers of Totalitarianism
Psychological manipulation
Physical control
control of information
technology uses
"double think"
urban decay
Big Brother
Use media from different sources to support ideas and arguments with precise examples
Take notes using strategic Cornell techniques.
1984
Understanding Orwell quotation explication
Graphic organizer: Forms of control
Dangers of Totalitarianism
Psychological manipulation
Physical control
control of information
technology uses
"double think"
urban decay
Big Brother
Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Spy - A play
You will be able to:
Why do you think the playwright Brecht was forced into exile by Germany in the 1930's?
Do you think exile turned out to be a harsh punishment?
Activities:
- read the play "The Spy" as a group pg. 380
- identify parts of the play that show paranoia and fear as forms of Totalitarian control
- write a response to the play
- a group or actors that present the play in front of class will get extra credit.
Why do you think the playwright Brecht was forced into exile by Germany in the 1930's?
Do you think exile turned out to be a harsh punishment?
Activities:
- group: Read the play together.
- group: identify examples paranoia and fear
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