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Thursday, 29 October 2015
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Sound of Thunder Comprehension Task
1. 10 thousand plus possible government action.
2. They would want to go back to 1492 because Deutscher would have started one of the worst dictatorships in the United States.
3. To shoot it in the eyes so that it is blinded and them shoot the brains.
4. Sixty million two thousand and fifty-five years.
5. A path that hovers over the ground and they must stay on it because if even 1 blade of grass is flattened then it may change the whole future.
6. They were sterilized so not to introduce future bacteria to the past.
7. They wear oxygen helmets so they don't introduce their bacteria into an ancient atmosphere."
8. They have already died.
9. Aimed at a random animal.
10."Why, why," Eckels twitched his mouth. "It could reach up and grab the moon."
11. It has red paint on it.
12. They cut out the bullets.
13. To stick his arms up to his elbows in the T-Rexs mouth.
14. It is in a similar but still different language.
15. A dead butterfly.
Bonuses:
1. When I read the first "sound of thunder" I inferred that the dinosaur had appeared. When the story said "the thunder faded" I inferred that the dinosaur had died. Right at the end the sound of thunder infers that the guns are being shot.
1."A sound of thunder. Out of the mist, one hundred yards away, came Tyrannosaurus Rex A fount of blood spurted from its throat."
2."Somewhere inside, a sac of fluids burst. Sickening gushes drenched the hunters. They stood, red and glistening. The thunder faded."
3." He heard Travis shift his rifle, click the safety catch, and raise the weapon.
2.
1. Ostrich eggs: This uses sight imagery and shows how big the eyes are. Also it uses something big we know and using it to show the size of the T-Rexs eyes.
2. Pebbled skin: This also uses sight imagery and shows how the skin is patterned like pebbles on the beach.
3.
1.There is a bit were it foreshadows that something bad will happen and it does because Travis said that Eckels nearly killed them and that they would have to pay loads of dollars to the government.
"If you disobey instructions, there's a stiff penalty of another ten thousand dollars, plus possible government action, on your return."
Because Travis warns Eckels that if he does anything against the rules then he will pay up so obviously.
2. Another bit is were it foreshadows that at the end of the story when they get back Duetscher will have been elected and they will have done that.
"Makes you think, If the election had gone badly yesterday, and Deutscher had won, I might be here now running away from the results."
If people talk about how if Deutscher would won then people would go back in time so agian at the end they will have changed the future and Deutscher would have won.
3.At the middle the story foreshadows that Eckels will go off the Path later in the jungle.
"Stay on the Path. Don't go off it. I repeat. Don't go off."
Because Travis stresses that Eckels should stay on the Path indicates that he will later go off it.
Extra Bonus:
Simile: Use the noun simile when describing a comparison between two fundamentally different things, such as: "His voice was smooth, like butter in a warm pan."
1.Sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior. This is a simile because it says that the dinosaur skin is like the mail of a warrior.
2. Its armoured flesh glittered like a thousand green coins. This is also a simile because it uses the thing "green coins" and applies that greenness to the dinosaur skin.
Anaphora: When the same word or phrase is used at the beginning of a series of sentences, that's anaphora. Used to show emphasis in speech or writing, anaphora is a popular tool for politicians, religious leaders, lyricists, and poets.
1.The Machine slowed; its scream fell to a murmur. The Machine stopped.
Metaphors:I t came on great oiled, resilient, striding legs. It towered thirty feet above half of the trees, a great evil god, folding its delicate watchmaker's claws close to its oily reptilian chest. Each lower leg was a piston, a thousand pounds of white bone, sunk in thick ropes of muscle, sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior. Each thigh was a ton of meat, ivory, and steel mesh. And from the great breathing cage of the upper body those two delicate arms dangled out front, arms with hands which might pick up and examine men like toys, while the snake neck coiled. And the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone, lifted easily upon the sky. Its mouth gaped, exposing a fence of teeth like daggers. Its eyes rolled, ostrich eggs, empty of all expression save hunger. It closed its mouth in a death grin. It ran, its pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, its taloned feet clawing damp earth, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight.
