English Reviewer 3rd Quarter.docx

ENGLISH REVIEWER 3RD QUARTER  Elements of Drama  Representation of human life  1st DRAMA, made by Pagans , in Ancient Greece, Dionysus bacchus was honored in the drama, God of wine and merrymaking  They held it in Amphitheaters  Largest crowd is 14000 people in 6th century  Maenads  First actors of the Ancient Greek Drama  Thespis  Represented Dionysus, a solo actor  Types of Drama  Tragedy – Melpomene, Sad  Comedy – Thalia, Humerous  PLAY vs. DRAMA  Play = we watch on stage  Drama = we read it  Elements 1. Action – Gestures, Movement, Postures 2. Characters – principal material of drama 3. Thought – Soul of drama, Theme 4. Language – Dialogue and Monologue (Long Speech) 5. Music 6. Spectacle  Rip Van Winkle (1819)  By Washington Irving  Father of American Literature  First American Writer, success in England  He lived in Hudson River, Sunnyside  Other books 1. The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow 2. The Devil and Tom Walker  Setting is in town of NY, Catskill Mountains  Plot  He is a hemtec husband AKA under/sunod-sunoran, he was scared of his wife  A strange man gave him something that made him slept  Theme  Change happened in the history of America  They made a saying, Rip Van Wrinkle = a person who sleeps for a long time  Before he slept – There were English Men in the town  After he slept – They were gone  Conflict

 Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, Man vs Society  Symbols: 1. Rip Van Wrinkle = A new born America 2. Daughter of Rip = The New World 3. Wolf = Rebel of tyranny of Colonizers  Arranging Words in Cline  Greek Word “clino” = “to slope”  To intense words or meaning  Achieve dramatic effect in public speaking  Enhance vocabulary  Ascending  hot > burning > scorching  Descending  gruesome > hideous > ugly  Modals (Compound Modals)  Auxiliary Verb + Modal  Ex.  Will + walk  Can + talk  Types  Possibility/Ability – May/Might/Could + Have + Past Participle  Certainty – Must + Have + Past Participle  Regret/Advice – Should + Have + Past Participle  Willingness – Would + Have + Past Participle  Context Clues  The info inside the context  Types  Direct Definition  Ex. His emaciation, that is, his skeleton-like appearance, was frightening to see  Synonym  The mountain pass was a tortuous road, winding and twisting like a snake around the trees of the mountainside. “Tortuous” means “winding and twisting.”  Antonym  When the light brightens, the pupils of the eyes contract; however, when it grows darker, they dilate. “Dilate” means the opposite of “contract.”  Example  Celestial bodies, including the sun, moon, and stars, have fascinated man through the centuries.

 Capitalization  Use of capital letter in head of the word

 Punctuation  Came from the Latin word “punctus” that means point  Standardized mark or sign to show meaning and separate structural units 1. Period – to end a statement 2. Comma – separate items

3. Question Mark – ask question 4. Quotation Mark – verbating, direct message 5. Apostrophe – in contraction and indicate possession 6. Colon – list 7. Semi Colon – join two independent clause 8. Hyphen – join words and serves as a single adjective 9. Endash – connects things that relate, Ex. May-June 10. Emdash – added info 11. Ellipsis Mark – separate items in a series (…) 12. Slash – to indicate or fraction 13. Parenthesis – () 14. Bracket – [] 15. Curly Braces – {}