tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post4970102941216694253..comments2023-10-23T10:27:11.577-07:00Comments on 2011 A.P. English: Remaining Antigone Questions from Brooklyn CollegeBalgleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298088627497312968noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post-46364941617043338222011-01-19T20:53:21.463-08:002011-01-19T20:53:21.463-08:00This is helpful and gives us what to expect and wo...This is helpful and gives us what to expect and would help us improve on the test.Ivy Huhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427982886038057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post-90860384574410099222011-01-19T17:42:47.928-08:002011-01-19T17:42:47.928-08:00I think it's interesting that in Greek, "...I think it's interesting that in Greek, "wondrous" can also mean "terrible."Medinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448191170032218627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post-50559560937523252622011-01-19T14:04:37.840-08:002011-01-19T14:04:37.840-08:00In my opinion, I believe knowing the details are h...In my opinion, I believe knowing the details are helpful when writing about a play or a novel. It will be better to comprehend the novel or play.keniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00651236177712160432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post-39034173934627596742011-01-17T06:28:29.742-08:002011-01-17T06:28:29.742-08:00Do you want us to answer all of these questions? O...Do you want us to answer all of these questions? Or do you still have to edit them?Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559853044703586908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post-84220703470920944212011-01-16T19:13:08.204-08:002011-01-16T19:13:08.204-08:00Do you want us to answer all these questions or ar...Do you want us to answer all these questions or are you still going to edit them?Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559853044703586908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post-82059873793915419102011-01-15T09:23:01.529-08:002011-01-15T09:23:01.529-08:00Ivy,
You were supposed to have written, and handed...Ivy,<br />You were supposed to have written, and handed in by last Friday, an essay about the relationship between Creon and Tiresias. You may <br />decide, as some of your classmates did, to include the Chorus' reaction to the interchange between these characters. Ivy, also check the blog again on Sunday and Monday. Okay?Balgleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298088627497312968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post-85030137785724303432011-01-15T09:08:24.862-08:002011-01-15T09:08:24.862-08:00Excellent Question:
Brandon, there is more than on...Excellent Question:<br />Brandon, there is more than one way to skin a cat; likewise there is more than one way to write a valid literary interpretation. The thematic interpretation and the details from a text used to support an interpretation written by one student may wildely vary from that written by another student. Yet both, even though their interpretations of the same text diverge, may receive the same essay score. <br />A macroscopic prevailing thought, which runs throughout an essay, must be supported by "microscopic" references, paraphrases, or citations from the text, otherwise it is merely an essay of declarative statements. Mind you, there are some brilliant essays of this nature, but the Education Testing Service advises students against writing them on the AP English Literature and Composition Exam. <br />You are expected to have mined the literature you have chosen to write about. You are advised to make references to the text you are writing about to support the ideas you present. You are expected to reveal mastery of the text and to be intimately familiar with the book you discuss. You are expected to be aware of its structure, its narrative voice(s), its settings, its characters, its mood, its tone, its irony, and its use of other literary characteristics and devices. <br />So, Brandon, the Brooklyn College professor who posted these questions, did so with one main purpose in mind: to have his of her<br />students carefully read and think about the details in ANTIGONE. They are not my questions, but do you think knowing the details is helpful when writing about a play or novel? Some of you will be exposed to this type of "teaching" very shortly. It's not my type of focused questioning, but it exists. <br />Now, please do you were instructed: annotate the Xeroxed copy of ANTIGONE I gave to you and your classmates? Please post some questions or comments you write on the margins of the play. Okay?Balgleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298088627497312968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post-44398446799976075412011-01-13T21:51:28.896-08:002011-01-13T21:51:28.896-08:00What was the essay we had to write.. this?What was the essay we had to write.. this?Ivy Huhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427982886038057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414075573242640505.post-38443782911270295362011-01-13T19:11:40.605-08:002011-01-13T19:11:40.605-08:00Mr. Balgley, will questions like these appear on t...Mr. Balgley, will questions like these appear on the AP English test? And will go into the depth that these questions bring about?Brandon Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362811782349323676noreply@blogger.com