English Milnutes: Tuesday, January 5th

English Minutes
Toady in English, we started class off with a prayer about a man on deathrow. We were then given a paragraph on a handout titled "Democracy" by E.B. White. We then scanned through the paragraph looking for metaphors. We took out a piece of paper and numbered it from 1-15. On the first line we wrote the metaphor, "it is the line that forms on the right", and on the second line we wrote "is the don't in shove." These Two metaphors symbolize democracy and suggest order and rule. The third metaphor: "stuffedshirt" symbolizing the high class and arrogant people in society, it isn't perfect or all powerful. On the fourth line we wrote "sawdust". This symbolizes a democratic idea, slowly trickling through the government to the people. The fifth metaphor was: "the dent in the high hat", meaning that those in authority have flaws, and so government and democracy which are both straight and stable, have flaws as well. For the sixth metaphor we wrote; "Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time." The seventh metaphor: "The feeling of communion in the libraries", meaning that education is at its core. On the eighth line we wrote "the feeling of vitality everywhere" symblozing that one can be full of life, enthusiastic and full of spirit. For the ninth metaphor we wrote; "Democracy is a letter to the editor", meaning that we are entitled to our own opinion and that everyone has their own voice. The tenth metaphor was: "Democracy is the score at the beginning of the ninth". The eleventh metaphor: "It is an idea which hasn't been disaproved yet", the twelevth :"a song the words of which have not gone bad". This two metaphors basically mean that since nothing has gone wrong so far, it doesnt really matter. The thirteenth and fourteenth metaphors are: "it's the mustard on the hot dog" and "the cream in the rationed coffee", meaning that these things make life better. The last metaphor, number fifteen;"Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is."We then took about 25 minutes to write our own paragraph using the rhetorical device of a metaphor based on an emotion or idea. There had to be a minimum of 10 metaphors for full marks. Worth 16 marks.For the last 10-15 minutes of class we got together with our presentation groups to put the finishing touches on our presentation because we begin presenting next class.