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arishaSo I am working on my first English paper, which is hardly even long enough to be called a paper, and it is more like a Mad Libs game than an English paper anyway since the prof has given us the opening and closing paragraphs we are supposed to use and all we have to do is insert character names and the like to prove, I guess, that we read the play.
In conclusion, in these lines [insert name of character speaking] [chose* one of these words to insert "asks," "requests," "implores," "demands," "urges," "pleads," "begs"] [insert name of character being spoken to] to [six words or less] because [ten words or less].
*I guess I'll let this slide as a typo, but really??
As a fifth year student (who recently finished editing a book that will be in stores in April!) I am not terribly amused by this, especially because hot dang I could write such a better opening paragraph than this. CASE IN POINT:
In [act/scene/lines], [insert name of character here] says [quote the lines exactly as a block quote]. The context for his words are [here insert 15 words or less about the plot or context at this moment in the play].
The context for his words are
The context for his words are
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME
If you are going to make us copy what you write because I guess you don't have faith in us to write it ourselves than holy man you had better proofread it first. Srsly I am less than impressed right now. :|
(Also it's Gertrude who says these words. Sooooo yeah.)
(And besides the issue of subject-verb agreement, how is this not going to make for an awkward sentence. brb super tempted to just whip up my own paragraphs here I mean really.)
In conclusion, in these lines [insert name of character speaking] [chose* one of these words to insert "asks," "requests," "implores," "demands," "urges," "pleads," "begs"] [insert name of character being spoken to] to [six words or less] because [ten words or less].
*I guess I'll let this slide as a typo, but really??
As a fifth year student (who recently finished editing a book that will be in stores in April!) I am not terribly amused by this, especially because hot dang I could write such a better opening paragraph than this. CASE IN POINT:
In [act/scene/lines], [insert name of character here] says [quote the lines exactly as a block quote]. The context for his words are [here insert 15 words or less about the plot or context at this moment in the play].
The context for his words are
The context for his words are
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME
If you are going to make us copy what you write because I guess you don't have faith in us to write it ourselves than holy man you had better proofread it first. Srsly I am less than impressed right now. :|
(Also it's Gertrude who says these words. Sooooo yeah.)
(And besides the issue of subject-verb agreement, how is this not going to make for an awkward sentence. brb super tempted to just whip up my own paragraphs here I mean really.)
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Date: 2011-01-21 02:27 am (UTC)Granted I skipped first-year English (heck yeah, AP), but this is perhaps the worst thing I've ever seen.
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Date: 2011-01-21 11:40 pm (UTC)Class today was pretty amusing though because apparently all of my classmates hate Hamlet hahaha. "He's like that guy who whines about everything and never shuts up and he's in all your classes!!" lololol~ xD
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Date: 2011-01-23 11:45 pm (UTC)Aw, but Hamlet! In his defense, he does have some pretty crazy stuff to whine about, what with the incest and all. >.>
Maybe this will cheer you up! I've started seeing advertisements for the next PotC on the trains! They're basically just quotes from the movie on a black background with the skull and crossbones in the corner. Stuff like this:
「愛しているジャック。
あなたの命を私にくれる？ーアンジェリカ」:D
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Date: 2011-01-21 02:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-21 11:38 pm (UTC)