COMPOSITION I/2009

Assignment #1
Topic or Introductory Sentence

Sentence:


I can be charming when I want to be... sometimes I get angry easily because I have a strong personality but I am a good person with my friends or family...

COMPOSITION I/2009

Assignment #2/writers on writing/Negrete, Karen.

4. What are some of the fears these highly successful writers have about writing?

They feel that some fears are not be accepted for the readers or they couldn´t express their ideas comprehensibly

5. What are some of the difficulties they have when they are writing?

When they are writing they have to spend a lot of time to write, travel to every places to publish their books, read sometimes their books and accept critics about them.

6. What are some of the positive aspects to writing?

They have to keep in secret things that they are writing changes things in their life investigate and discover a lot of thing.

7. Do you feel these authors enjoy being writers? Why?

Yes, I think they enjoy a lot be writers, because they feel very well when they express their ideas but it is a process so difficult and long.

8. Is reading an important facet of writing? Why?

Reading is really important facet of writing because you can discover things that could help you and changed your mind or ideas and you are going to learn how you have to write very well.

9. In your opinion, what are the 3 most important things which will make your writing successful?

In my opinion, I think I have to be organized, creative and logical.

COMPOSITION I/2009

Write your own definitions for the following terms:

i) noun: is a word that refers to a person, a place or thing.

ii) verb: is a word that expresses an action, event or state.

iii) adjective: is a word that describes a person, thing or place.

iv) adverb: is a word that adds more information about place, time, manner.

v) conjunction: is a word that joins words, phrases or sentences.

vi) preposition: is a word where we have to use before a noun, pronoun to show place, time position or method.

vii) subject of a sentence: is a noun or a pronoun representing the person or thing that performs the action of the verb.

viii) object of a sentence: is a noun or pronoun that refers to a person that is affected by the action of the verb.

LITERATURE I/ 2009

Assignment #1/ Old English and Beowulf

Part I:

1. When was Old English spoken?

Old English was spoken between the mid-5th and the mid-12th century.

2. Name 4 language groups which influenced the development of Old English.

The four language groups which influenced in the development of Old English were Norse Influence, Latin Influence, North Germanic and Celtic influence.

3. In the Phonology section, name 5 phonetical differences between Old English & Modern English.

Old English and Modern English have some phonetical differences there are:

1- [ɣ] is an allophone of /g/ occurring after a vowel, and, at an earlier stage of the language, in the syllable onset.
2- [v, ð, z] are allophones of /f, θ, s/ respectively, occurring between vowels or voiced consonants
3- ŋ] is an allophone of /n/ occurring before /k/ and /g/
4- [[ç, x] are allophones of /h/ occurring in coda position after front and back vowels respectively
5- [dʒ] is an allophone of /j/ occurring after /n/ and when geminated

4. Are there any similarites between Old English and Modern English? Name them.

There are Monophthongs, Vowels, Diphtongs and consonants.

5. In the Orthography section, enlarge the picture of the runic alphabet. How many letters (runes) are there in this alphabet?

There are 36 letters (runes) in the alphabet

6. Which epic poem was originally written in Old English?

The epic poem was written in Old English was Beowulf.

7. In the See Also section, click on: Beowulf. Appoximately when was Beowulf written?

The epic poem “Beowulf” was written between the 8th to the early 11th century.

8. Even though Beowulf was written in England, the story takes place in which countries?

Beowulf relates events described as having occurred in what is now Denamark and Sweden.

9. In the poem, which 3 antagonists does Beowulf battle or fight against?

In the poem, Beowulf, the antagonists were Grendel, who has been attacking the mead hall in Denmark called Heorot and its inhabitants, Grendel's mother and, dragon.

10. What happens to Beowulf at the end of the story?

Beowulf is fatally wounded in the final battle, and after his death he is buried in a barrow in Geatland by his retainers.

11. Who was the author of Beowulf?

Beowulf´s author was unknown.

12. What were the titles and the dates of the two film versions of Beowulf?

-The first tittle Beowulf Was in April o1 of 1999 by Graham Baker
-The second tittle Beowulf was in November 16th of 2007 by Robert Zemeckis.

COMPOSITION I/2009

Assignment #01

My name is Karen Negrete... But now I`m going to talk about my partner. Her name is Eva Andrade Avila , she is twenty seven years old. Actually she has been living in Maipu for many years with her mother and one dog.

When I met her I thought she was a good classmate, now I think she is a good friend, when Eva has free time loves going to the theater with her boyfriend or some friends, but sometimes she likes going to dance. I think she is a nice person and good student Eva has a good qualities such as friendly, affectionate, sensitive, funny, passionate. But she doesn`t like when
somebody is a lier.

COMPOSITION I/ 2009

Karen Negrete