Come In Mary

NAVOTAS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 2nd Quarter S.Y. 08-09 Worksheet in English III NAME: _________________________________ Year & Sec: _____________ Date: ______________ "COME IN, MARY" Pearl S. Buck

1. Mary was eight years old when I first heard of her through a letter. It told of a child whom everyone had forgotten. She was in a home where children were kept for a time when parents could not care for them. Children came and went, but Mary stayed. No one was sure who she was, but she looked partly Oriental. She never talked, so she must be mentally retarded. Could Welcome House take her? the letter asked. Welcome House is an adoption agency I had helped to found a few years before. It was not equipped to do anything for Mary. I tried to forget the little girl whom everyone else had forgotten. 2. Sometime in the night I awoke to a question: How did I know Mary was mentally retarded? I had not seen her. The people in the institution were good people, but busy. Perhaps no one had taken the time to find out exactly what Mary was. I must find' out. I rose and wrote a letter. Would they send Mary to me for a few months? 3. A few days later, at my open door stood a kindly middle-aged woman. With her was a small, delicate girl, in her hand a little red handbag, cheap but new. 4. “Come in," I said. "Come in. Mary." 5. Mary did not look up. She stood waiting, clutching the red bag until the woman pushed her gently into a chair. 6. "That's the way she is.", the woman said. "Never moves, never talks."

finding herself. She has to find herself first before anyone else can find her." 14. Still later, we gave her up for adoption; we were too old to be her parents. 15. "You must have a young mother and father," I told her. "We will be your grandparents." 16. She accepted this, after getting to know the younger couple and their two children who wanted her. Though a few tears hung on her dark lashes that morning, I pretended not to see them. 17. Her parents came over for consultation now and then, and she ran to the barn to look for new kittens. It was not all easy, her parents said. She was normal, but she would have to work hard. College? Well, maybe. 18. Meanwhile, she was growing pretty. Her dark hair curled about her face, and her eyes, once so dull and unseeing, grew bright and sparkling. Sometime in her high-school life, Jonathan began to notice her. He was a tall, brilliant boy, interested in science and mathematics. We trembled, her parents and I.

7. “What else can you tell me about her?" 8. "Nothing," the woman said. "She's just like this - never does anything until someone makes her." 9. Mary did nothing now.- She sat very still, not looking up or seeming to notice where she was. 10. In the weeks that followed, we talked to Mary as if she could talk. Luckily, there was a litter of new kittens in the barn, and she began to laugh as she played with them. I let her come and go as she learned to swing under the big tree in the backyard. , 11. Wherever she went, she carried her red bag. Then one day, at last she left it upstairs. Other good days followed. She ran over the meadows; she stopped being afraid of the cows; she no longer hid when a visitor came, for she knew that it did not mean she was going to be taken away. 12. It was a month before she began to talk. She began then because there were things she wanted - an orange, a doll, a pretty dress. In two months, she was chattering, and we decided to send her to school. We found a sympathetic teacher who agreed not to insist on her learning to read immediately. Mary watched the other children. She learned to play games before she learned to read. In six months, there was no doubt about her. I look her to a psychologist for thorough tests. 13. "She's all right," he said, "quite normal, but she has been emotionally shocked - lost, if you like. Now she's

19. "Don't let her settle her heart on him," I -begged. "She's too young and so is he. I don't want her hurt. Besides, will his family accept her? We can't tell them who she is – except what she is now." 20. The parents were wise. They saw to it that the boy did not see Mary too often. Mary herself was very busy. She was learning to sew and to cook. She saw other boys. She finished high school and went away to college. 21. Our fears were groundless after all. The two came back to each other after every separation. One evening, they came to see me. 22. "Mary and I are going to be married," Jonathan announced. 23. They were married one June afternoon in the little church where Mary was baptized. The best man was Mary's adopted brother; the maid of honor, her adopted sister. 24. Mary came down the aisle, hand on her father's arm, face radiant with Joy and beauty. The tears came to my eyes - not sentimental tears, but tears of joy and fulfillment. I remembered the child's face, the hopeless child so many years ago, the lost child. 25. After the ceremony, Jonathan's mother took my hand. "I want you to know," she said, "that we consider it an honor to have Mary in our family. We love her." 26. Mary knew at last who she was. So did we.

