Decleration of Indepdence answers

List of complaints begins with "He..."
1. Why do they repeat it? Becuase they want to make it personal and by saying he, The D.I is reffering to the people and they know that He means them.
2. Why do they make it personal? Because if someone breaks the law they can tell who did it because the law is clearly stated He.. so that the government can go strait to the D.I and see weather or not you broke the law.


3. How does the D.I. anticipate its audiences resistance to change? They are directing the king so that he may change the laws because of all the injustice that he has caused.

4. How does the D.I. use parallelism? How does it impact the effectiveness of the piece? It packs more than one thing in a sentence to get the point across and to show examples of what they were trying to explain. Its effective because the readers see what is the problem and they see multiple ways of how to fix it.

parallelism: when a writer uses similar grammatical forms or sentence patterns to express ideas of equal importance.


5.What to you is the most convincing example stated in the D.I.? We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Why? This was made when slavery was still big in the US and the DI helped get rid of slavery.

Decleration of Indepdence defintions

The Declaration of Independence has four main parts:
* a preamble, or foreword, that announces the reason for the document
* a declaration of people's natural rights and relationship to government
* a long list of complaints against George III, the British king
* a conclusion that formally states America's independence


Helpful definitions:
unalienable: that may not be taken away

despotism: absolute power or control; tyranny

transient: passing away with time

usurpations: acts of wrongfully taking over a right or power that belongs to someone else

conjured: appealed to

consanguinity: blood relationship

acquiesce in the necessity which denounces: recognize that we must demand

parallelism: the use of similar grammatical forms to express ideas of equal importance

insurrections: an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government

The Devil and Tom Walker

Tom Walker lived near Boston, Massachusetts. He was in a bad marriage. He and his wife didn't like to spend time with each other. The wife had a fierce temper and was loud. There is a story about Kidd the pirate who buried treasure under a big tree in the swamps. Tom decided he would go look for it and when he did He found a skull and a tamohawk a little under the ground. Tom picked it up and a large black man sitting on a tree stump told him to put it down. The black man offered the treasure to Tom, but he decided not to take it and went home. He told his wife about the man and the treasure. She gathered some stuff and went into the forest. She came back after a while and gathered more things and went back. She never returned and after a few days, Tom went to look for her. He saw her apron in a tree. Inside the apron were her heart and liver. The black man offered the treasure to Tom again as a deal with the devil, but Tom had to do something in return for the treasure. He must become a usherer in the town and charge high interest. There were 3 knocks on his door at work and it was the black man. He grabbed him from his horse and they rode off to the swamps..

The Masque of Red Death

The prince was trying to avoid the plaque. They were at the ballroom having a good time and than the prince realized a strange Dark character. He had one of his men go over and ask the man with the weird appearance to take a hike.Well that was the wrong thing to do In the story a man with a Mask kills everyone and the clocks of Abbey stop clicking.

Danse macabre

The big bug behind the door. In this book it really focuses on the suspense and when it leads up to the suspense wheather your ready or not it will scare you. Allegory is a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy.
Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.

The Raven

The Raven is a poem by Edgar Allen Poe that tells a story about a man that is grieving over his lost love. A raven appears and sits in his room, speaking only "nevermore." The Raven also makes Lenore very said because she realizes she will be alone forever...

The fall of the house of usher

The narrator goes to the house of Usher to visit an old friend. It is a big house and only the friend and his sister live there. They are the last of the Ushers and are both quite sick. The house seems to be dying with the family. Roderick gets nervous about everything and his senses are all extreme. He can't listen to anything but string interments, or eat anything but bland foods. His sister has spells where she looks like she is dead. She will go into a coma like stage and nobody really knows if she is alive or dead. While the friend is visiting Roderick buries his sister alive on purpose. He wants the family to be gone and everything to be destroyed.

Mark twain

Marks real name-Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Clemens. Mark twain is also a phenomenal author his 2 best books were Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain's books are very controversial because it deals with his life and other people have different have views and don't see eye to eye with him.


