Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Bacteria Communication - Journal Prompt

According to this article from the Smithsonian Magazine, bacteria can talk to each other. How would such communication work? Sci-Fi: If alien life was bacterial, what would its culture be like? Fantasy: Imagine being able to hire a person, like a doctor, and being able to have that person translate a negotiation for you.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Literary Terms

Abstract Language
Active Voice
Aesthetics
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Ambiguity
Analogy
Antagonist
Anticlimax
Antithesis
Archetype
Assonance
Atmosphere
Autobiography
Biography
Burlesque
Cacophony
Canon
Catastrophe
Caricature (Direct and Indirect)
Character
Cliché
Climax
Comedy
Concrete Language
Conflict
Connotation
Consonance
Convention
Denotation
Dénouement
Dialect
Dialogue
Discourse
Dramatic Irony
Dynamic/Round Character
Elegy
Epic
Essay
Euphemism
Euphony
Exegesis
Exposition
Falling Action
Farce
Flashback
Foil
Foreshadowing
Formal Diction
Humor
Hyperbole
Irony
Journal
Legend
Literal Language
Metaphor
Meter
Mood
Motivation
Myth
Narrator
Novel
Novella
Ode
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Parable
Paradox
Parody
Passive Voice
Periodical
Personification
Plot
Point of View
Protagonist
Protagonist
Pun
Resolution
Rhyme
Rhythm
Rising Action
Sarcasm
Satire
Scene
Setting
Short Story
Simile
Soliloquy
Sonnet
Speaker/Personal
Static/Flat Character
Stereotype
Stock
Stream of Consciousness
Subplot
Symbol
Tragedy
Tragicomedy
Translation
Type
Unreliable Narrator
Wit

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Area 51

Here's an article about Area 51 that you might enjoy.