Symbolism: When you come across objects in a painting or story that stand for a concept, the artist or author is using symbolism to convey ideas.
1. The red paint symbolizes that the dinosaur will die.
2. Deutscher symbolizes a world gone wrong.
3. The title of the story symbolizes death
4. The guns symbolize that there is going to be a killing.
2. They would want to go back to 1492 because Deutscher would have started one of the worst dictatorships in the United States.
3. To shoot it in the eyes so that it is blinded and them shoot the brains.
4. Sixty million two thousand and fifty-five years.
5. A path that hovers over the ground and they must stay on it because if even 1 blade of grass is flattened then it may change the whole future.
6. They were sterilized so not to introduce future bacteria to the past.
7. They wear oxygen helmets so they don't introduce their bacteria into an ancient atmosphere."
8. They have already died.
9. Aimed at a random animal.
10."Why, why," Eckels twitched his mouth. "It could reach up and grab the moon."
11. It has red paint on it.
12. They cut out the bullets.
13. To stick his arms up to his elbows in the T-Rexs mouth.
14. It is in a similar but still different language.
15. A dead butterfly.
Bonuses:
1. When I read the first "sound of thunder" I inferred that the dinosaur had appeared. When the story said "the thunder faded" I inferred that the dinosaur had died. Right at the end the sound of thunder infers that the guns are being shot.
1."A sound of thunder. Out of the mist, one hundred yards away, came Tyrannosaurus Rex A fount of blood spurted from its throat."
2."Somewhere inside, a sac of fluids burst. Sickening gushes drenched the hunters. They stood, red and glistening. The thunder faded."
3." He heard Travis shift his rifle, click the safety catch, and raise the weapon.
There was a sound of thunder."
In example 1 when the dinosaur came out the story said that there was a sound of thunder, thus I infer that the dinosaur is the thunder. In example 2 when they shot the dinosaur in the brain it died and the story said that the thunder faded, thus I infer that again when the dinosaur is gone so is the thunder so the dinosaur must be the thunder. In example 3 though when Travis took the safety off his gun it said there was a sound of thunder, thus I infer that he is shooting his gun but I also infer that there may be a dinosaur outside of the building.
2.
1. Ostrich eggs: This uses sight imagery and shows how big the eyes are. Also it uses something big we know and using it to show the size of the T-Rexs eyes.
2. Pebbled skin: This also uses sight imagery and shows how the skin is patterned like pebbles on the beach.
3. Sunk in thick ropes of muscle: This uses sight imagery and has a very graphic way of making you imagine the muscle intertwined on the bone. Also thick rope is strong and shows the strength of the beast.
"It came on great oiled, resilient, striding legs. It towered thirty feet above half of the trees, a great evil god, folding its delicate watchmaker's claws close to its oily reptilian chest. Each lower leg was a piston, a thousand pounds of white bone, sunk in thick ropes of muscle, sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior. Each thigh was a ton of meat, ivory, and steel mesh. And from the great breathing cage of the upper body those two delicate arms dangled out front, arms with hands which might pick up and examine men like toys, while the snake neck coiled. And the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone, lifted easily upon the sky. Its mouth gaped, exposing a fence of teeth like daggers. Its eyes rolled, ostrich eggs, empty of all expression save hunger. It closed its mouth in a death grin. It ran, its pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, its taloned feet clawing damp earth, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight."3.
1.There is a bit were it foreshadows that something bad will happen and it does because Travis said that Eckels nearly killed them and that they would have to pay loads of dollars to the government.
"If you disobey instructions, there's a stiff penalty of another ten thousand dollars, plus possible government action, on your return."
Because Travis warns Eckels that if he does anything against the rules then he will pay up so obviously.
2. Another bit is were it foreshadows that at the end of the story when they get back Duetscher will have been elected and they will have done that.
