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Module 3

Connecting to the World

Lesson 1

Through Technolog y

The Telephone by Edward Field

 My happiness depends on an electric appliance  And I do not mind giving it so much credit  With life in this city being what it is  Each person separated from friends  By a tangle of subways and buses  Yes my telephone is my joy  It tells me that I am in the world and wanted  It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip  I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle

 Without it I was like a bear in a cave  Drowsing through a shadowy winter  It rings and spring has come  I stretch and amble out into the sunshine  Hungry again as I pick up the receiver  For the human voice and the good news of friends

"The Telephone" by Edward Field, from Counting Myself Lucky. © Black Sparrow Press, 1992

Lesson 2

Making a Difference

For Conversation, Press # 1 by Michael Alvear  A funny thing happened in the way to communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang,interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and—poof! ---I became invisible, absent from the conversation because of a gadget designed to make communication easier. The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones.

 They were ing other people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human . The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now

communicate without seeing or talking to one another. In making deposit at the bank, you can just insert your card into the ATM. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine. As almost every conceivable between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. I am no Luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voicemail system, and an email . Giving them up isn’t an option---they’re great for what they’re intended to do. It’s their unintended consequences that make me cringe. So I’ve put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I’m home.

1. Evidently, the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human . 2. The driver shushed us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. technological change 3. Every advance in communications technology or is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. endurance 4. I am no Luddite. I own a cellphone, an ATM card and an email . 5. The communications revolution makes us stop talking to one another. This makes me cringe. 6. I’ve put myself on technology restriction:

a. Hindrance b. one who opposes c. unlimited resources d. ordered to be silent e. shrink in fear f. limit g. to wish or long for

Lesson 3

DESPITE DIFFERENCES IN POINT OF VIEW

 Your choice of APPAREL is very interesting.  Where did you get that GET-UP?  His GARB is unfamiliar to us.  I changed into my WORK GEAR.  He wore real fancy DUDS.  Her UNDERGARMENTS fit closely.  Is FORMAL ATTIRE required?  His RAIMENT bore the mark of a nobleman.

Literary devices are common structures used in writing. These devices can be either literary elements or literary techniques. Here are some literary devices from the story Romeo and Juliet.  Similes are one of the most commonly used literary devices; referring to the practice of drawing parallels or comparisons between two unrelated and dissimilar things, people, beings, places and concepts. Similes are marked by the use of the words ‘as’ or ‘such as’ or ‘like’ Example: He is like a mouse in front of the teacher.  Foreshadowing refers to the use of indicative words/phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense. Foreshadowing is used to suggest an outcome to the story. Example: “He had no idea of the disastrous chain of events to follow.”

 Rhyme scheme is the practice of rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in prose or poetry. Rhyme scheme refers to the order in whichparticular words rhyme. If the alternate words rhyme, it is an “a-b-a-b” rhyme scheme, which means “a” is the rhyme for the lines 1 and 3 and “b” is the rhyme affected in the lines 2 and 4. Example: Roses are red (a) Violets are blue (b) Beautiful they all may be (c) But I love you (b) The above is an “a-b-c-b” rhyme scheme.  Repetition is just the simple repetition of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words. This is such a common literary device that it is almost never even noted as a figure of speech. Example: “ Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked.”

 Oxymoron is a significant literary device as it allows the author to use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner. An oxymoron is an interesting literary device because it helps to perceive a deeper level of truth and explore different layers of semantics while writing. Example: Sometimes we cherish things of little value. He possessed a cold fire in his eyes.  Metaphors are one of the most extensively used literary devices. A metaphor refers to a meaning or identity ascribed to one subject by way of another. In a metaphor, one subject is implied to be another so as to draw a comparison between their similarities and shared traits. Example: “Henry was a lion on the battlefield.”

Lesson 4

WITH FORTITUDE AND DETERMINATION

MY TREASURE Every day you meet different challenges which you either learn or fail. The hardest journey is often the one that requires looking inside yourself and being honest about what you find. In this lesson you have learned to relate your present situation from what was happened in the past. Based on the lesson you have learned in this module. Describe anexperience, event or change in your practice or practices significant to you.