Science Fiction

What is Science Fiction? 

It is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation).  

Who are some of the famous authors? 

Jonathon Swift

Cyrano de Bergerac

Ibn al-Nafis'

Mary Shelley

Edgar Allan Poe 

What are the settings like?

"a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method."

Banned Books

The general reason why books are banned because the government doesn't want to let you know certain information(censorship). They only want people to know only certain information that they only like. Some other reasons why certain books are banned is because of profanity, the books contain religious or/ references, sex, violence, and etc. They may only want to protect us in some kind of way, but we should still have the right to know about them and read them, w/ FREEDOM. Our education would be affected because, within all of those books that I have read, I have learned new and knowledgeable information. 

Section 9

Words

• Ravaged, ravishing, a queen, sleek, ermine. He makes this comparison because he shows how an animal can have human qualities
• "bewildered" meaning he really isn't used to the world today
• renal failure, dialysis, biopsy, the words are used to put the reader in like the doctors perspective.
• It explores the issue of how some owners spend thousands of dollars on their pets.

Sentences

• It's useless
• to the author it's pretty interesting, but really not important
• to show how significant the unit is

Paragraphs

• It's really more like a novel

Essay

• It is divided because if it was smashed into one article the reader might lose interest
• The tone is like informative
• It would change drastically

Discussing ?

• What is wrong with Lady? What is the treatment? How much will

it cost to treat her?

Lady was in chronic renal failure(kidneys weren't filtering out the toxins) . The treatment is to have a transplant. The cost for the surgery was 15,000 dollars.

• What kind of person is Shawn Levering, her owner? How can you

tell?

Her owner is very loving to his cat because it really did hurt him,to see his animal in pain.

• What kind of person is the veterinarian, Cathy Langston? How

can you tell?

The vet, seemed nice and did seem like she cared because she tried to give him the option to treat the cat.

• Why do you think Shawn is willing to pay for Lady’s treatment? Is

he the kind of person you would expect to pay for high-cost treat-

ment for a pet?

Shawn was wiling to pay for the surgery because he loves Lady. I wouldn't expect him to pay because he doesn't have much money.

Section 3

It is informal and touching at the same time.

The Meow, Meow

46 | THE LAST MEOW CSU EXPOSITORY READING AND WRITING COURSE | SEMESTER ONE

Using Key Vocabulary

Complete the following sentences by changing the verb in parentheses
into either an –ed form or an –ing form:
1. The patient, _Ravaged__________________ (ravage) by the effects of diabe-
tes, was a candidate for a kidney transplant.
2. The disease was _Ravaging____________________ (ravage) the kidneys of
the cat.
3. The _________Drooping___________ (droop) cat was held in the arms of her
owner.

4. The cat ____Drooped________________ (droop) as the owner handed her
to the veterinarian.
5. __Bewildered_________________, (bewilder) Shawn Levering looked around
the veterinary hospital.
6. He was given a _______Bewildered ____________ (bewilder) number of
choices.
7. The veterinarian made a ___Compelling______________ (compel) argument
for saving Lady’s life.
8. He was ____Compelled________________ (compel) to choose between his
hot rods and his cat.
9. The _Transplanted___________________ (transplant) kidney was working fine.
10. The surgeon had ______Transplanted________________ (transplant) the kidney
the night before.

Last Meow

I have truthfully, never had a pet except for a goldfish and It didn't live really long. Even for the small time the goldfish lasted, I care of it a lot. The truth, is that I couldn't do anything if it did get sick. If I did have a better pet I would, absolutely care for it.

The Crucible Drafts

2. Crucible Reputations Essay
Oscar Wildes, an Irish novelist and poet once said, "One can survive everything
nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation." Through
this, Oscar acknowledges that everything in society is pretty much escapable, but living
up to a good reputation within the community, is a constant and continuous effort. In the
book "The Crucible," Arthur Miller portrays multiple characters outliving and getting past
the strict moral values in an attempt to keep up with a good reputation through John
Proctor, Reverend Paris, and Abigail Williams.

This is a great introduction of the book. Mainly, because it starts out w/ a quote. That involves reputation and how it is hard to keep up w/ it.

In Arthur Miller's famous play The Crucible, innocent people are accused of witchcraft
and are killed as a result. The importance of one's reputation is one of the major themes
shown in the play. The townspeople are held to very strict moral values and must uphold
their good name in Salem's community. John Procter, Elizabeth Procter, and Abigail all
have there reputation misrepresented in some way. Each one was being accused of
witchcraft or lies to protect ones name.

I like the way this person starts out by saying that, innocent people were being killed.

In Arthur Miller's widely known play The Crucible, harsh punishment and even death is
given to faultless citizens who are accused of being involved with witchcraft. The name
of people held their reputation. People strive to keep a good name in the village so that
they are portrayed as affable people. The majority of people that were accused of being
witches were the outcasts of the town that had bad names in the village. Many
characters see their name or reputation as their position in society. Abigail
Williams, John Proctor, and Reverend Hale all value their reputation in the village and
are willing to do anything to keep their good name.

I like the way the this person starts out by saying that innocent people were being killed, too. I really like the way he or/her goes into detail and examples of how there reputation is being ruined.

Embedded Quotes

1. The poppet is dangerous w/ all of it's witchcraft, “hard proof."

2. There shall be no hiding of,"fear."

3. I have seen nothing of both my niece and money"vanished."

Fill in the blank story for SAT Words 1-15

The first day of school led to the last day of three kids lives. Yaquiline, the lothario, Yessica, the maverick, and Yanessa, the nemesis of Yaquiline. On that day, they expirienced a philippic between each other in english class. It started fine, they all sat down in class while Mr. Schreiber introduced himself and the class. They figured out he was a jingoist, because he was wearing a red, white, and blue tuxedo. But after seeing that, they realized who was amongst them. . . the infamous “Y Ladies.”
Yaqualine, and Yanessa, hated each other because Yaqualine took a bite of Yanessa’s Spicy Chicken Sandwhich, which led to Yanessa calling Yaqualin tawdry. Yaqualine, or “Yaquie”, stated that as a philanderer, she slept with Yanessa’s boyfriend. Yanessa’s previous view of as a quixotic young girl, immedietly went away.
One day Yessica came to school and yelled at Yanessa and Yaqualine using solecism, Yessica couldn’t say anything because she felt saturnine beacause of all those spicy chicken burgers that she ate. Yaqualine didnt really care because she was a procrustean, she was tired of arguing. So the rivalry between Yanessa and Yaqualine came to an end. Many people say it was a Pyrrhic victory, because even after the arguement, they still were not friends.
But the wierd part of the story is, why didn’t Yessica get involved? She has the spoonerism of words that confuses the Y Ladies to death. But recently she found the Y Ladies protean and unbearable. She could have won this arguement and be the number one Y lady and live in sybarite for the rest of her life!!