LEL lesson 3 and 4

Grammar Skills 3: Practice with Subjects, Verbs, & Pronouns

a) Your interest level : I find that really resumes the importance of all this «Listen carefully to people today. Do you hear common errors such as "I could of gone out if I had done my work"? Once you make it a habit to listen for verb choice errors, you'll realize how many people make them. Some mistakes are so accepted that they might not sound strange at first. The more sensitive you are to grammatical errors, the less likely you'll be to make them yourself—in both writing and speaking.»

b) Difficulty level for you: I had problems with, here are some examples:

Answer: Before I opened the door, I had rung the doorbell.

You Said:		rang
Answer: The president wishes he would have taken a stock option rather than a salary increase. You Said: of
	Answer: Boswick wishes he would have ordered a bigger sweatshirt because his is too small. You Said: was

c) What you learned: (verb tense)

Subjunctive Mood

When Tevya in Fiddler on the Roof sings, "If I were a rich man. . . ," he uses the verb were to signal that he is, in fact, not a rich man. Normally, the verb was would be used with the subject I, but were serves a special purpose. This is called the subjunctive were. It indicates a condition that is contrary to fact.

Examples:

If I were a cat, I could sleep all day long and never have to worry about work. If he were more attentive to details, he could be a copyeditor.

d) Your score: There was no score at the end for this lesson, but I guess I would of had 75%, because there was ones again a lot of theory, but I think I would of had to have more exercises to practice one to have a better mark at the end. It is with practice that you become good with all I learned in this lesson.

Skills 4: Adjectives, Adverbs, & Confusing Words

a) Your interest level: In this lesson, you lurn things little details, like depending where you put a word, it can change the meaning of the sentence.

b) Difficulty level for you: I would say that it is good for students that are already very comfortable with English because, the grammar rules are filled with very little details, if I can say, making it not that obvious, even for me. Not everything was easy for me, it was a lot of grammar that I never paid attention to!

c) What you learned:

Good and Well : I did not realise that there was a proper time to use one or the other.

Good is an adjective. Well is an adverb. Sometimes good is mistakenly used to describe a verb. Use well to describe an action. The words modified by good and well are underlined in the examples below.

Brenton did well on the test. Raul felt good after the marathon.

Avoid Double Comparisons : At first, I did not see the errors in the example given to me:

Wrong	Correct
Diane is the most friendliest person I know.	Diane is the friendliest person I know.

A double comparison occurs when a writer uses both -er or -est and more or most.

d) Your score:

11 ways to spice up your intro

1) Biographical info
2) Quotations: «I am not mad. Not , not me» why did the narrator say this? Was he really sane? He explores the fine line of insanity from the prespective of the antagoniste
3)Definition: According to the dictionnary, a «Loterry» is a random...
4)A litt. element: Imagery is as powerful way to express feelings and emotions. In E.A poae,...
5) Life experience
6)Plot:
7)Philosophical/ social concept: racism has alway existed and will always exist...
8)Historical background: Romantism was no in vogue in teh erly 19th centary...
9)Claim to fame:
10)Allusion (refering to something):
11)Using imagery: A painting for the painter is what the novel is for the writer.

Watchmen

Named one of the 100 greatest novels of the past century by Time Magazine, the Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the comic book, 20 years after its publishing, is still a huge hit as a subject for essays. The variety of characters in this book is one of the major factors that brings all the depth and is what makes it one written for «adults». The multitude of characters found in this masterpiece is very realistic in the way they reflect on things; therefore, making it a book that is with endless possibilities of analysis of the characters. I will talk only about Dr. Manhattan, because I find that he represents more the movement of society and a guideline that one of the most powerful countries in the world, the United States, seems to adopt to keep its position in the world.

Dr. Manhattan is a character that is represented as a God like figure after the changes he suffered; therefore, leaving him with powers, after surviving or should I say, resurrecting after receiving a very big dose of radiation . He plays an important role helping and representing the Americans during the Cold War. Actually, his name (Dr. Manhattan) is not his real name, but the name that was chosen as an economic or mostly a marketing tool to make sure that everyone knew that he was an American. A little bit like the competition that the US had with Russia, to know who would go to the moon first, they had this «super guy» from their country. This was the first thing that makes me think about what his character stands for. He is like an object, very important for the United States of America, because he is very powerful so if a country decided to start a war with them, they should be ready and scared because they have him. Politically, the Americans still seem to have that same mentality, they hold on to what makes them powerful and use their strength to make sure that nobody even dares to touch them because watch out, they are going to bite back hard.

At one time, Dr. Manhattan talks with his ex-girlfriend while they were on Mars. She asks him to save the world, because he would have the power to do some major things to prevent many future killings, he responds, why should he do something if the only thing that made him connected to the other normal humans was her, his ex. I find that this is something, it’s a mentality that we can find in a majority of people. Our instincts seem to be, if the cause does not speak to us directly, just that, we tend to not feel the necessity to get our hands dirty and we just close our eyes. It is the case with all the injustices in our present world! In the book, Dr. Manhattan shows it to us very clearly, because it is so big and absurd that he refuses to save the world when he could do something about it and just doesn’t see the point.

Inherit the wind

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2) He is easy going

3) It is a very religious town and proud of their beliefs

4) He seems to be very insecure

5) He seemed very manipulative and sly.

6) He is a heathen and unethical. At first it seems true but later we are proven wrong.

7) He is a trouble maker and a Cynic and a nonbeliever how supports the Drummonds. He does not have any sentiments, self centered, and close minded. His level of language is very good. The way he speaks is significant of somebody condescending.

8) Fair: The J also names him Colonel; however, the J disregards all his witnesses.

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