LEARNING THE MEANING OF WORDS A word may have more than one meaning, as shown by the sentences given below. Decide on the meaning of each italicized word according to the way it is used in the sentence. Choose your answer from the meanings given for each set of sentences. I. 1. There was a litter of new kittens in the barn. 2. The rescuers put the wounded men on a litter. 3. Please do something about the litter in your room. 4. All of us should take care that there is no litter in our streets. a. a condition of disorder or untidiness b. a number of young brought forth at one birth c. a kind of stretcher d. scattered rubbish II. 1. "Don't let her settle her heart on him," I begged. 2. Our neighbors have left for Mindoro to settle there. 3. This water will become clear when the sand particles settle. 4. I settle my accounts at the end of the month. a. take up residence; live b. pay c. decide on definitely d. sink to the bottom III. 1. With her was a small delicate girl. 2. I bought a dress in a delicate shade of pink. 3. Such delicate lace surely costs a lot. 4. The world faces a very delicate situation in the Middle East. a. soft or faint in color; not bright b. requiring great care or caution c. fine in texture or quality d. weak or frail; in poor health IV. 1. Mary's face was radiant with joy and beauty. 2. The sun is a radiant star. 3. We learned about radiant energy last week. a. bright with happiness b. carried or transmitted in wave motion c. sending forth rays of light POST READING SEQUENCING EVENTS Arrange the following events as they appeared in the story. Write 1 for the first, 2 for the second, 3 for the third etc. ______ a. In high school, a tall, brilliant boy, Jonathan, began to notice her. ______ b. Later she was given up for adoption to a young couple with two children who wanted her. ______ c. The wedding took place in June, in the church where Mary was baptized. ______ d. Mary was eight years old when she came into the life of the author______ e. After Jonathan's post graduate studies, the two decided lo get married. ______ f. Marry grew up to be a pretty and charming girl with a graceful figure. ______ g. Mary was believed to be mentally retarded for she doesn't talk and never moves unless someone makes her. ______ h. After high school each went his own way but always came back to each other after every separation. ______ i. After the wedding, Jonathan's mother told the author that they consider having Mary in their family an honor. ______ j. After two months with the author. Mary was chattering and was going to school.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is a language used for descriptive effect in order to convey ideas or emotions which are not literally true but express some truth beyond the literal level. Figures of speech are expressions that show comparison or association to give more color, flavor or concreteness to one's written or oral speech. There are many kinds of figures of speech, but here, only twelve kinds will be considered: a. Simile. This is the figure of speech that shows comparison between two objects or subjects of different nature but with the use of "as" or "like," they just turn up with a very interesting relationship with the use of "as" or "like" the comparison is indirect. Ex: Her heart for him has hardened like a stone. Your smile is as sweet as honey. b. Metaphor. Like the simile, this figure of speech also establishes comparison between two objects of different nature but said comparison does not use "as" or "like", thus, considered a direct comparison. Examples: • Professor Hudson is a walking encyclopedia. • Variety is a spice of life. c. Personification. This is a figure of speech that makes non-living things, living; or non-human creatures, human by making them act or do something living things or human creatures are capable of doing. Examples: • I see the moon wink at you. • When I entered my room last night, a tribe of mosquitoes were rehearsing their war song. d. Onomatopoeia. This figure of speech lies in the expressions or words whose sounds echo or suggest the meaning. Examples: The thunder roared. The lightning flashed. e. Hyperbole. This is the figure of speech that makes a deliberate exaggeration usually to give a special effect to one's feeling or thought. Examples: • I have been to all places looking for you. • Believe me, I will move heaven and earth to get for you your most cherished diamond ring. f. Litotes. This expresses an understatement by meaning something positive but stating it in the negative. Examples: Terry Bon is a no mean pilot. Getting married is no joke. g. Irony. This figure of speech expresses something in words that mean their opposite. It usually carries a sarcastic tone. Examples: It was kind of you to scold me again. What a great way to lost! h. Oxymoron. This figure of speech expresses a feeling or thought in terms contrary to each other.

Examples: • I hate love for all the pains it caused me. • It seems that his pleasure is my agony. i. Synecdoche. This figure of speech makes use of a word name of a part for a whole or of a word name of a whole for a part. Examples: • We live in one roof. • His father gave him a brand new wheels. j. Metonymy. This is a figure of speech that names one thing with another term logically related to it. Examples: • The senator takes the floor for his privilege speech. • There is no bad bread between Cely and me. k. Allusion. This figure of speech refers to important names and events in literature, mythology, history, Bible or contemporary times. Examples: • Beware of a Judas Iscariot in your group. • My uncle is a Silas Mariner. l. Apostrophe. This is the figure of speech that addresses the dead or inanimate objects as though they can hear or the absent as though they are present. Examples: • Rain, rain go away Come again another day. • O, sweet woods, the delight of solitariness! O, how much I do like your solitariness! ("Solitariness" by Sir Philip Sidney)

A. Write on the blank before each number the figure of speech given by each of the following sentences: _________ 1. Her young heart melts for him like ice-cream under the sun. _________ 2. His face beams like the full moon. _________ 3. Nilo is a termite in our relationship. _________ 4. The youth are the hope of their fatherland. _________ 5. The sun bursts forth its golden fingers once again. _________ 6. Love fills with happiness the vacuum in his heart. _________ 7. The fleeting bee is whispering something to you. _________ 8. The six puppies yelp for milk. _________ 9. The bell tinkles every hour. _________ 10. Sandra cried a bucketful of tears. _________ 11. My hair grew white waiting for you. _________ 12. Taking a bar is no joke. _________ 13. The Marasigans are only banana magnates. _________ 14. Thank you for all your insults. _________ 15. I can't tell you how happy I am in this stuffy office. _________ 16. Misery is our only luxury in life. _________ 17. The sound of silence woke me up.

