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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: “Hush”. Background. Aired from 1997-2003 Written by Joss Whedon The town of Sunnydale is on top of a “Hellmouth”, a place where the division between the human and demon world is weak. Buffy Summers is a student, but also a “Slayer”, whose job - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer:“Hush”
Background
• Aired from 1997-2003• Written by Joss Whedon• The town of Sunnydale is on top of a
“Hellmouth”, a place where the divisionbetween the human and demon world is weak. BuffySummers is a student, but also a “Slayer”, whose jobis to fight demons to protect the town. She workswith her “Watcher” and her friends to keep her townsafe.
Buffy
• University student• Demon slayer since age of 15– Special powers: super strength & speed
• Interested in Riley, but hasn’t told him– He doesn’t know she fights demons
Riley
• University student• Works for government group that fights
demons• Interested in Buffy, but hasn’t told her– She doesn’t know that he fights demons
Giles
• Librarian• Buffy’s “Watcher”– Trains Buffy and often fights beside her– Leader of Buffy’s group of friends that
fights demons
Anya & Xander
• Anya was a former demon who was transformed into a human
• Both are friends with Buffy and fight demons with her (though Xander has no special powers)
• Dating, but often argue
Willow & Tara
• Willow: a witch who wants more opportunities to meet other witches and learn more magic
• Tara: a very shy witch who is beginning to discover her powers
• Both are members of the school’s Wicca group, which is a modern religion of witchcraft, but most don’t believe in real magic
Spike
• A vampire– Used to be Buffy’s enemy
• The government put a chip in his brain to stop him from harming humans: he feels immense pain if he attacks a person
Comparison Essay
Due Tuesday, May 7
Structure
• How many paragraphs are usually in an essay?– What are they?
Structure• Introduction– “Hook” to get reader’s attention– Introduction to topic– Thesis statement
• Body Paragraph 1: First Essential Question• Body Paragraph 2: Second Essential Question• Body Paragraph 3: Third Essential Question• Conclusion– Restate thesis– Summarize argument
Thesis• Your essay has to have a point, not just summarize the
3 essential questions• BAD thesis: Harry Potter and Twilight both answer the
questions why is magic important, how can we be responsible with magic, and what can we learn from magic?
• GOOD thesis: Harry Potter and Twilight both show the importance of magic and the consequences of using it incorrectly.
• BETTER thesis: Harry Potter and Twilight use the theme of magic to show the relationship between our dreams and our actions.
Step 1
• Choose 2 of the texts we have studied– “The Word”– “Write Me Sometime”– “Don’t Insist on English”– “Mazes”– “Not Waving But Drowning”– “Hush” (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Step 2
• Write your thesis• Why is communication important in these two
texts? What point are they trying to make?
Step 3: Works CitedFormat for a story in a collection or anthology
Family name, First name. “Title of Story.” Title of Book. Ed. Editors name. City: Publishing Company, Year. Page #’s. Print.
Note: Format page numbers as (for example) 14-18, not page 14-18
Format for a poem from a website
Family name, First name. “Title of Poem.” Title of Website. Web. Date of website update.Website name: Poetry Archive Date updated: 2010.
Format for an episode of TV
“Title of Episode.” Title of TV Show. Writ. Writer’s name. Dir. Director’s name. Company, Year. DVD.
Writer: Joss Whedon Director: Joss Whedon Company: 20th Century Fox Year: 1999
Format for a speech
Family name, First name. “Title of Speech.” Conference name. Country. Date. Note: Patricia Ryan’s speech is from December 4, 2010.
Step 4: Make an outline
Thesis: ________________________________________
Body Paragraph 1: What is the origin of communication?-notes about both texts
Body Paragraph 2: What constitutes communication?- notes about both texts
Body Paragraph 3: Who are we without communication?- notes about both texts
Step 5: Find evidence
• Look for quotations to support your ideas• Remember to cite them properly– “Quotation” (Author’s Family Name Page #)– “Piggy grabbed and put on the glasses” (Golding 76)
– If you are using “Don’t Insist on English”, there will not be a page number, just the author’s family name
Step 6: Writing the Essay
• We will discuss this on Monday, and you will have time in class to work
• For homework, think about ICE– Ideas: How does each text answer the essential
questions?– Connections: What is similar and different about
each text’s answer to each question?– Extensions: What are the effects of the different
answers to the questions? “So what”?
Homework
• Buffy questions on handout• Essay outline: – Thesis statement– Answer the essential questions for each text– Find quotations from the texts to go in your essay
• Bring your short story book every day• You do not need your textbook on Monday,
unless you want it for working on your essay