wanna learn preposition...????

preposition is part of speech used to relate and bla..bla...bla...here comes all the rules that will make every student sleep. well...singing a preposition song perhaps a new alternative yaar (like hindustani's dialect). here is a video that i got from youtube!

Fruitcake song! Let us sing together!!!!!!!

Enjoy this cartoon while learning "The Fruitcake Special"

Based on the table below, tick the relevant characteristics for each character. please submit your answer to my email, Nurhazwanihaslah@yahoo.com on this Monday. 

Traits	Anna	Mr David Amos	Sabina	Aunt Mimi	Anna’s mother	Waiter	Armstrong
ambitious
beautiful
busy body
caring
charming
condescending
cowardly
creative
determined
handsome
haughty
impulsive
jealous
love-struck
manipulative
over-enthusiastic
pathetic
protective
proud
savvy
shallow
traditional
unkind
violent

Exercise 1: It's All In The Title

Answer all questions and please submit it to my email, nurhazwanihaslah@yahoo.com.

Title of Story:                    The   Fruitcake   Special

BEFORE READING THE STORY:       1.    Based on the title, what do you think one problem in the story might be?       2.    Based on the title, what types of characters do you expect to be in the story?

AFTER ReadING the story:        3.    Do you think the title is suitable? Give reasons for your answer.        4.    If you could change the title of the story, what would it be? Why?

Literary Devices of The Fruitcake Special

Literary Devices in the Story

Point of View

This story is written from the first person point of view. The narrator is also the main character. The pronoun “I” is used. We see the events from Anna’s perspective. We can experience her thoughts and feelings. 

Tone

The story is narrated in a humorous way.

Diction  (the choice of words used in the story)

• Lighthearted/ humorous - …he smiled until I thought his face would break into two

·         Casual – use of slang e.g. momma, guy

·         use of clichés (overused expressions) e.g. I’m crazy about you; You are so beautiful

·         simple vocabulary; short dialogues; lots of exclamation marks (!); unfinished sentences (…); use of italics (darling) to show emphasis and unexpected surprise

• American – boss

Simile

The story has several interesting and funny similes e.g.  he looked like a dog who had just found a bone; mouths wide open like a couple of fish, etc.

Stereotypes

– e.g. pretty young models; rich and handsome employer;

Slapstick comedy

e.g. ridiculous behavior of singing waiter; silly fights

Imagery

The fruitcake ingredient makes the sophisticated perfume smell like a glorious mix of all natural, delicious, inviting and warm smells (like fresh bread and flowers and sunshine all mixed together).

Themes of The Fruitcake Special

Themes

·                     Physical attraction/superficial love versus true love

David Amos has only been attracted to pretty young models in the past. However, after Anna wears the special perfume, he becomes physically attracted to Anna and thinks that he loves her.  So does the waiter at the French restaurant who smells her perfume. Anna does not believe it because she knows that David Amos does not like plain girls like her.

In contrast, Armstrong who has fallen in love with Anna when he was only a pizza delivery man, withholds his declaration of love until he feels that he is worthy of her love. He only dares to proclaim his love for Anna after he has become successful owner of a pizza company. Anna realizes that he truly loves her and would be a suitable life partner for herself.

·                     Integrity/self-respect

Anna rejects both David Amos and the waiter as they are not genuinely concerned about her. She has integrity and has pride in her own worth. She resigned from her career at Amos Cosmetics because she did not like the way her employer, David Amos, belittled her , particularly in front of his snooty girlfriend, Sabina.

·                     Seeking the right life partner is fraught/filled with problems

Anna faces wrong suitors, fights and job resignation before finding her true love.

·                     The influence of the supernatural is not desirable

The special ingredient in the fruitcake that was mixed in the perfume did not bring happy consequences for Anna because she attracted the wrong type of men who were shallow and foolish. True love does not need supernatural aid.

·                     Fulfilling family obligations to marriage

Anna was under pressure from her mother and aunt to get married because they were afraid that she was too old (27 years) to find a suitable life partner.