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Language

A
Applicant- A person who makes a formal application for something, typically a job.
Antecedent- Preceding in time or order; previous or preexisting; A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.
Assonance- Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
Absolute Phrase- A group of words that modifies an independent clause as a whole
Alternative-Available as another possibility;One of two or more available possibilities.

B
Bracket- Your own words in a quote.


C
Chronological Order- Chronological order presents ideas according to the time in which they occurred. This type of organization is especially effective if you are describing a process, relaying a series of actions, or telling a story. For instance, to convey the plot of a novel or the procedures of an experiment, you would tell readers what happened first, second, etc.


D
Dependant Clause- A group of words that has both a subject and a verb but (unlike an independent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence. Also known as a subordinate clause.

E
Expository Text- An expository text sets out to describe objects, events or processes in an objective manner, present or convey an argument, to state the solution to a problem or to explain a situation.
Exposition- A comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

Reading

A
Anthropology- The study of humankind, in particular.
Assonance- In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

B
Bias- Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Bibliography- A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, usually printed as an appendix.

C
Connotation-  the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes.
Characterization- the method used by a writer to develop a character.

D
Diction- style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words.

E
Ellegy- mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
Exposition- background information on the characters and setting.

F
Foreshadowing- a literary device in which an author suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story.

SE Hinton Questions

1. Why was The Outsiders banned from public schools after it was published?  
One of the biggest reasons for banning the book, The Outsiders, was because of profanity and teenage violence. Parents were worrying that children were being taught things that they were not prepared for yet. Parents insisted that the schools pull it out of their school system.Published in 1967, The Outsiders was ranked 43rd amongst the top 100 banned books by the American Library Association.The book featured virtual characters of messed up families and it talked about drug, alcohol, and cigarette abuse. This book was looked at as a horrible book for children and Christians. (wiki.answers.com)

2. Why did SE Hinton write The Outsiders?
    SE Hinton began writing her first novel, The Outsiders, in 1965. The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school at the time. She wanted to show sympathy toward the Greasers. The Socs were a very bad and mean gang that she did not like. She also wanted to show the realities of her school and being a teenager and that everything wasn’t just school, boys, and girls. Later, her book was published by the Viking Press, by the time she was 17. She had still had these feelings to write about and she had made many corrections to her book over time. (www.yahoo.com/answers)



3. SE Hinton has written many books.  How does she go about writing them?  Explain her style.
    Hinton goes about writing her books by what she sees in her life. She writes about what it is like to be behind all of this while it is going on. Her style is to not just show what everyone assumes is happening, but to show the good parts about the bad people she writes about. This kind of writing is very unique considering the fact that a lot of people want to read what they assume due to self gratification. This writing style stands out and Hinton knows that. She writes with this kind of style, also, because whenever she was growing, she ran out of good things to read about. She started writing with this style to be new and she stuck with it. (www.notablebiographies.com)



4. Who is SE Hinton anyways?  Tell about her life.
    SE Hinton is an author who was born in Oklahoma in 1950. She has written many novels and is very intense with them. She is married and has one son. She attended the University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma. At an early age, she began to become very bored with the types of books that were out. So, Hinton started writing her own stories, about things in her everyday life. Other than writing, Hinton is kept very busy by her son and other things of everyday-life. SE Hinton is a very important writer of our generation. (enotes.com/outsiders)

Blog9- Page 35

If you could create a symbol for the main character in your IRB, what would it be and why?  Be sure to include specific examples from your book to support your choice. (Make the statement, proper nouns or numbers, and conclusion a different color.)
                             There is a symbol in the book I am reading called To Kill A Mocking Bird. The symbol that I would use to describe my main character is a mother bear. My main quaracter stands up for other people when they are being picked on. She has at least four times already. She stood up for a student in class that was very shy. She usually has common sense and protects people that don't have as much common sense. This is the symbol I would use to describe my main character, Scout.

Blog 11- Page 73;Chapter 8

Describe a subplot and explain how it related to the bigger plot in the story.  Remember to highlight your statement, proper nouns or numbers, and conclusion.

                                    There is a subplot in the book I am reading called To Kill A Mocking Bird. The subplot is that there is snow in Maycomb County. There hasn't been snow there since 1885. Since there hadn't been snow there in so long, the school had been called off. Scout and Jem decided that they would try to build a snow man out of the small amount of snow they had gotten. This is a subplot in the book I am reading.

Blog 10: How To Kill a Mockingbird

Do you relate to the main character in your book?  How is he or she like or not like you?  Compare and contrast the main character's life with yours.

                                                    I think I do relate to my character in my book, How To Kill a Mockingbird. My characer's name is Scout. She is sneaky and stands up for people. Scout is about seven or eight. She is scared sometimes, but still speaks up when she needs to. She has a protective older brother, but she annoys him sometimes just like I annoy my brother. My brother, Nick, is also very protective of me, but gets mad at me a lot. I think my life can relate to my main character, Scout.

Blog 8 To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

Describe the effect the literature has on its audience.  Make sure to use specific examples to support your answer.  Note:  highlight your statement, proper nouns or numbers, and conclusion.
                                    My book, To Kill a Mocking Bird, has effected me. I have found myself discussing the book and the main character, also the narrator, Scout, with my sister. I am enjoying this book, although i am only on page 27. The ways she describes things are in different ways that I have never seen before. I enjoy this type of writing. This type of writing has affected me on the way I view different books writing now. I have been affected by the book, To Kill a Mocking Bird.

Blog 7, 102

                                  Identify a theme in your IRB.  Describe events in your book that support this theme.  (Highlight statement, proper nouns or numbers, and conclusion.) 6  lines
                               I sense a theme in my book the "Shawshank Redemption." The theme is desperation. Andy Dufresne is desperate to get out of prison so bad that he is willing to dig a hole threw the wall and crawl threw dirty pipes. The pipes were about 6 inches wide and 6 inches tall so he had to crawl. I would have to say thats being very despaerate.