Interesting facts- He has a lot of fondness for cats. As I said before his real name isn't Mark Twain it is Samuel Clemens. He also worked as a printer when he was in his teenage years. Also when Mark was young he served in the American Civil War. At one time, he worked as a steam boat pilot. He also worked as a gold checking person and as a journalist. He was well appreciated as a lecturer and his method of story telling was praised by many. His stage presence was also appreciated widely. I think its amazing how much other stuff Mark Twain did and still had time to be one of the most popular authors ever.

Irony in literature is a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.

Jules Verne was a French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. Mark Twain and Jules Verne were both very good authors and they lived in the same time.






http://purpleslinky.com/trivia/people/interesting-facts-about-mark-twain/
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

Gothic lit

Gothic literature- Is characterised by grotesque characters,Bizarre situations, and violent events. Originated in Europe.

Romanticism- Limitations of reasons, celebrated individual spirit, emotions, imaginations as basic elements of human nature, supernatural.

Splendor of nature inspired the romantic more than the fear of god.

Their works exhibit a typical romantic preoccupation with atmosphere sentiment and optimism

Transcendental- was based on a belief that transcendent forms of truth exists beyond reason and experience.

Ralph waldo Emerson believes you can do it on your own through intuition.

AM Gothic
cavernous Gothic cathedrals with their irregulars placed towers and their high stained grass windows were intended to inspire awe and fear in religious worshipers.

Gargoyles carving of small deformed creatures at the corner of cathedrals.
was Gothics mascot.
threshold of the unknown that showdown region where the fantastic the domestic and the inside reside.
Dark side of individuals
romantics see hope
Gothics- see potential evil
Dark evil castles
decaying ancient estates- were the setting for weird and terrifying events.
plot involved situations not just murder, but live barriers, physical and mental torture and retribution from beyond the grave.
For Po it was only in extreme situations where people revealed there true nature or colors.
Hawthorne examined the human heart under various conditions of fear,greed, vanity, mistrust and betrayal.

Gothic Literature

Gothic Literature

Research the following terms:

Gothic Literature-The origins of Gothic literature can be traced to various historical, cultural, and artistic precedents. Figures found in ancient folklore, such as the Demon Lover, the Cannibal Bridegroom, the Devil, and assorted demons, later populated the pages of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Gothic novels and dramas.

Romanticism- Romanticism has very little to do with things popularly thought of as "romantic," although love may occasionally be the subject of Romantic art. Rather, it is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.

1. Transcendentalism- It was an American literary, political and philosophical during the nineteenth century centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson.

This is a picture a frankenstein it was a popular book it is also an example of a Gothic Literature

This a picture of Ralph Waldo Emerson it was said that Transcendentalism centered around him.

This is an example of romanticism he is thinking when he is looking off into the big waves of the ocean.

http://www.enotes.com/gothic-literature/gothic-literature-an-overview

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html

http://beeoasis.com/joom/images/stories/karlofffrankenstein.jpg

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/pictures/ralph_waldo_emerson.jpg