"Makes you think, If the election had gone badly yesterday, and Deutscher had won, I might be here now running away from the results."
If people talk about how if Deutscher would won then people would go back in time so agian at the end they will have changed the future and Deutscher would have won.
3.At the middle the story foreshadows that Eckels will go off the Path later in the jungle.
"Stay on the Path. Don't go off it. I repeat. Don't go off."
Because Travis stresses that Eckels should stay on the Path indicates that he will later go off it.
Extra Bonus:
Simile: Use the noun simile when describing a comparison between two fundamentally different things, such as: "His voice was smooth, like butter in a warm pan."
1.Sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior. This is a simile because it says that the dinosaur skin is like the mail of a warrior.
2. Its armoured flesh glittered like a thousand green coins. This is also a simile because it uses the thing "green coins" and applies that greenness to the dinosaur skin.
Anaphora: When the same word or phrase is used at the beginning of a series of sentences, that's anaphora. Used to show emphasis in speech or writing, anaphora is a popular tool for politicians, religious leaders, lyricists, and poets.
1.The Machine slowed; its scream fell to a murmur. The Machine stopped.
Metaphors:I t came on great oiled, resilient, striding legs. It towered thirty feet above half of the trees, a great evil god, folding its delicate watchmaker's claws close to its oily reptilian chest. Each lower leg was a piston, a thousand pounds of white bone, sunk in thick ropes of muscle, sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior. Each thigh was a ton of meat, ivory, and steel mesh. And from the great breathing cage of the upper body those two delicate arms dangled out front, arms with hands which might pick up and examine men like toys, while the snake neck coiled. And the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone, lifted easily upon the sky. Its mouth gaped, exposing a fence of teeth like daggers. Its eyes rolled, ostrich eggs, empty of all expression save hunger. It closed its mouth in a death grin. It ran, its pelvic bones crushing aside trees and bushes, its taloned feet clawing damp earth, leaving prints six inches deep wherever it settled its weight.
Symbolism: When you come across objects in a painting or story that stand for a concept, the artist or author is using symbolism to convey ideas.
1. The red paint symbolizes that the dinosaur will die.
2. Deutscher symbolizes a world gone wrong.
3. The title of the story symbolizes death
4. The guns symbolize that there is going to be a killing.
Figurative Language
Metaphor: The big kids call me Mercury because I'm the swiftest thing in the neighbourhood. This is a metaphor which is part of figurative language. Metaphor is when you transfer a quality or characteristic from one thing to another.
1.It was a slaughter.
2.England was destroyed playing against the South African rugby team.
3.The All Blacks rugby team are a brick wall.
4.Computers are complicated idiots.
5.The typical teenage boy's room is a bomb testing area.
Simile: Simile is when you make a comparison (the things that are the same) using like or as.
1. The surf boarder was as cool as a cucumber.
2. The diamond was as bright as a light bulb.
3. The film was as funny as a lame joke.
4. The job was as boring as watching paint dry.
5.The old man was as deaf as a post.
Symbols: Something that represents something else.
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Raymond's Run answers
Question 1.
First word list:
1.Signify:"“I don’t think you’re going to win this time, "says Rosie, trying to signify with her hands on her hips all salty, completely forgetting that I have whupped her behind many times for less salt than that."In the story of the Minotaur the Black sail signified that his son had died and the White sail signified he was alive and he had escaped the maze. Denote or connote. Symbol.
2.Prefer:"I'm ready to fight, cause like I said I don't feature a whole lot of chit-chat, I much prefer to just knock you down right from the jump and save everybody a lotta precious time."I prefer Black Adder to the Mighty Boos to watch as a TV show. Like better; value more highly. Like more.
3.Hustle:"And I don't have to earn my pocket money by hustling; George runs errands for the big boys and sells Christmas cards."The bodyguards of Tom Cruise had to hustle his fans away to make space for him to walk to the cafe. Move or cause to move energetically or busily. Move energetically.
