● Vocabulary

pater, patr: father

e.g., paternity (the fact of being the father of a child 父權；父子關係；父親的義務)

e.g., patriarch (the oldest man in a family or organization, who is respected because of this 家長；族長)

e.g., patriot (someone who has strong feelings of love, respect, and duty towards their country 愛國者)

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matri: mother

e.g., maternal (母親的；母性的)

e.g., matrimony (the state of being married 婚姻；夫婦關係；婚姻生活)

e.g., matron (a married woman 已婚女子；遺孀)

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mock adjective /mɒk/

: not real but intended to look or seem real

e.g., Each year they stage a mock battle to entertain tourists.

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irony noun /ˈaɪrəni/

: a form of humour in which you use words to express the opposite of what the words really mean

e.g., ‘You’ve been so kind,’ she said, her voice heavy with irony.

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ob, oc, of, op: toward, against

e.g., oppose (to disagree with or not approve of a plan or policy)

e.g., opponent (someone who is competing against you)

e.g., obtain (to get something that you want or need, especially by going through a process that is difficult)

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para: at or to one side of, beside, side by side

e.g., paragraph (a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.)

e.g., paralysis (a state of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act)

e.g., parallel (extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging)

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pun noun /pʌn/ 雙關語

: a humorous use of a word that has two meanings, or of words with thesame sound but different meanings. For example, in the sentence ‘Theviolinist spent the night in a vile inn’, vile inn (=poor hotel) sounds likeviolin.

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I'm expecting. 我懷孕了

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Please go to the reversed side. 請翻面

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● MLA Format

MLA sample paper

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090701095636_747.pdf

Microsoft Word: How to Set Up MLA Format 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP56cox1_II

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● Midterm

iron-gray hair, pun for the hair and coldnese of an old woman.

("A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner)

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● "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone" by W. H. Auden

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. 

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. 

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

Four Weddings and a Funeral - "Funeral Blues"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_a-eXIoyYA

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● Hyperbole 誇飾

Hyperbole (Greek:"exaggeration") is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It is used in poems to create emphasis on a situation. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.

Hyperboles are exaggerations to create emphasis or effect. As a literary device, hyperbole is often used in poetry, and is frequently encountered in casual speech. Many times the usages of hyperbole describes something as better or worse than it really is.  An example of hyperbole is: "The bag weighed a ton." Hyperbole makes the point that the bag was very heavy, though it probably does not weigh a ton.