Unit Four Vocabulary - Test March 19th

Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit Four

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American Masters F. Scott Fitzgerald - Winter Dreams

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Part Nine

The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore –
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door –
Only this and nothing more."

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; – vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow – sorrow for the lost Lenore –
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore –
Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me – filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
"'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door –
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; –
This it is and nothing more."

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you" – here I opened wide the door; –
Darkness there and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word "Lenore!"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word "Lenore!"
Merely this and nothing more.

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore –
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; –
"'Tis the wind and nothing more!"
Open here I flung the shutter, When, with many a flirt and flutter
In there stepped a stately Raven of the Saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mein of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door –
Perched upon my bust of Pallas just above my chamber door –
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore –
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning – little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door –
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."
But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing farther then he uttered – not a feather then he fluttered –
Till I scarcely more than muttered "Other friends have flown before –
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
Then the bird said "Nevermore."

Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore –
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of 'Never – nevermore.'"

But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore –
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
meant in croaking "Nevermore."

This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!

Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "Thy God hath lent thee – by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite – respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore,
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! –
Whether Tempest sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted –
On this home by Horror haunted – tell me truly, I implore –
Is there – is there balm in Gilead? – tell me – tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! – prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us – by that God we both adore –
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore –
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."

"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting –
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! – quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart,and Take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted – nevermore!

Vincent Price



Christopher Walken



James Earl Jones

Name:
Mrs. Baione-Doda
English 11
18 December 2009
Outline for an essay of comparison

1)Introduction
a) “Hook” – a general statement regarding the topic given in the task (statement, question, anecdote, etc.)
b)TAG for the two works you will be discussing in the essay.
c) Thesis statement = topic (given in task) + argument (what the two works have in common regarding the topic)

2)Body Paragraph One
a) Topic sentence that identifies which work you will be discussing in this paragraph and that addresses your thesis statement
b)Brief summary of the work
c) Specific textual evidence
d)Analysis of a literary element
e) Explanation of how the example relates to your thesis

3)Body Paragraph Two
a) Topic sentence that identifies which work you will be discussing in this paragraph and that addresses your thesis statement
b)Brief summary of the work
c) Specific textual evidence
d)Analysis of a literary element
e) Explanation of how the example relates to your thesis

4)Body Paragraph Three
a) This paragraph should be a brief analysis of one significant difference between the two works
b)You still need to get relate to your thesis statement

5)Conclusion
a) Thesis statement
b)Summary of your two or three main points
c) Closing statement

Task Two Essay Outline

Tips for Writing a Regents Task Two Essay

Read the directions.
Read the situation in the box. Highlight the purpose, form, audience, and topic.
Read your task. Highlight the purpose, form, audience, and topic
Review the guidelines. Pay special attention to bullet two which will help you to write your thesis statement.
Read the multiple choice questions
Read the first passage using a highlighter. Do NOT highlight every word. Highlight key facts that relate to the topic of your essay.
Write down the Title, Author, and Genre of the first document
Title: _________________________________________________
Author: _________________________________________________
Genre: _________________________________________________

Write three important and relevant facts you learned from the first document
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Review the second document (graph, chart, or map)
Write down the Title, Author, and Genre of the graphic
Title: _________________________________________________
Author: _________________________________________________
Genre: _________________________________________________
Write three important and relevant facts you learned from the second document (graph, chart, or map)
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Answer the multiple choice questions
Outline your essay (see reverse side for outline tips)





Tips for Outlining a Regents Task Two Essay
You must use facts from BOTH documents!!!
Use the multiple choice questions to help you find important facts for your essay.

Introduction
Hook (make a general statement related to the topic)
Address the topic
Thesis (choose a position)



Body paragraph one
Topic sentence (incorporate thesis)
Fact from a document
Don’t forget to give credit to the source!
Relate fact to your thesis

Body paragraph two
Topic sentence (incorporate thesis)
Fact from a document
Don’t forget to give credit to the source!
Relate fact to your thesis

Body paragraph three (optional)
Topic sentence (incorporate thesis)
Fact from a document
Don’t forget to give credit to the source!
Relate fact to your thesis

Conclusion
Thesis
Topic
General closing statement