Figurative Language

Mix and Match Poetry Terms and Definitions

Figurative language - Saying one thing but meaning something else.
Literal language - Meaning exactly what you say.
Simile - Compering two unlike things using the words like or as.
Metaphor - Compering two unlike things not using the words like or as.
Personification - Giving human qualities to non-human things
Imagery - Writing with detail to arouse one or more of the five senses.
Idiom - A phrase common to people who speak the same language - saying one thing but meaning another.
Hyperbole - An exaggerating on facts.
Alliteration - Repetition of constraint sounds in a piece of writing.

Idioms

What have I learnt? I have learnt what an idiom is and a few sayings.

How does this work show my learning? 

What am I wondering? How long have idioms been around for and who wrote the first idiom.

Critical Literacy: Dawn Raid

Critical Literacy: Dawn Raid

Who would be most likely to read this text and why?

Anyone who is interested in New Zealand history and culture around this subject and time.

How are children, teenagers, young adults, and adults constructed in this text?

The adults are all written as important figures with a strong voice, the young adults (Lenny and Rawiri) are a bit reckless but they do what they do because they believe it is the right thing to do. Children Tavita, Ethan and Archie are like most little boys, they do before they think, "One Kid - one brain, two kids - half a brain, three kids - NO BRAIN AT ALL" Dawn Raid. The teenagers who are the for front are all different having characteristics. All the characters are well written with different personalities and motivations.

Is the text fair?

Yes, it tells of an important time in New Zealand's history, even the best places have their problems and we need to learn from them.

Conclusion

T=Title, 'The Merchant of Venice'
A=Author, William Shakespeare
K=Key Argument,  use words from the question, what you are arguing,
A key moment that surprised was when Shylock doesn't get his pound of flesh.
A key moment that shocked the reader was when Antonio agreed to pay a pound of his flesh to Shylock if he didn't repay his bond.
O=Outline, The three things you are going to write about, Red, White and Blue sentence.
Shylock and Antonio hate each other.
Antonio was willing to die for money to give Bassanio.
Shylock doesn't show mercy.
L=Link,
In William Shakespeare's 'A Merchant of Venice' a key moment was when Antonio agreed to a bond of a pound of flesh if he couldn't pay back Shylock. This was shocking because Antonio hated Shylock and promised to mistreat him in the future. Antonio was willing to die for Bassanio even though he begged him not to. Finally, because Shylock had never shown mercy and did not at the trial. For these reasons it is clear that this moment was shocking to the reader.

Basic Body Paragraph

P=Point. The moment when Antonio agreed to the bond was shocking because Shylock and Antonio didn't get along.
E=Evidence. Antonio was a merchant and Shylock made a living lending money with interest. While Shylock charged interest, Antonio lent money without interest and scorned Shylock for doing so. He spat at Shylock and called him "cut-throat dog".
E=Explain. Therefore, the reader is shocked to discover Antonio and Shylock can come to agreement about money lending. It is also shocking because when Shylock calls Antonio out for the way he treats him, Antonio tells Shylock that he will spit on him and call him a dog again. This treatment is not usual between people who make agreement.
L=Link. With treatment like this from Antonio towards Shylock, and a promise to be just as cruel in the future, it is shocking that they both agreed to the bond.

P= When Antonio decides to take the bond for Bassanio is shocking because he is risking his life for his friend.
E= Bassanio needs the money to visit Puel, marry Portia and pay off his deate. At the time all of Antonio's money is on his vessels. Surprisingly, Antonio stills takes the bond, whist Bassanio begs Antonio not to.
E=

Basic Introduction

Basic Introduction

QR: Quote, from the text.
Rhetorical Question, a question you don't have to answer.
T=Title, 'The Merchant of Venice'
A=Author, William Shakespeare
K=Key Argument,  use words from the question, what you are arguing,
A key moment that surprised was when Shylock doesn't get his pound of flesh.
A key moment that shocked the reader was when Antonio agreed to pay a pound of his flesh to Shylock if he didn't repay his bond.
O=Outline, The three things you are going to write about, Red, White and Blue sentence.
He was willing to die for money to give Bassanio.
Shylock and Antonio hate each other.
Shylock doesn't show mercy.