4.Periscope:"He looks around the park for Gretchen like a periscope in a submarine movie."As the captain of the submarine Boby was privileged to look through the periscope. As he swivelled it around the sight that met him froze him in shock. An instrument providing a view of an obstructed field. Telescope.
5.Static:"Raymond is hollering from the swings cause he knows I'm about to do my thing cause the man on the loudspeaker has just the fifty-yard dash, although he might just as well be giving a recipe for angel food cake cause you can hardly make out what he's sayin for the static."Just as the Corporal was waiting for the final order through the walkie-talkie the words turned into static and they lost connection. As the runner was sprinting for the 100 his legs stopped moving and his actions became static. Not in physical motion. Stand still.
6.Rowdy:"The parkees unfolding chairs and chasing the rowdy kids from Lenox as if they had no right to be there."As the skateboarder whizzed past the manager walked over to the other rowdy kids to make sure they don't follow the skateboarding. Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough. Rough, bad behaviour.
9.Glockenspiel:"Most of the kids in my class are carrying bass drums and glockenspiels and flutes."One of the many instruments that I have learnt in my Primary Music class is the glockenspiels. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of metal bars. Instrument.
Second word list:
1.Prodigy:Many,many people are sure that Einstein was a prodigy. An unusually gifted or intelligent person. Eccentric.
2.Corsage:For going to a adults birthday it is kind to bring a corsage. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present. Bouquet.
3.Spiel:One of the things that salesman must have to do business is speil. Plausible glib talk. Banter.
4.Liable:The robber was held liable to the theft of 150 pounds. Subject to legal action. Responsible.
5.Ventriloquist:One of the many entertainments for the evening show was the world famous ventriloquist. A performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy. Voice thrower.
6.Jam-packed:The number 9 bus is usually jam-packed in the evening. Filled to capacity. Crowded.
7.Squint:Just as the astronaut was orbiting the Earth the sun came around the corner and its sudden light forced the astronaut to squint. Partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light. Askance.
8.Chit-chat:"A test is not a place to chit-chat" is one of the many rules at test taking. Light informal conversation for social occasions. Idle talk.
9.Quicksilver:I have seen somebody break a thermometer and I saw the quicksilver inside spill onto the floor. Heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element. Mercury.
Question 2.
Inference 1:"I don’t have much work to do around the house like some girls." From this I infer that this story was set in the 1950s to 1960s because at these points in time only girls worked at home and boys didn't so that's why it says "like some girls" not some children.
Inference 2:"When Squeaky said she would win the race she made that inference because she always wins.
Question 3.
Imagery 1:"A squeaky voice." This imagery uses sound imagery because it tells you how she sounds when she speaks.
Imagery 2:"Little girl with skinny arms" This imagery uses sight imagery because it tells you how she looks like.
Imagery 3:"As fat as I am skinny and has a big mouth" This imagery uses sight and sound imagery because it tells you how she looks and how big a mouth she has when talking.
Imagery is when you describe something using the five senses.
Question 4.
Example 1:"And he plays like he’s driving a stage coach"
Example 2:"Starts thinking he’s a circus performer and that the curb is a tightrope strung high in the air."
These examples show that Raymond is mentally unwell because he has these made up realities(fits of fantasy).
First word list:
1.Signify:"“I don’t think you’re going to win this time, "says Rosie, trying to signify with her hands on her hips all salty, completely forgetting that I have whupped her behind many times for less salt than that."In the story of the Minotaur the Black sail signified that his son had died and the White sail signified he was alive and he had escaped the maze. Denote or connote. Symbol.
2.Prefer:"I'm ready to fight, cause like I said I don't feature a whole lot of chit-chat, I much prefer to just knock you down right from the jump and save everybody a lotta precious time."I prefer Black Adder to the Mighty Boos to watch as a TV show. Like better; value more highly. Like more.
3.Hustle:"And I don't have to earn my pocket money by hustling; George runs errands for the big boys and sells Christmas cards."The bodyguards of Tom Cruise had to hustle his fans away to make space for him to walk to the cafe. Move or cause to move energetically or busily. Move energetically.
