Adjective order

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl_adjectiveorder4.html#

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/adjorder.html

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord1.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6877

Vocab test Monday 2/02

From Of Mice and Men:

To nibble:to take small bites of something

 To hum:to sing with closed lips

 To jeer: to mock someone

 to stroke: to caress/pet

 to cover: to put something over another

 sorrowfully: sadly

to arise: to start/increase

 to hurl: to throw

 sullenly: silently angry

 to tend: to look after

Coarse: rough

To writhe: to twist, struggle

Hoarse: throaty, rough, weak voice

Woe: worry

To confide: to tell a secret

Soothing: relaxing

Earnestly: seriously, formally

From the poem Quickdraw:

OTo sling

OA pellet

OThe mark

OTo blast

OCalamity

OTo reel

OTo fumble

Vocab test Monday 26/01

1.Scornful

2.To conceal

3.Cozy

4.Manure

5.Sourly

6.Sullen(ness)

7.Contemptuously

8.Indignation

9.A (hula) hoop

10.advertising agency

11.Billboard

12.Broadsheet

13.Campaign

14.Commercial

15.Coupon

16.double-page spread

17.Editing

18.eye-catching

19.Features

20.generic advertising

21.Hype

22.Jingle

23.Launch

24.prime time

25.roadside signs

26.Slogan

27.Slot

28.Soundbite

29.tabloid

The Manhunt by SImon Armitage

The Manhunt Questions

Let’s take a closer look

Answer the following questions by providing quotes and analysis.

Stanza 1

1. What does the phrase ‘passionate nights and intimate days’ initially suggest the poem might be about?

2. What other meanings could ‘passionate’ and ‘intimate’ bring, given the context of the rest of the poem?

Stanza 2

1.     What does ‘only then would he let me trace’ imply?

2.     What might the metaphor ‘the frozen river which ran through his face’ be describing?

3.     What other meaning(s) could ‘frozen’ bring to the poem?

Stanza 3

1.     Why does the narrator use the word ‘explore’ – what connotations does it bring?

2.     The poem is broken up into two-line stanzas.  Why do you think Armitage has used this technique?

3.     What meaning(s) does the phrase ‘blown hinge’ add to the poem?

Stanzas 4-6

1.     Up to now, the couplets have been rhymed; why do you think that Armitage doesn’t rhyme all of the couplets?

2.     Is ‘porcelain’ a good word to describe his collar bone?  Explain your answer fully.

3.     What’s the effect of Armitage’s use of repetition of words and style in these stanzas?

Stanza 7

1.     Armitage starts a new sentence in the poem here; why do you think he does so?

2.     How does this stanza suggest that the narrator is trying to help her husband recover?

Stanza 8

1.     What do you notice about the form of this stanza?  Why might this be important?

Stanzas 9-10

1.     Why does Armitage describe the bullet as a ‘foetus’?

Stanzas 11-12

1.     What sorts of ‘scarring’ is the narrator talking about in these stanzas?

2.     How effective is the metaphor of the ‘mine’ in his mind?  What does the description of it as ‘sweating’ suggest about him?  How does it bring an association of danger?

Stanza 13

1.     What phrase suggests that the narrator is finding it hard to connect to the man?

2.     ‘Then, and only then, did I come close’: close to what?

3.     Look at the last words of each line of the couplet.  What reasons can you think of for Armitage choosing these?  Hint: think about the idea of things which are ‘missing’ or incomplete.

4.     How effective and appropriate is the poem’s title?  Explain your ideas fully.

Poetry - Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

You have picked me out.
Through a distant shot of a building burning
you have noticed now
that a white cotton shirt is twirling, turning.

In fact I am waving, waving.
Small in the clouds, but waving, waving.
Does anyone see a
soul worth saving?

So when will you come?
Do you think you are watching, watching
a man shaking crumbs
or pegging out washing?

I am trying and trying.
The heat behind me is bullying, driving,
but the white of surrender is not yet flying.
I am not at the point of leaving, diving.

A bird goes by.
The depth is appalling. Appalling
that others like me
should be wind-milling, wheeling, spiralling, falling.

Are your eyes believing,
believing
Here in the gills
I am still breathing.

But tiring, tiring.
Sirens below me are wailing, firing.
My arm is numb and my nerves are sagging.
Do you see me, my love. I am failing. Flagging.