Satire: The Importance of Being Earnest

 
Homework Assignments: Week 33
AP English Language

Terms to know for the Final:

  1. allusion
  2. allegory
  3. alliteration
  4. ambiguity
  5. analogy
  6. apostrophe
  7. atmosphere
  8. classical romance (arete, hubris, sophrosune)
  9. colloquial
  10. connotation & denotation
  11. diction
  12. ethos
  13. euphemism
  14. foil
  15. metaphor (regular, implied, extended)
  16. figurative language
  17. genre
  18. hero's journey
  19. homily
  20. hyperbole
  21. imagery
  22. irony (general, verbal, dramatic, situational)
  23. logos
  24. loose sentence
  25. mood
  26. onomatopoeia
  27. oxymoron
  28. paradox
  29. parallelism
  30. parody
  31. pathos
  32. periodic sentence
  33. personification
  34. point of view/narrative perspective (First person, Third person limited, third person omniscient)
  35. prose/verse
  36. pun
  37. reduction to the absurd
  38. repetition
  39. rhetoric
  40. sarcasm
  41. satire
  42. simile
  43. telegraphic sentence
  44. theme
  45. tone
  46. understatement
  47. wit

 

 
Old Assignments: Week 29 - 31

 

Week 32

Monday
5/10            Complete book notes for Fahrenheit 451 and All the Pretty Horses. See the link for directions.

Tuesday
5/11            Finish studying literary terms and reading through the timed writing practice packets. Get a good nights sleep so you can do your best on the AP exam tomorrow.

Wednesday
5/12            No homework! Congratulations on completing the exam!!

Thursday
5/13            Read in your IR book or work on your parody or your ePortfolio. ePortfolios will be due during interim.

Friday
5/14            Read in your new IR book.

 

Week 31

Monday
5/3            Study literary terms for the AP English Language (May 12) exam and the final exam.

Tuesday
5/4            Finish the second half of the practice multiple choice exam (1996).

Wednesday
5/5            Choose two quotations from The Importance of Being Ernest and reflect on one of them in detail (more than a page) or write a fair amount on both.

Thursday
5/6            Complete the first half of the practice multiple choice exam (2001).

Friday
5/7            Read in your new IR book. Finish watching The Importance of Being Ernest up to the point that we’ve read and take notes on the adaptation (effective scenes, changes, casting choices, setting, etc).

 

Week 30

Monday
4/26            Complete the assignment on “A Modest Proposal” and complete the intro to The Importance of Being Earnest.

Tuesday
4/27            Choose two quotations from The Importance of Being Earnest and reflect on one of them in detail (more than a page) or write a fair amount on both.

Wednesday
4/28            Complete questions #1 -27 on the practice mulitple choice exam.

Thursday
4/29            Read to page ______ in The Importance of Being Earnest. Read carefully so that you’re prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion.

Friday
4/30            Read in your new IR book and finish reading The Importance of Being Earnest. Finish watching the movie as well.

 

Week 29

Monday
4/12            Read “The Kitchen Floor Conflict” and reflect on how the author uses humor to make a point about society. What is funny about it? What devices are used? Who is being mocked and what is the point of the article?

Tuesday
4/13            Look through the Onion web page and look for satires that you think are particularly effective. Print one out and reflect on it. Please use maturity in making your selection as some of the articles at the website will not be appropriate for school.

Wednesday
4/14            Analyze the “Freedom from Want” parody.

Thursday
4/15            Reflect on the sports editorial cartoons. Analyze the images and how the artist uses satire to get his point across. Be sure to address specific details. Look at the link for specific questions to answer in your reflection.

Friday
4/16            Read in your new IR book.

 

In-class Assignments

"Freedom From Want" vs. "Thanksgiving"
Editorial Cartoons
Sports Ilustrated "The Indian Wars"
"What's in a Name?" Burbank Indians
"What's in a Name?"

Reflection on "A Modest Proposal"
Introduction to The Importance of Being Earnest

AP English Language Exam: Wednesday May 12

AP English Literature Exam: Thursday May 6 (Austin & Sharrilynn)

Writing Portfolios due: Friday May 21
ePortfolios due: Tuesday June 8 (end of day)
Independent Reading due: Tuesday June 8 for Juniors, Monday June 7 for Seniors