4.Periscope:"He looks around the park for Gretchen like a periscope in a submarine movie."As the captain of the submarine Boby was privileged to look through the periscope. As he swivelled it around the sight that met him froze him in shock. An instrument providing a view of an obstructed field. Telescope.
5.Static:"Raymond is hollering from the swings cause he knows I'm about to do my thing cause the man on the loudspeaker has just the fifty-yard dash, although he might just as well be giving a recipe for angel food cake cause you can hardly make out what he's sayin for the static."Just as the Corporal was waiting for the final order through the walkie-talkie the words turned into static and they lost connection. As the runner was sprinting for the 100 his legs stopped moving and his actions became static. Not in physical motion. Stand still.
6.Rowdy:"The parkees unfolding chairs and chasing the rowdy kids from Lenox as if they had no right to be there."As the skateboarder whizzed past the manager walked over to the other rowdy kids to make sure they don't follow the skateboarding. Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough. Rough, bad behaviour.
7.Slosh:"And sometimes after a rain he likes to step down off his tightrope right into the gutter and slosh around getting his shoes and cuffs wet."As James walked down the street with his can of Coke it sloshed down his trousers and ruined them for the day. Spill or splash copiously or clumsily. Move irregularly with a sloshing sound.
8.Uptight:"I'll high-prance down 34th Street like a rodeo pony to keep my knees strong even if it does get my mother uptight so that she walks ahead like she's not with me, don't know me, is a all by hershelf on a shopping trio, and I am somebody else's crazy child."In my book the bodygaurd must be uptight all the time to maintain his job. Being in a tense state. Tense.9.Glockenspiel:"Most of the kids in my class are carrying bass drums and glockenspiels and flutes."One of the many instruments that I have learnt in my Primary Music class is the glockenspiels. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of metal bars. Instrument.
Second word list:
1.Prodigy:Many,many people are sure that Einstein was a prodigy. An unusually gifted or intelligent person. Eccentric.
2.Corsage:For going to a adults birthday it is kind to bring a corsage. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present. Bouquet.
3.Spiel:One of the things that salesman must have to do business is speil. Plausible glib talk. Banter.
4.Liable:The robber was held liable to the theft of 150 pounds. Subject to legal action. Responsible.
5.Ventriloquist:One of the many entertainments for the evening show was the world famous ventriloquist. A performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy. Voice thrower.
6.Jam-packed:The number 9 bus is usually jam-packed in the evening. Filled to capacity. Crowded.
7.Squint:Just as the astronaut was orbiting the Earth the sun came around the corner and its sudden light forced the astronaut to squint. Partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light. Askance.
8.Chit-chat:"A test is not a place to chit-chat" is one of the many rules at test taking. Light informal conversation for social occasions. Idle talk.
9.Quicksilver:I have seen somebody break a thermometer and I saw the quicksilver inside spill onto the floor. Heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element. Mercury.
Question 2.
Inference 1:"I don’t have much work to do around the house like some girls." From this I infer that this story was set in the 1950s to 1960s because at these points in time only girls worked at home and boys didn't so that's why it says "like some girls" not some children.
Inference 2:"When Squeaky said she would win the race she made that inference because she always wins.
Question 3.
Imagery 1:"A squeaky voice." This imagery uses sound imagery because it tells you how she sounds when she speaks.
Imagery 2:"Little girl with skinny arms" This imagery uses sight imagery because it tells you how she looks like.
Imagery 3:"As fat as I am skinny and has a big mouth" This imagery uses sight and sound imagery because it tells you how she looks and how big a mouth she has when talking.
Imagery is when you describe something using the five senses.
Question 4.
Example 1:"And he plays like he’s driving a stage coach"
Example 2:"Starts thinking he’s a circus performer and that the curb is a tightrope strung high in the air."
These examples show that Raymond is mentally unwell because he has these made up realities(fits of fantasy).
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