"If you wrong us, shall we not revenge" Shakespeare, have you ever felt like taking revenge? In William Shakespeare's 'A Merchant of Venice' a key moment that shocked the reader was when Antonio agreed to pay a pound of his flesh to Shylock if he didn't repay his bond. This moment was shocking, outrageous and fascinating. This moment was important to the text as a whole because Antonio and Shylock didn't like each other but still agreed on the the bond, Antonio was willing to risk his life for Bassanio, and Shylock did not show mercy in claiming his bond.

Adverbs and W-Starts

Sentences

Adverb Sentence
We use it to add interest and intrigue.
Adverb (commer) sentence
Quickly, Curiously, Importantly, Firstly, Interestingly, Often, Almost, Remarkably, Similarly, Significantly, Surprisingly, Readily, Happily, Consequently.
Sentence: Surprisingly, everyone was on time at school on time.
Curiously, the cat crept around the object.
Unsurprisingly, my cousins and I sung the songs from the musical line for line.

W-Start Sentence
We use it to sound thoughtful and knowledgeable
Who, while, whist, when, where, what, whereas.
Sentence: While the teacher was talking, Alesha was watching YouTube.
Whist we were walking to the park we sung, unsurprisingly it felt like a shorter walk than normal.
When my friend told me about what she had found over the weekend, she was bounding up and down.

Unsurprisingly, I broke, whist they teased and bullied me.
Whist I tried to talk, unsurprisingly everyone else desied to talk over me.

Finaly, once my cousins found the musical we could share our views on it.
Whist we listened to music late into the night, unsurprisingly we were tired in the morning.

Begin With a Preposition
Preposition a word that indicates location or movement
In, On, At, Between, Against, Over, Under, Before, After, Behind, Within, For, Through, Near, About
Sentence: Though out the class, the students worked on their writing.
On the first Sunday of every month, there is a market.
In the weekend, I go to the library.

Red, White and Blue Sentance
Use this when you need to give more than one idea on a topic.
Example: The idea of racism is memorable in The Merchant of Venice because of Shylock, Judaism and conflict.
The essential of ruby are kicking, passing and tacking.
Sentence: The first impression of a book is it's cover, spine and title

The End...

Act Five, Scene One

1. Why do Lorenzo and Jessica remind each of the stories of classical lovers?
2. What are Portia’s feelings as she approaches the house?
3. What is the first argument to break out?
4. How do Gratiano and Bassanio try to justify parting with the rings, are they successful?
5. Was Bassanio right to give away the ring, give reasons for your thinking.
6. What effect do these arguments have on Antonio?
7. Portia and Nerissa have the rings. What does this prove to Antonio, Gratiano and each a  Bassanio?
8. How do Antonio, Lorenzo and Jessica benefit from news that Portia brings?

1. To show that, even though their stories may have some parallels they are not like them, and that they unlike the other couples, they will have a happy ending.
2. She is happy to be home after a job well done.
3. Nerissa notices that Gratiano’s ring is no longer on his finger.
4. They say it was to repay the judge and his clerk for a job well done and for saving Antonio's life, and of course their argument doesn't work.
5. Bassanio had no right to give away the ring, he had sworn to only to take off the ring when he no longer loves Portia. It was stupid of him to do that, he shouldn’t have even considered doing that, giving the ring away to anyone under any circumstance.
6. Antonio feels terrible because he is the cause for the arguments and is willing to put his life on the line again for their happiness.
7. They prove that they were the doctor and the clerk, and in a way they prove their loyalty to their husbands, their cunningness and their intelligence.
8. Portia revealed that Antonio’s ships have not sunk and they are in port and Lorenzo and Jessica will receive all of Shylock’s money and land once he dies.