In today's class we:
- Talked about metaphors and similes
- Related the above to clichés and the over-use of figurative language
- Mentioned George Orwell's opinion on clichés: he described that the temptation to use meaningless or hackneyed phrases was like a "packet of aspirins always at one's elbow."
- Did a creative writing exercise where you had to write your own original metaphor/simile
- Did the general sentence of the day about 'Freudian slips' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEIslG2McpA
- Looked at a famous sentence of the day, from visionary US comic Bill Hicks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1RQmnSJoRg, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo
- Looked at co-incidence and irony. Here are some lyrics for a song about irony http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8331817/Worlds-hottest-chilli-grown-in-Grantham.html
- Looked at an article on the problems of teaching and studying English in Thailand. http://www.apecknowledgebank.org/resources/downloads/english%20language%20teaching%20and%20learning%20in%20thailand.pdf
- Had quiz 1
- Did a video exercise based on irony and co-incidence by watching the episode of Fawlty Towers 'The Germans'
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