Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for Language and literature for Baccalaureate
Essential Travel Vocabulary and Definitions
Unit 8: Travel Vocabulary
- Bold: Courageous.
- Off you go: You can leave.
- Whitewater: Water in a river that flows fast and strongly over rocks.
- A stroll: A slow walk.
- A hike: A walk in a hilly area.
- No matter: It is not important.
- Overseas: Countries across the sea.
- Help yourself: Take something offered.
- To trade: To exchange.
- To rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence.
- Wits: Intelligence and the ability to think quickly.
- Sake: Purpose.
- Seasoned: Experienced.
- Seeking: Trying to find or get something, especially something that is not a physical object.
- Keying in: Putting information into a computer using a keyboard.
- Have a go: Try or attempt to do something.
- Youth hostel: A place providing cheap accommodation, aimed mainly at young people on walking or cycling
Robotic Care and Salvador Dalí: Reading and Writing Analysis
Reading Comprehension: Robots in Elderly Care
1. Robots and smart phones might:
c. Be a solution to increasing elderly care costs.
2. When you fall over, MiRo:
b. Notices that and gets closer to you.
3. MiRo:
b. Can tell you to take medicine and remind you of names.
4. If a robotic dog like MiRo takes care of you:
a. You need to wear a wristband that constantly checks your health.
5. Robots:
d. Are designed to complement what human caregivers can do.
6. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
b. Government authorities will definitely invest more money on automated care.
7. Present-day generations:
a. Might want to have constant care.
8. Sebastian Conran believes that:
a. Economic realities make automated care a need.
Listening Comprehension: The Art
...The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner: Analysis
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
1. Literal Comprehension
The poet sits in his room, deeply immersed in writing a poem about his love for his wife. Suddenly, she enters the room, interrupting his flow. Distracted and unable to recall his train of thought, the poet feels a surge of anger toward her. However, unable to express this frustration openly, he silently curses her presence.
2. Interpretation
This poem highlights several key themes regarding the creative process and human nature:
- The Need for Solitude: Creativity requires silence, peace, and deep concentration. Interruptions can stifle innovation and break the delicate chain of imagination.
- The Nature of Affection: The poem illustrates a man's deep passion and emotional connection
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A pilot becomes skilled when he/she
My favourite person is Neil Alden Armstrong. He is an American astronaut and the first man to walk on the surface of the moon.
Born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Armstrong’s love for airplanes and flying started at an early age.
In 1947, Armstrong received a U.S. Navy scholarship and entered Purdue University to study aeronautical engineering. But after only a year and a half, the U.S. Navy called him to active duty and he became a Navy pilot. In 1950, he was sent to Korea where he flew 78 combat missions during the Korean War. He received three air medals for his outstanding service. In 1952, Armstrong returned to Purdue University to finish his studies.
In 1955, Armstrong became a research pilot with the National Advisory Committee
...Literary Devices: Unleash the Power of Language
Literary Devices
Alliteration
It occurs when repeating a phoneme or group of phonemes.
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Onomatopoeia
It is a kind of alliteration that plays real sounds:
Ticking of the watch
Anaphora
Is the repetition of a word or words in the initial position of a phrase or verse:
- All wear a dress
- One shoe fits all
- All eat a banana
- All are beautiful
Paronomasia
Association in the course of two words whose signifiers are similar but whose meanings are different:
Clouds are not ships
Polysyndeton
Involves coordination of several elements with rich language and repeated conjunctions.
Epithets
Is to add adjectives that characterize the...
Isidora: Pride, Fall, and Society in Galdós' Novel
Galdós tells the adventures of the beautiful and poor girl Isidora Rufete, who, because of the lies told by her father, believes she belongs to a noble family and starts a lawsuit to obtain recognition of her rights. Her conviction makes her develop a noble, aristocratic pride that leads her to drop out of what could have been a modest life, more or less happy. She rejects a boyfriend who is a doctor with a good future career, is unable to work, acquires very expensive habits, and falls for a ruined marquis who will bring money and continually impregnate her with a son she will never want to recognize.
So as not to relent in her aspirations, and while litigation is pending, she is forced to bail herself out by becoming the mistress of men in...
Purpose and content of
Narrative
Is the writer pays attention to what happens outside. Generally written in prose and is divided into several sub-genres: the short story, novel, or epic poems romance (cg and r in verse) are examples.
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The n Ovel to, characterized by freedom, contains from dramatic or theatrical dialogues until narrative or lyrical fragments. Its subgenres are numerous: action novels, knights, black, pink, love ... Only must be met which are in prose, containing...
Reality and Symbolism in The House of Bernarda Alba
Reality and Symbolism in The House of Bernarda Alba
It appears that The House of Bernarda Alba was inspired by real events. The Alba family existed, and the author observed them in 1935.
The house's furnishings suggest a typical Andalusian space: jute curtains with tassels and frills, cattail chairs, thick walls, and arched doorways. The house is characterized by its whiteness, which symbolically fades as the play progresses (the white room in the second act appears slightly bluish-white, and in the third act, it has a bluish tint).
Alongside the white, there is the black of mourning, equally real and symbolic: black dresses, black fans, etc. The contrast between white and black is accentuated in Act III, when Bernarda and Martirio appear in petticoats...