Act one- The story starts out with all of the girls getting together led by Abgail to go try to uprise the sprits from the woods with Tituba. The reason they were dancing is because they were sick of being told what to do and also Mrs. Putnam has had 8 kids and 7 of them have died so they were trying to arise there spirits. Parris hears the noises from the girls and goes out to see whats going on he. He sees all the girls dancing in the woods and sees a naked girl also. He goes into Salem and explains to them what he saw. The next day Mrs. Putnams only daughter,Betty, wouldnt wake. Thats when they call in Rev Hale to see what is wrong with her. He looks at her and explains to her that something is inside of her with type of witchcraft. They turned to Abagail and asked her questiosn about betty and the witchcraft. Abagail denied it all and explained that some of the people in the town were inflicting Betty. One of Abagails most hated peoples was Elizabeth Procter she used to be John and Elizabeths protcers maid but she didnt go to church much and she had a thing with John so Elizabeth wanted her out of the house and to work for someone else. Abagails main victim was Elizabeth because she wanted to be with John and the only way to do that was to get Elizabeth killed.
Act 2: Right from the start of Act 2 there are already 14 people accused of witchcraft and if they dont confess they will be hung for the whole town to watch. Abagail blamed Elizabeth and they were sent to talk to the Reverend. Revered Hale asked John and Elizabeth all sorts of questions. One of the questions was say the 10 commandments to the Reverend. John went to church often but not regulary. He answered most of the commandments fluently and was having no problems. Than the last one stumped him and his wife elizabeth had to lean over to him and tell him "Thall shall not commit adultry" this is significant because John did break this commandment. This made it a big target that Elizabeth could be a witch becuase her husband didnt even know the commandments. While Mary warren was in court she gave Elizabeth a doll that had a pin it. She gave it to her because they were playing a trick on her because Abagail than put a pin in her stomach so it looked like when she put the pin in the voodoo doll it stabbed her.
Act 3- Act three was when all the girls had to go to court along with John and Elizabeth Procter. This is when Elizabeth had to talk to the court and tell them what she knows and what she has done. She explains to them that she has done nothing to harm the little girls and she doesnt believe in whichcraft because she is very reiligous. At this point the girls fake that Elizabeth Procter but a cold wind on them becuase they think that she is lying.]
Act 4- Now most of the people that were cowards and didnt believe in there morals were confessing just so they could have there lifes and live in jail. John procter took his wifes place and is hanging himself because he believes in his morals and doesnt want his wife to take the blame for something that he knows for a fact that she doesnt do. John Procter died for what he believed in and was a hero in Salem.

The Crucible notes

Elements of plot in drama.
Foil- a minor character whose traits contrast sharply from those of the main character.
Monologue- a long speech spoken by a single character to themselves or the audience.
Soliloque- a monologue where a character thinks a loud
Aside- A character speaks directly to the audience but others cant hear them.

The judgement of a church member is enough to sentence someone to death. Back than if you were a church member and you were testifying against the non church member you would win 100% of the time. People thought that because you were an active church member you wouldn't lie.They were also Puritans and they are crazy religious and nobody would think that they would lie. Abigail was the leader of the girls and she was trying to kill Procter's wife because she liked him and by doing that she was telling the court that she has infected them with witchcraft. The evil girls said that they were hallucinating. While Elizabeth's was being testified Procter went in and said that he was guilty and confessed. He did this because he knew if he did it would save a lot of people just not him. He made a Sacrifice for his town and most of all his wife.He was later killed. Abigail ran away because everyone found out that her and her group were faking and if she didn't disappear from Salem.

salem witch trials and the puritans.

The Salem witch trials deal with believing and acting witchcraft. The trails happened in 1962.From June through September of 1692 there was 19 people that were all convicted with witchcraft. They were all sent to Gallows Hill near Salem village to be hung. It all happened when a little girl was sick and nothing could get her better. So the parents called the doctor and he said it was a case of witchcraft.


http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

The Puritans were a group of people who grew discontent in the Church of England and worked towards religious, moral and societal reforms. They are very religious it showed it in the book we read Of Plymouth Plantation. it showed it because they left where they lived because they wanted to have there free religion because that's what they worked towards and wanted.

http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/puritans.html

ancestors

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My parents grandparents came from Germany. They came here to Ellis Island but i don't know the correct date. My mom told me that her grandma has her name imprinted on the wall at Ellis Island. Her name is Mary Rubenal

The Indians were not treated nicely but they cared and helped out other people. When the Pilgrims were cold and hungry the Indians gave them shelter and food and started Thanksgiving that we still celebrate today.
In every story that we read had different rituals. I learned that Indians and Pilgrims both celebrated thanksgiving because it was very big in Indians tradition and they showed the Pilgrims the way.

learned that they were heading for cape cod but there boat got blown off coarse and they got blown to Plymouth rock.

This is a picture about the Pueblo Rebellion when the Pueblo is trying to change their beliefs of the Spanish conquistadors to be like them.

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Im excited to watch the hawkeyes and vikings football seasons this year.