Image Moms and Students,
Homework this week (due April 4) :
1. Add at least one metaphor to your paper
2. Using the Editing Chart on Page 217 of the student workbook,
edit your essay. Bring to class on Friday at least 3 corrections you made to your paper as a result of your editing. Mark those corrections and provide me with a copy of your essay showing the corrections.
REVIEW OF FRIDAY'S CLASS:
All students read their essays during class and they were nothing short of wonderful! How much you have learned this year; I am proud of you for working hard - and thinking hard - it showed. Kudos!
NEW TOPICS COVERED:
TROPE 2 -METAPHOR A metaphor compares two different kinds of things and draws a striking implicit comparison. Unlike simile, metaphors avoid using the words "like" or "as" by directing stating that one object "is" the other kind of object. In this way, metaphors draw a direct relation between two things that are different in kind. Examples of metaphor:
1. Grandma is a couch potato.
2. He is swimming in a sea of grief. (Seas are not grief)
3. Saul was a bad apple.
4. The White Witch had an icy stare. (This metaphor modifies a noun)
NOMINALIZATION PATTERN 4:
Nominalization pattern 4 involves a series of nominalizations joined by prepositions. For example, in the following sentence,
The lawyer made an objection to the claim of the defendant,
the nominalizations are objection and claim. Notice that each of these nominalizations is followed by a preposition: "objection to" and "claim of."
We use 4 steps to repair nominalization pattern 4.
1) Identify the nominalization and turn it into a verb.
2) Make sure your sentence contains a clear subject. If it doesn't, invent one.
3) Decide if you want to change the second nominalization. If you decide to remove the second nominalization, change it to a verb preceded by "how," "why," or another appropriate adverb.
4) Re-write the sentence with the new subject and better verbs.
Your repaired sentence might look something like: The lawyer objected to the defendant's claim.
Check your essays for too many prepositional phrases in the same sentence. It makes your paper difficult to understand. Additionally, too many prepositional phrases are a trap for nominalization.
You all did a great job. (big smile)
Mrs. Jeffries