Tuesday, Feb. 25

Posted: February 25, 2014

Digi Prod 120 - Today you are going to apply the tools that you have learned to modify the added .jpg "the escape". Go into the photoshop pictures in the image gallery on my teacher page, Save a copy of "the escape" onto your network drive in your photoshop folder. Open this picture in photoshop. Using the tools you have been practicing with, erase the man in the picture AND the two smaller dinosaurs in the lower left. Pay close attention to the textures and make them as seamless as possible.   Eng 111 -  Using a graphic organizer, determine which popular ballad characteristics are shared between the narrative poetry studied in class (The Raven, The Highwayman, The Lady of Shalott). These are the characteristics of a popular ballad: 1. objectivity - attention on the characters/events rather than the personal feelings of the narrator2. upper class individuals/families3. use of refrain/repetition4. use of bright colours5. use of magic numbers such as 2, 3 and 76. inclusion of minimum background information7. short enough to be memorized8. strong, forceful rhyme9. themes of love and battle10. motives of revenge and jealousy11. violent feelings and events12. material from history or folklore13. ballad stanza - four line quatrain abcb14. presence of the supernatural15. direct conversation or dialogue16. the question - answer technique