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＊ What is literature ?

Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. The term is most commonly used to refer to words of the creative imagination including works of poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction. Literature is the art of written works. It is the body of written works of a language period or culture. Literature is published in written works in a particular style or particular subject. Literature is the mirror of life. Our lives and all the subjects that are related to our lives can be the subject matters or elements of literature. So we can get the touch with our lives through literature.

＊ acre 變成 aker à wrong spelling

＊ onomatopoeia

Definition:

   The use of words (such as hiss or murmur) that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Adjective:onomatopoeic or onomatopoetic.

 Examples:

drip(小水滴), drop(大水滴), roar, chirp, oink, sizzle

＊ Cocky à厲害、很屌的意思

The definition of cocky is someone who is overly self-confident.

Someone who is very arrogant and assumes they know all the answers is an example of cocky.

＊ "我的老天" 用Oh my god表達較不適合à正確用法 : Oh gracious!

＊ Eeyore

Characteristics:

1.   烏雲罩頂

2.   房子倒塌 His house keeps falling down

3.   尾巴掉下來 His tail keeps corning off

Eeyore is, to put it politely, a bit of a pessimist. He is consistently grumpy and gloomy throughout all of the stories, although just occasionally we see that he is capable of real joy too - for example, when Pooh gives him a honeypot for his birthday, and Piglet gives him a burst balloon, and he discovers that the balloon fits beautifully into the honey pot (and comes out just as beautifully).

＊ Thistle 薊

Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant – on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. These are an adaptation that protects the plant against herbivorous animals, discouraging them from feeding on the plant. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape of a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flowerheads.

＊ John Denver – Today

I’ll be a dandy, and I’ll be a rover
You’ll know who I am by the songs that I sing
I’ll feast at your table, I’ll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring

Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine
I’ll taste your strawberries, I’ll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
‘Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, Today

I can’t be contented with yesterday’s glory
I can’t live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment, now is my story
I’ll laugh and I’ll cry and I’ll sing

＊ Judy Garland – Over the Rainbow

"Over the Rainbow" (often referred to as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow") is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg.[1] It was written for the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale.[1] Over time, it would become Garland's signature song and, indeed, her theme.

＊ suggest à reveal in a hidden way

＊ anthropomorphic 擬人化

Anthropomorphism is a form of personification that gives human characteristics to non-humans or objects, especially animals. It has some major benefits, such as helping to get complex ideas across, but it also has been met with criticisms. Examples are found throughout literature, the arts and everyday life, and experts believe that people have used the technique for over 30,000 years.

＊ the plot of a story