_________ 18. Did you see the face that launched a thousand ships? _________ 19. The crime was seen by a dozen eyes. _________ 20. Two heads are better than one. _________ 21. Do you play Beethoven? _________ 22. Teddy Bear apologized to the bench for his deliberate foul on Greg Mate. _________ 23. O world, I cannot hold you close enough! _________ 24. Wake up our Rip Van Winkle in the room before his time for office ticks against him. _________ 25. O, Justice, be not elusive to me! Forming Figurative Language B. On the blank before each number, write the letter of the phrase in Column B that best complete the comparison in Column A. A ______ 1. The branches of the tree stretched upward like ______ 2. His weekly allowance was stretched like ______ 3. He kept yawning and stretching like ______ 4. Books are like ______ 5. When she is angry, her words are like ______ 6. The books are arranged in a neat row like ______ 7. He felt his heart pounding, like ______ 8. The road looked like ______ 9. She stopped short in the middle of a sentence as though ______ 10. Far down below us, the cars looked like B a. her speech had been cut by a knife. b. a twisting ribbon in the moonlight. c. soldiers on parade. d. a man's arms extended in prayer. e. ants crawling along the pavement. f. a cat just getting up from a nap. g. a rubber band about to break. h. ships that take you to strange lands i. a hammer on an iron bar. j. icicles freezing in the air.

Pre-Reading I. Write A for antonym if the pair of words have opposite meanings and S for synonym, if they have similar meanings.

________ 1. courage – timidity ________ 2. unfailing - lasting ________ 3. enthusiasm – passion ________ 4. supple - agile ________ 5. worry – fear ________ 6. temperament - emotion ________ 7. power – vigor ________ 8. cynicism - pessimism ________ 9. old – young ________10. optimism – pessimism III. React to the quotation below lifted from your reading text.

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.

IV. Read the essay silently. YOUTH

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees: it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions. It is the freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm, wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite, so are you as young.

EXAMPLE: Swimming during the summer, skiing during the winter, and running daily keep me fit. Swimming during the summer, skiing during the winter, and running daily (phrases) 1. In our garden, we planted tomatoes, squash, and lettuce. 2. My evenings are spent doing homework, watching television, or crocheting an afghan. 3. The rain fell steadily; the wind howled mournfully. 4. All of the puppies gleefully hopped, jumped, and cavorted. 5. We looked at slides that showed us opening presents, blowing out candles, and eating ice cream and cake. 6. The road was deserted, rain was falling, and we were lost. 7. He ran out the door, down the steps, and across the street. 8. On vacation I wore sweaters, jeans, and sneakers every day. 9. Success is what I hope for, what I work hard for, and what I deserve. 10. Walking the dog and cleaning my room are two of my chores. EXERCISE B: Correcting Faulty Parallelism: Write the sentences, putting each in proper parallel form. EXAMPLE: She left me angry, frustrated, and wearing a frown. She left me angry, frustrated and frowning. 1. We have things to do, people to see, and places that should be visited. 2. I enjoy my job because of the opportunities it offers, the fringe benefits I receive, and I earn a good salary. 3. We should invite people with whom you work and your friends from the swim club. 4. I have poor handwriting more because I am careless than that I have never been taught.

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and of ice of pessimism, then you are grown old even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80.

5. If I have the money and time becomes available, I will go.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

7. The comedian was clever, original, and kept us laughing.

What are the qualities of youth that are mentioned in the selection? 2. Do you agree to the writer when he stated that youth is not a time of life but a state of mind? Why? 3. What does the writer mean when he said that “to give up enthusiasm, wrinkles the soul”? 4. What is the purpose of the author in writing the selection? 5. What does the last paragraph imply? How can you apply the insight given to your daily life as a student?

6. The couple did not like the house since it had poor plumbing, and they would need to landscape the yard.

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EXERCISE A: Recognizing Parallel Structures. Write the parallel structures in each sentence. Then identify what each is composed of: words, phrases, or clauses.

8. I had steak, Tanya ate flounder, but a hamburger is all that Steve ordered. 9. I voted for the sale of state bonds, for more state parks, and to have the state cut property taxes. 10. My father both prepared the main course and the dessert. [email protected]