Incidents like the one that took place on the subway platform at 13th and Market that has been in the news for the last couple of days can make it difficult to maintain faith in humanity. Write your reaction to those events, and how can you be part of the solution to the violence.
- "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
Lit Term
A mixed metaphor is a metaphor that fails to make a logical comparison because its mixed terms are visually or imaginatively incompatible. If you say, "The president is a lame duck who is running out of gas," you've lost control of your metaphor and have produced a statement that is ridiculous (ducks do not run out of gas).
Vocab Word
cajole (v.) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises
SYNONYMS: wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk
ANTONYMS: coerce, force, strong-arm
Grammar/Punctuation
Voice is the form a verb takes to indicate whether the subject of the verb performs or receives the action.
A verb is in the active voice when its subject performs the action.
Ex. Julia Alvarez wrote "Daughter of Invention."
Friday, March 28, 2008
WUP for Friday, 3/28
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