Tuesday, May 31, 2011

LIAR GLOG

Just Ella Glog

Again, the printer won't work, and I can't get glogster to actually put the glog on here, so here's the link:


http://footfungus.glogster.com/just-ella/

The Road Glog

Printer wont work...Soooo...Heres a link.


http://taylorbest.glogster.com/the-road/

Friday, May 27, 2011

Corvino; CIty of Bones; (wouldn't let me print this)


City of Bones, Mortal Instruments series book 1
            Author: Cassandra Clare
            Genre: Young Adult
            Author’s Purpose is to Entertain
            Main Conflict: Man vs. Man

Theme:
         Love conquers all. This is the theme of City of Bones because throughout the story the love that is shared between the characters is what drives the action and, in many cases, what sees them safely home.

         Plot:
         Exposition: Clary fights with mom and she meets Jace.
         Rising Action: Clary’s mom is missing, Clary fights a demon and Jace takes her to the Institute to heal.
         Climax: Clary and Jace find the Mortal Cup and turn it in to Hodge, who then betrays them by summoning Valentine and giving him Jace, trapping Clary in the process.
         Falling Action: Jace discovers that Clary is his sister, and Valentine his father.
         Resolution: Jace rebels against his father and stays with Clary and Luke.

         Main Character:
         Clarissa Fray is City of Bones main character. Throughout the book she changes in that she matures and becomes stronger. During her time at the Institute she discovers who she is and what she can become. She learns about her mother’s past and all the secrets Jocelyn kept from her.

         Literary Devices:
         Throughout the book, Cassandra Clare uses literary devices in a way that drives the reader to finish. She takes advantage of Irony in the use of a common expression among Shadowhunters, ‘By the angel’. This is ironic because Jace uses this expression quite often, though he tells Clary that he doesn’t believe the myth that Shadowhunters are the descendants of man and angels, Nephilim. She also uses personification when speaking of the Mortal Cup. Foreshadowing plays a major role throughout the story, and gives the reader a hint of what may come at the end. Allusion is the back-story of this series in that, the events occurring in Clary and Jace’s time are the result of a cult’s plot over twenty years before, as well as, the entire Institute and the Shadowhunters themselves are supposedly descendents of man and angel, created by the Angel Raziel.

         Characterization:
         Cassandra Clare has created in her series a set of characters so diverse, so deep in their unique personalities, as to feel real to the readers and derive a personal and emotional connection from them. She has written both dynamic and static characters throughout the Mortal Instruments series and the prequel series, the Infernal Devices.
        
         Five-Seven words to describe City of Bones: Suspenseful, Heart-breaking, Emotional, Thrilling, Compelling, Inner Strength, and the bond of Family

Monday, May 9, 2011

Research Paper Help from Colleges

These websites offer links for any formatting or citing question you may have.  Example MLA research papers also included:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocMLA.html

This website offers step by step help to create  research paper:
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic/mla_style.html

This website helps you create an A+ Research Paper:
http://www.aresearchguide.com/1steps.html

Monday, May 2, 2011