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Monday, November 28, 2011
Thanksgiving break story
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Thanksgiving day the family came over. Since everyone was older than 23 everyone brought alcohol. After a while everyone wanted to make drinks so i volunteered to make them for everyone. After a while the first round of drinks were done so people wanted seconds. After the third set of drinks everyone got slightly obnoxious and the loud laughter started and at about 10 'oclock the took the drinks and put them in the fridge. As i was walking upstairs my step sister spilled her wine all over the white carpet. after cleaning it up they all sat on the couch watching music videos. My dad kept asking me what the bands were. He asked me what my chemical romance was 4 times. then he'd ask me what mgmt was and coldplay and linkin park.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
fairy tale examples
The stopped time during the fight is exaggeration
The accordion player is en example of Incongruity
The reversal is the princess saving the hero and fighting for herself
The parody is the robin hood character and how he is portrayed as a semi villainous character
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Visit With A Veteran
Monday, November 7, 2011
"I want a wife..." Questions
The thesis is about how the author believes that men want the perfect wife and want no responsibility to go with it. a wife that takes care of everything for him and takes all responsibility for the husbands needs and her own.
2. Throughout the essay, Brady repeats the words “I want a wife.” What is the effect of this repetition?
3. Brady never uses the personal pronouns he or she to refer to the wife she defines. Why not?
4. Do you think Brady really wants the kind of wife she describes—does this ideal spouse actually exist? Explain why you think Brady wrote this essay.
5. How does Brady define what it means to be a “wife”? How does she organize the many services a wife provides her husband and family? What do you think of Brady’s characterization of a wife and her responsibilities? How do you think she wants her readers to respond to this characterization? Why?
6. Write a letter to Brady responding to “I Want a Wife.” Let her know what you admire or don’t admire about the essay and the extent to which you consider it effective and/or persuasive.
Dear Judy Brady (Syfers),
7. Write your own piece entitled “I Want a/an X.” You can use Brady’s essay as a model, and in the process, imitate some of her stylistic techniques. Or, alternatively, write an essay about the role of a “wife” in the early twenty-first century, explaining how a wife’s responsibilities complement and are complemented by those of a spouse.
I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am A Wife. (brady)
Not too long ago a female friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce. (brady) The kids were with her, of course, but while we were talking over coffee, we started to dream up the perfect husband.
I want a husband that drinks beer all day. I want a husband that comes home late smelling like beer after a hard days work. I want a husband that works so hard every day he comes home and falls immediately to sleep. I want a husband that sleeps all day during the weekends. I want a husband that will spend every weekend night at a friends house to play poker all night. I want a husband that thinks about other women, and constantly flirts with other women around him. I want a husband that dreams of encounters with other women. I want a husband that will spend free time in the garage building projects to improve the home for. I want a husband that mows the lawn every week. I want a husband that will collect every power tool from home improvement stores. I want a husband that will pile clothing on the floor until the floor isn't visible. I want a husband that will spend all day on Sunday's watching football and screaming at the television. I want a husband that forgets anniversaries, birthdays, and plans. I want a husband that will teach future generations of husbands to act like a husband should act.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Halloween story :)
"Hey elise, is that guy with you?"
"oh you mean the guy against the tree? no he was here visiting a grave or something."
"Then why's he staring at us?"
"Well you did just scream louder than humanly possible."
"yeah well what ever lets just get out of here, he's really creepy."
As frankie and elise walked away they heard the footsteps of heavy metal boots dragging behind them.
" okay elise thats enough you got me pretty good last time."
Elise turned to frankie, "thats not me.."
Frankie and elise turned around the gloomy figure loomed behind them. A glint of blinding silver in the moonlight flashed before their eyes. Before elise could blink the mysterious figure lunged foward and plunged the silver dagger into frankie's chest. Completely horrified elise stood frozen infront of the dark figure. As she stood frozen in fear trying to comprehend what just happened she slowly starting recognizing the features of the mad man that had just killed her boyfriend. it looked alot like frankie's best friend paul. before she knew what was happening she felt arm's around her shoulders, and a small whisper echoed through the dead air.
"gotcha."
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Letter from a birmingham jail [King, jr.]
1. He says: He's in Birmingham because injustice is there.
2. They say: his demonstrations are deplorable
2. He says: "...racial injustice engulfs this community."
3. They say: numerical or power majority forces minority groups to obey
3. He says:sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application
4. They say: his actions, though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence.
4. He says: federal courts have consistently affirmed it is wrong for an individual to cease his efforts for constitutional rights because it may precipitate violence.
5. They say: his actions were extreme
5. He says: oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
"They say; I say" exercises 1, and 2
2. In the introduction to "They say/ I say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, provide templates to designed to make academic writing argument easier to accomplish easier to understand. Specifically, graff and birkenstein argue that the types of writing templates they offer