1a. The persona feels enraged by the students. In the second stanza, the poet used "Of... Of... Of..." to emphasize on the three sentences whereby he said about the attitude of the students and the quality of their work. The students' work had blotted pages and were described as "slovenly" which definitely makes a teacher go mad at the sight of such low-quality work.

In the first stanza, the poet described his feelings using the metaphor "hounds". This metaphor refers to the students who were rude, naughty and wild and shared similar characteristics as hounds and thus the persona is very frustrated. In the second stanza the poet used the metaphor "insults" to describe the persona's feelings. "Insults" here refers to the students' work because the persona feels that the quality of the students' work is an insult to his intelligence. The students' work that they have handed in had blotted pages, and the handwriting was horrible and thus the persona feel enraged and frustrated.

The poet used puns to describe the persona's feelings. The first pun is "quarry" in the first stanza. The word "quarry" has two meanings, one of them is "a rich or productive source" and another meaning is "a hunted animal". This pun tells us that the students have to hunt for knowledge but are hunted down at the same time. In the second stanza, there is the pun "I am sick". It has double meanings and it can mean that the teacher is physically sick from the stress the students give him and the other meaning is that the teacher is sick and tired of the students' attitude. The last pun is in the third stanza. It is "will". The word "will" also has double meanings and it can both mean "going to" and "willing to". The pun describes the persona's feelings well as the teacher is not going to teach the students any more and at the same time, he is not willing to.

1b. The tone of anger in this poem is illustrated through literary devices and careful choice of words. The poet used metaphors, alliteration and puns to bring out the tone of anger in the poem. Some of the metaphors that are used are "hounds" and "insults"; The alliteration is present in "Of... Of... Of..."; Some of the puns are "quarry", "will", and "I am sick". The choice of words also helped illustrate the tone of anger, the poet used words such as "weariness", "endure", "insults" and "dross of indifference".

In the first stanza, the poet described his feelings using the metaphor "hounds". This metaphor refers to the students who were rude, naughty and wild and shared similar characteristics as hounds and thus the persona is very frustrated. In the second stanza the poet used the metaphor "insults" to describe the persona's feelings. "Insults" here refers to the students' work because the persona feels that the quality of the students' work is an insult to his intelligence. The students' work that they have handed in had blotted pages, and the handwriting was horrible and thus the persona feel enraged and frustrated.

For alliteration, the poet used "Of... Of... Of..." to emphasize on the three sentences whereby he said about the attitude of the students and the quality of their work. The students' work had blotted pages and were described as "slovenly" which definitely makes a teacher go mad at the sight of such low-quality work.

For puns, the first pun is "quarry" in the first stanza. The word "quarry" has two meanings, one of them is "a rich or productive source" and another meaning is "a hunted animal". This pun tells us that the students have to hunt for knowledge but are hunted down at the same time. In the second stanza, there is the pun "I am sick". It has double meanings and it can mean that the teacher is physically sick from the stress the students give him and the other meaning is that the teacher is sick and tired of the students' attitude. The last pun is in the third stanza. It is "will". The word "will" also has double meanings and it can both mean "going to" and "willing to". The pun describes the persona's feelings well as the teacher is not going to teach the students any more and at the same time, he is not willing to.

The words that the poet used also helped to bring out the enraged feelings of the persona. He used "weariness" which means that teaching the students were very tiring as he needs to constantly try to make the students listen to his lesson. The word "endure" means that the teacher is frustrated at the sight of the students' work but has to endure it and mark the works no matter how angry he is. "Insults" means that the quality of work by the students is so poor that the persona feels that it is an insult to his intelligence by marking them. Lastly, "dross of indifference" means that the students do not care about their work and show little concern over them.

I read the article 'Man may have been born in outer space' and feel that this is not true. There is no other place other than Earth where there is suitable environment for life to originate and thus I think that Man have not been born in outer space. However, regarding the scientists discovering a building block of biology in a comet, I think it is believable. If water can be brought to Earth by meteorites, why cant comets bring life to Earth? Another thing that I want to say is that the article topic is a bit different from what the contents are all about. Scientists claim that life was BROUGHT to Earth by comets but the topic says that Man was BORN in the outer space and thus the topic and the actual content of the article are different. Anyway, this article is quite exciting and interesting because scientists have given us interesting results of them investigating the origins of man kind. They have given us results that are opposite to the theory that life originated on Earth and maybe they are correct, who knows? It is just like changing a fact that is very important and well-known and this is what makes this article exciting to read.

My favourite food is tofu. It is made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. Tofu is low in calories, contains a relatively large amount of iron and contains little fat.

