Friday, February 18, 2011

Comparing Opinions

1. Because audiences have more choices, news networks must try to appeal to a "niche" audience.
2. Fox News appeals to conservatives, whereas progressives prefer MSNBC.
3. The two clips below, pulled from each network, both express opinions that follow these biases.
4. The Ed Shultz piece is more opinionated, but the Fox clip gives more time to the Republican governor.

 The Fox News clip won't embed, but here's the link.

For parity, I'll post the MSNBC link instead of embedding it, as well. 
 This is how you find the subject of a sentence.
This is how you find the verb.
This is how you find the direct object.
This is the definition of an indirect object
This is what a predicate nominative is.
This is what an implied subject is.
This is the adjective scale of intensity. 
This is an appositive. 
These are prepositional phrases,
These are notes on the adjective and adverb functions of a prepositional phrase.
This is the passive voice. Fix it, it's all Rule of Five now.
This is a gerund, which is a verbal.
These are infinitives, which are also verbals.
These are participles, which are your third and final form of verbals.   

This deals with the subordinate clause.  NEW AS OF February 15

Punctuation
Here is where you find the seven rules for commas. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the links.

Literary Terms
This is the definition of irony
This is the definition of 'schools of criticism.'
This is the definition of satire
This is the definition of plot structure.  
This is the definition of symbolism

This is a definition of THEME in LITERATURE.   NEW as of February 1, 2011  

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