Clauses Adjective: Adverb Noun Works as a noun Can be o Subject: Introduction without comma o Predicate Nominative: After a linking

a linking verb o Direct Object: After action verb o Indirect Object: After action verb o Object of preposition: after to Commas Series Appositive: Martin, the president, was old. Direct address: Talking to a person Parenthetical expression: however, for example, of course, in fact, as a result, moreover, currently, naturally, etc. Date Address Nonessential clause: Has a who, when, etc. Compound sentence Introductory clause: Subject + verb Introductory phrase: Verb Modifies a verb, adjective or adverb Answers: how, when, where, why, etc. Introduce a sentence and have a coma Common conjunctions: after, as, if, because, where, since, etc. Is introduced by: that, which, who, whom, whose. Answers what kind or which one? Are essential or nonessential Are after a noun or pronoun

Literary terms Issue: 1 or 2 word summary of any reading Mood: Feeling created through the setting or description Symbol: Something concrete representing something abstract. Sign: Something concrete representing something concrete. Setting: Time and place of the story Theme: Universal lesson Rhyme: Repetition of sounds Dramatic irony

Examples: Foreshadowing: Herbert sees a simian face in the fire at night. Climax: The third wish is the most suspenseful event in the text

The Road not Taken There is a traveler in a forest that needs to decide which of the roads to take. The fork in the road is a crossroads Setting: Forest with two roads in the morning Consequences make it impossible to return, people change. The speaker would like to take both roads People before making decisions: Anxious, nervous and fatigued. Internal conflict -> crossroads -> climax + action -> theme and conclusion

Summary of this poem: There is a traveler in a forest (morning) and needs to decide between two roads. At the end, he takes one and is happy with his decision

The monkeys paw Has suspense The monkeys paw could give 3 wishes Herbert does not believe in magic A machine killed Herbert Mr. White second whish was to have his son back again

Summary: Mr. White receives a monkeys paw which could give 3 wishes. He wish to receive money. He receives money when his son dies (the industry paid). His second wish is to revive his

son, who was skeptical. There are knocking in the door, and Mr. and Mrs. White get scared and Mr. White wishes something that stops the knocking in the door.

Contents of the Dead Mans Pocket Tom needed to finish this work. Tom is a workaholic Clare understands Tom Learning: Try to be happy with what you have Tom rearranges his priorities after his dead experience.

Summary: Tom is a workaholic. He has a yellow paper with all his work. He needs to finish the work that weekend. Because of this, he is not going to watch a movie with Clare. The yellow paper flies out of the window, and he goes out of his building. He has a dead experience.

A good deed Coup detat: People overthrows and take a government. Senior citizens need to have objectives in life. Arranged marriages have a good and a bad side.

Resumen: Llega la abuela desde China y tiene un choque cultural. La abuela consigue un objetivo (lograr que una joven de descendencia china se casara). The Greek theater The Chorus divided the scenes. Athenians honored the gods (Dionysos) singing a paean. No violence nor irreverence Polyneices rebelled against Thebes Functions of Chorus: Character, entertainment, informant, conscience, and curtain.

Fortuneteller: Tells the future Exodus: Final scene Oedipus: Antigones father. Creon: Iocastes brother Incest: Having sexual relationship Sophocles: Author of this myth

Myth: Fiction story which explains the creation of something Tragedy: Type of drama in which one character suffers a downfall because of a flaw in his personality

Antigone Antigone is: Fearless, brave and loyal Haimon will do everything for his loved ones. Antigone is really religious Teiresias (fortuneteller) was frightened that the Gods could punish everyone in Thebes. Antigone hanged herself. Sentry: Guard Anarchy: Lawlessness Culprit: The guilty one Epitome: The top Haimon: Prince Creon: King Vocabulary bimester 1 Mortgage: Payments made to clear a loan on a house or property Foreclosure: The bank repossesses a house for lack of payment Fakir: Holy man in India Skeptical: Herberts attitude towards the monkeys paw Statistics: Contents of the yellow paper Old maid: A woman who has never married Engagement ring Forgery: Criminal act of counterfeiting a signature Ruthless: Cruel Assessment: Opinion Culture: Acquired knowledge

Julius Caesar and his times Brutus family heads a coup detat against Tarquinius Superbus because he was ruthless. Plebeian: Part of low-class and commoner Patrician: High-class and aristocratic Senate: Legislators in Rome Monarchy, republic, and dictatorship are three types of government.

Julius Caesar Act 1 Fickle: Change his loyalty easy. Triumvirate: another form of government Conspiracy: A plot against a person. The tribunes dislike Caesar. Caesar has epilepsy and is depth in one ear. Caesar is overconfident and foolish (he ignores the soothsayer warning) Cassius wants to overthrow Caesar and tries to convince Brutus. Omen: Bad sign Sterile: Cant have children

Summary of Act: Flavius is mad because people are not working in a laboring day. People is rejoicing in Caesars triumph. Cassius plans to overthrow Caesar. Julius Caesar Act 2,3, 4, 5 Harlet: Whore Slogan: Phrase with a rhythm The conspirators kill Caesar Caesar gave the plebeians his money and his royal guardians. Brutus talking technique: Parallelism and fallacies Second triumvirate: Antony, Octavius and Lepidus. Brutus accepted bribes Portia committed suicide because she thought Brutus died. Summary: Brutus thinks Caesar is a good leader, but he prefers to do the things for the public welfare. He receives letters from the Senate which are really written by Cassius. The letters encourage him to overthrow Caesar. Cassius wants to kill Anthony. Calpurnia

has a dream which is considered a vision. Caesar is afraid because of the dream, but he continues being arrogant so he will go to the Senate to be crowned. Caesar is killed, and, then, Antony and Brutus give their speeches. The Bridegroom First Stanza -> mood Natasha disappeared for 3 days, and now she came back. Distraught: extreme situation. Her parents interrogate her, but she does not answer.

Second stanza She is not answering Foreboding: Foreshadowing that something happened.

3, 4, 5, and 6th stanza Gaze: look She is terrified of the man in the troika. Setting: Soviet Russia. They treat women like objects

8 and 9th stanzas She is going to marry a rich, arrogant, and overconfident man. She is terrified of him. Sobbing: Crying

Tenth stanza She will do what her parents want. Then, she decided to bring policemen to the weeding.

My left foot Symptom Mentally challenged IQ of 0-25 are mentally challenged

Lamb to the slaughter Setting: the 60s She is submissive (also, she is pregnant) He is curt (cortante). She kills him and then she established an alibi.

Masque of the Red Dead Symptom: Hemorrhage of 30 mins August: Great Eccentric, bizarre and irresponsible are characteristics of the prince (?) No one can go out or in of the castle. Arthur becomes king of Britain God -> King lords, vassals, barons -> knights -> serfs They follow a code of chivalry (loyalty, honor, helping, truth, virtue, bravery, etc) To become a knight: page -> squire -> knight King Pellinor is a minor king.

Vocabulary list (list of all the words that we learnt through the year) Coup detat Workaholic Fortuneteller Exodus Chorus Incest Tragedy Sentry Anarchy Culprit Epitome Statistics Skeptical Ruthless Plebeian Patrician Tribune