There are many varieties of tofu, some of them are silken tofu, dried tofu and fried tofu. I would not choose my favourite type because all of them are my favourites. I would elaborate on each of the types of tofu.

Silken tofu contains the highest moisture content of all fresh tofus. Its texture can be described as similar to that of very fine custard. Douhua, or tofu brain is often eaten as a dessert, but sometimes with salty pickles or hot sauce added instead, is another type of soft tofu with an even higher moisture content. Because it is nearly impossible to pick up this type of tofu with chopsticks, it is generally eaten with a spoon. With the addition of flavorings such as finely chopped spring onions, dried shrimp, soy sauce and chilli sauce, douhua is a popular breakfast dish across China.

Dried tofu is an extra firm variety of tofu with the least amount of moisture of all fresh tofu. It has the firmness of fully cooked meat and a somewhat rubbery feel similar to paneer. When sliced thinly, this tofu can be crumbled easily.Shredded dried tofu , which looks like loose cooked noodles, can be served cold or stir-fried.

Fried tofus, with their lower moisture content, are cut into bite-sized cubes or triangles and deep fried until they develop a golden-brown, crispy surface. These may be eaten on their own or with a light sauce, or further cooked in liquids; they are also added to hot pot dishes or included as part of the vegetarian dish called luohan zhai.

Blog Prompt
Q: Imagine that you lived in China during the Cultural Revolution. Write a journal entry describing the situation and how you felt at that time. You are advised to research on this topic before you start writing.

Dear Diary,

Recently there is not a single peaceful day. Everyday there are Red Guards on the streets creating chaos. Today they cruelly beat up the teachers in the schools, the monks and some nuns. They even publicly burnt paintings and books on the streets.

Luckily my parents did not receive proper education because the scholars are being criticized by the Red Guards. If my parents are being criticized, my whole family would be in deep trouble. The Red Guards would rob my house and take whatever things that worth some money. They even take away people's furniture.

My schoolmates recently joined the Red Guards and now they are trying to convince me to join. However I think that the way they are beating up our teachers is too inhuman-they are our teachers or had once been our teachers, how can we forget all that they have done for us and treat them like enemies? However angry I am with their behaviour, I cannot do anything because the Red Guards are too strong. Hopefully the chaos would end soon. I cannot sleep with all the noise people are making late in the night.

Until next time.

Huang Lin

My favourite poet is Robert Frost. He can rhyme very well and put deep meanings in his poems and usually means more than what we can see from the poem. An example is "The Road Not Taken". Although the author talks about choosing a road to walk on between two roads, he actually means the roads in life. Something as plain as two roads can mean a lot in his poems. These make him outstanding compared with some poets who write about things without much meaning. I will now talk on some biographical information about him.

Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California to journalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie. His mother was of Scottish descent, and his father descended from Nicholas Frost of Tiverton, Devon, England, who had sailed to New Hampshire in 1634 on the Wolfrana.
Frost's father was a teacher and later an editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin (which afterwords merged into the San Francisco Examiner), and an unsuccessful candidate for city tax collector. After his father's death on May 5, 1885, in due time the family moved across the country to Lawrence, Massachusetts under the patronage of (Robert's grandfather) William Frost, Sr., who was an overseer at a New England mill. Frost graduated from Lawrence High School in 1892. Frost's mother joined the Swedenborgian church and had him baptized in it, but he left it as an adult.

Despite his later association with rural life, Frost grew up in the city, and published his first poem in his high school's magazine. He attended Dartmouth College long enough to be accepted into the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Frost returned home to teach and to work at various jobs including delivering newspapers and factory labor. He did not enjoy these jobs at all, feeling his true calling as a poet.

Robert Frost's life was plagued with grief and loss. His father died of tuberculosis in 1885, when Frost was 11, leaving the family with just $8. Frost's mother died of cancer in 1900. In 1920, Frost had to commit his younger sister, Jeanie, to a mental hospital, where she died nine years later. In spite of the difficulties he faced, he strived to be one of the most famous poets of all time.

Here are 3 of his poems:

Just a list of what I did today:

1. Wake up and starting Mapling.

2. Eat breakfast.

3. Play MapleStory again, leveled up.

4. Went to cut my freaking crazy mop of hair and Mum treated me to a meal.

5. Went back home and played MapleStory. Leveled up again.

6. Wrote some work Mum assigned me. Crazy amount of work.

7. Started playing again... And leveled up for the third and last time in the day.

8. Posted this post and wrote on it that I posted this post on this post that I posted.