Pre-AP English: December 2011

Monday, December 12, 2011

How Figurative Language Builds Mood/Tone/Feeling

Figurative language is a way to express what you feel in non-literal ways. Some of them might seem not so "figurative" such as repetition, alliteration and assonance because they are just how you organized letters and words in a sentence. Tone and mood are created in a piece of literature by figurative language, for example; when you use metaphors and similes you are comparing one thing to another in two different ways. The way you compare this (good or bad) sets the mood and the feeling in a story. If all the story was told in literal format nothing would have sense and it would be really boring. Figurative language (meaning = NOT LITERAL) makes the story have sense of humor in different ways and it can tell the reader what type of genre it falls into to. Just because all the figurative language stories have their own specific traits.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Poem = International Exchange Of Currency

Dollars, euros, pounds and yens,
Everybody knows these now and then,
All very easy to exchange
But to do that you have to convert,

World exchange is very important,
Changing from one currency to another,
Makes the entire world work properly,
And let everyone live happily,

There are 1000.. many currencies in the world,
Pesos, dollars, euros and yens, and more
So many your head goes wild,
Some are strong are some are weak, so weak :(

This is how you convert USD to COP,
Every USD is 1800 COP
So you just multiply by 1800
If it drops or if it rises,
Multiplication is like magic.

This is how go from USD to EURO,
Every EURO is 1.3 USD,
It's easy!
Just multiply,
Multiplication is your savior,

Dollars, euros, pounds and yens,

Everybody knows these now and then,

All very easy to exchange,

But to do that you have to convert,

This is how you go from EURO to POUND,

Every POUND is 1.5 USD,

Not rocket science,

Multiply! Multiply! Multiply!

And this is how you go from COP to POUND,

Every POUND is 3.000 pesos

Put your brain to work!

Multiply!

Now these can change in every moment,

So looks daily in the International Stocks; take a look

It may go up, it may go down,

Or it could just stay the same,

The strongest currency now is the Kuwaiti Dinar,

Kuwait is little but the economy is big,

Petroleum and oil make it live like a king,

The weakest currency in the world is the Zimbabwe Dollar,

Economy in Zimbabwe is very very weak,
Even more than you think,

Tourism is the only things that keeps them on their feet,

Dollars, euros, pounds and yens,

Everybody knows these now and then,

All very easy to exchange

But to do that you have to convert,

Word Quiz Flaschards

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Figurative Language In Poems And Songs

Onomatopoeia:

•Boom boom boom boom boom boom

-Super Bass, Nicki Minaj

Assonance:

• I wish nothing but the best for you too

-Someone Like You, Adele

Repetition:

•Bass bass bass bass bass bass bass

-Super Bass, Nicki Minaj

Rhyme:

•I said excuse me you a hell of a guy, i mean my my my my your like pelican fly

-Super Bass, Nicki Minaj

Alliteration:

•Ship ship, drip drip, lip lip

-Super Bass, Nicki Minaj

Personification:

•We just wanna make the world dance

-Price Tag, Jessie J

Metaphor:

•You are the thunder and i am the lightning

- Naturally, Selena Gomez

Simile:

• All eyes on me in the center ring just a like a circus

-Circus, Britney Spears

Imagery:

•The chilly weather into your bones, those once green leaves turn red, yellow and brown

-Fall, Natasha Niemi

Hyperbole:

•I would catch a grenade for you

-Grenade, Bruno Mars

Synecdoche:

•The world treated him badly

-Madness, John Smith

Apostrophe:

•Busy old fool, unruly sun, why dost thou thus, through windows and through certain curtains call

-The sun rising, John Donne

Irony:

•Why are the things that have no death the ones that neither sight nor breath!

-Irony, Louis Huntermeyer

Understatement:

•I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox

-This is just to say, W.C. Williams

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

10 Ideas For Song

1. World Exchange

2. Variety of currency in the world

3. From USD to COP

4. From USD to EURO

5. From EURO to POUNDS (british)

6. From POUNDS to COP

7. Rules to convert

8. International stocks

9. Strongest currency and why

10. Weakest currency and why

SONG/POEM

Someone Like You - Adele

I heard, that your settled down.
That you, found a girl and your married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
It ain't like you to hold back or hide from the lie.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited.
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,
That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best, for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah.

You'd know, how the time flies.
Only yesterday, was the time of our lives.
We were born and raised in a summery haze.
Bound by the surprise of our glory days.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,
That for me, it isn't over yet.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead", yay.

Nothing compares, no worries or cares.
Regret's and mistakes they're memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remembered you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remembered you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead