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Questions for Chapter 3 of Song of Solomon

 Directions: Answer these questions using complete sentences. Also, if you use words directly from the text make certain to put quotations around them and include the page numbers using parenthetical docuementation!

1.       What was the point of Railroad Tommy’s rant about what the boys were not going to be able to have?

2.       How did the fact that Milkman having intercourse for over six years change how he saw his mother?

3.       How does Toni Morrison characterize Doctor Foster using the opinions of Macon Dead Jr.? How is Dr. Foster’s influence seen in the personality and actions of his daughter, Ruth?

4.       What does Macon reveal to Milkman and how does that add to your understanding of the relationship Macon has with his wife?

5.       On page 75, Milkman begins to reflect on his mother. What does he say about her? More importantly, what does this characterization of his mother say about him?

6.       What does this revelation by Macon Dead Jr., cause Milkman to remember?

7.       List all of the men in the barber shop.

8.       What was the exchange between Freddie and Porter about? What allusion is referenced during this conversation? Where have we seen Porter before in the novel?

9.       Describe Mary’s. What made it so “special”?

10.   How does Guitar’s story about the doe relate to Milkman’s situation with his parents?

11.   According to Guitar, how do black people get their names?

12.   How does Morrison play on the name Dead at the end of Chapter 3?

How to Write About Syntax

I would recommend that you discuss syntax AFTER you have discussed the basics, diction, tone, and imagery. Alternatively, you might discuss syntax IN RELATION TO the basics. For example, you might discuss how the final lines in "The Crossing" convey-the sense of wonder in almost poetic form as the sentences are not really sentences at all, but are like the character's stream of consciousness.
Here are some guidelines.
When you see very long sentences, consider:
Is the author trying to replicate the physical movement of the character (as when McCarthy describes how the hunter in "The Crossing" carefully lowers the animal after cradling it in his arms, unwraps the body, and washes the blood off the sheet)?
Is the author trying to suggest confusion or simulate the rapid flow of ideas or emotions, as when Rachel silently and furiously denies that the sweater is hers?
Is the author piling on detail after detail to illustrate the enormity, weight, or extensiveness of something, like the enormous English breakfast and the extensiveness of English domination?
When you see very short sentences, consider:
Is the author trying to stress a key idea?
Is the author trying to sound objective and/or factual?
Is the author trying to convey anxiety or quicken the pace in contrast to longer, more complex ideas?
When you see parallelism ("on the sea, in the air, over the land...") consider:
Is the author trying to stress the sheer number of things?
Is the author trying to create rhythm, force, power?
Is the author trying to stir emotion? ("I have a dream ")
When you see repetition of key words or phrases ("Made in England"), consider:
Is the author trying to stress a key. idea?
Is the author using repetition to convey emotion, such as anger, bitterness, joy?

Aboukhadijeh, Feross. "Essay Tips: Syntax - What to Say About It" StudyNotes.org. StudyNotes, Inc., 17 Nov. 2012. Web. 19 Sep. 2013. <http://www.apstudynotes.org/english/sample-essays/syntax-what-to-say-about-it/>.

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Syntax AP Language Study Guide 2011

Homework Model "Untitled"

Standing solid in your resolve with transparent emotions
Silence is the room, but in the heart is commotion
Your heart isn't mine, but you swear your devotion
When you say you can't deal, your only option is coping
I feel your faith gone, but you feel me still hoping
I smile in your face, when you leave I stand moping
Your love is my drug, even though I ain't doping
You're so far away, but I feel just so close and
Hang up and call back
Show me love, now fall back
You love me, I hate you
Don't leave, or I'll break you.

-Joseph Ellison (3-B)

Out Today!

Guys and Dolls,

I will be out today due to illness. Below you will find your lesson plans. Please make this an enjoyable experience for our sub. I look forward to seeing what you all have come up with on Thursday.

Oh! I will have the poem up shortly 3rd Block. I couldn't get the video to work. (sad face)

Mrs. Moore-Webb

3rd and 4th:

The students are to create 15 discussion questions for chapters 1-3 of Song of Solomon in preparation for Thursday's class and read chapter 3 in class. They can read aloud.

Also, look for at least 5 sentences that have a syntactical arrangement that seemed to enhance or go along with the meaning of the story, or that just appealed to you.

Nevers as told by 4th Block...

1. Never go with your best friend's ex
2. Never put your hand under a school desk
3. Never put fire next to weave
4. Never let a man hit you
5. Never spend money you don't have
6. Never let them catch you slipping
7. Never fight unless you have to
8. Never react before thinking
9. Never talk about someone if they are not in your presence
10. Never get to attached, people come and go
11. Never conform
12. Never let the one you love slip away
13. Never lose your inner child
14. Never put a turtle on its back
15. Never eat cookies with juice
16. Never smoke cigarettes
17. Never be mean to babies
18. Never hold your gas
19. Never lose your passion
20. Never lie unless you are tying to save your life
21. Never assume, just ask
22. Never say you can't
23. Never wait for encouragement, encourage yourself
24. Never not deal with problems
25. Never laugh when an old person falls
26. Never look down on another person
27. Never laugh at disabled people
28. Never disrespect another's culture
29. Never believe everything you hear
30. Never play with another's heart
31. Never live your life in a box
32. Never fall in front of your peers.
33. Never get caught in a lie
34. Never be on the Jerry Springer Show
35. Never shoot a bird in church
36. Never say, "I love you," and don't mean it
37. Never leave your house without money
38. Never end the day without listening to some form of music
39. Never miss breakfast, it is the most important meal of the day
40. Never go a day without smiling
41. Never go a day without learnng
42. Never go a day without reflection
43. Never wear red undies with white pants
44. Never answer your phone in the middle of the church sermon
45. Never forget your happiest memories
46. Never give a mouse a cookie
47. Never ask for the truth if you can't handle it
48. Never love the way someone lies
49. Never believe him when he says, "Oh, she is just a friend"
50. Never pick a nickle over a dime

Homework

Your homework is to create a poem of at least ten lines. All lines must be examples of antithesis. This is my feeble attempt at a model. If I find a better one, I will post that.

Peace and Blessings,
Mrs. A. Moore-Webb

It is what I strive to experience; yet it is what I run away from.
My mind says it is not possible; yet my heart encourages me to soar.
I have seen few people succeed in achieveing it and I have seen so many fail.
I am dreaming, or am I awake?
Is this a fantasy, or is this real?
Stop wondering; think clearly!
To stand still is death, but to fly is freedom!
I won't stay stagnant, but I will leap!
I will do it, I will make it happen! (Parallelism)
No more will I let you keep me down, but I force myself to rise up!
I will not run away, but I will fly!

Nevers (as told by the class of 2014) 3rd Block!!!

1. Never drop the soap
2. Never show tracks
3. Never follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you
4. Never kiss a frog to change it to a Prince
5. Never bind your ambition
6. Never wear neon pink
7. Never forget to put on deodorant
8. Never touch inside a camera lense
9. Never wear a Coogi suit
10. Never wear two types of denim
11. Never be a Redskins fan
12. Never go a day without laughing
13. Never say a word without knowing how to say it
14. Never have sex, you'll get pregnant and die
15. Never be friends with Khariff
16. Never leave the house without grooming
17. Never beg
18. Never think once, always think twice
19. Never touch a flip phone
20. Never leave your phone around unless it's a flip phone
21. Never wear high wasted pants with a pudge
22. Never wear heels if you can't walk in them.
23. Never by meat on sale
24. Never make assumptions unless you're in AP Stats
25. Never eat Kroger cake
26. Never be a cliche
27. Never smoke tobacco
28. Never roll your eyes, they might get stuck
29. Never do crack
30. Never own white socks
31. Never do your own tattoos
32. Never heat mayonaise

Literary Analysis Part 5: Syntax

Because we have started our reading of Song of Solomon, I want us to begin focusing on syntax. Morrison's sentence structure is very unique and adds alot of meaning to her writing. Take a look at this video, again, so that you can begin to understand how Morrison plays with syntax in the nove.

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The People Could Fly

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There was a time long ago in Africa when the people could fly. They flew like blackbirds up above with their wings shining against the blue sky. When these people were captured into slavery they forgot that they could fly. They shed their wings on the long boats to America. As slaves the people lived in misery, they got sick on the waves of the sea and they no longer could breathe and smell the sweet scent of Africa.

Once in America, they were slaves and they had a master, and the master had an overseer, and the overseer had a driver. All of these people were very cruel to the people from Africa who once could fly.

There was an old man among the slaves who remembered about flying, his name was Toby. There was a woman among the slaves named Sarah and she had a baby tied to her back. It was hard to work in the cotton fields when you had a baby on your back. The overseer would yell at the slaves when they slowed down, and the driver would ride close with his horse and beat the slaves who were slow with his whip. That whip would cut a person so blood would run.

 Sarah would work and work, hoeing and chopping, but the baby would get hungry and start to cry.

“Keep that baby quiet,” the overseer would yell. But the baby cried and cried. The driver would come close and crack his whip.

Sarah fell down. Toby came to her and helped her up.

“I must move on,” Sarah said.

“It will happen soon,” Toby said.

Sarah was so weak, she said now. The drive came and started whipping, and Sarah’s legs started bleeding.

Toby came back.

“Now, Toby, help me, before it is too late,” Sarah cried.

Toby replied, “Yes it is now.” Toby started chanting, “Kum yali, kumbuba tabe.”

Sarah repeated the words and started rising. She felt the African magic and rose as light as a feather, flying like an eagle, black wings against the blue sky.

The next day, it was so hot in the fields, people started falling from the heat. The overseer yelled. The drive cracked his whip and brought blood.

Toby whispered, “Kum kunka yali kum tambe.”

Man and woman began rising from the fields and rising above, flying like hawks and eagles. Toby was still there and the master yelled at the drive to kill Toby. But Toby started rising.

“Take us with you,” the remaining slaves said.

 But Toby said, “I don’t have the time to teach you. Run to freedom.”

 “Goodbye!” Toby said as he released his black wings into the blue sky.

 The overseer told a lot of people about this. The master said it never happened.

 But you know, everyone knows, they all flew towards FREEDOM!