Module 3

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 andpoof! ---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 passing 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 contact. 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 contact 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 account. Giving them up
isnt an option---theyre great for what theyre
intended to do. Its their unintended consequences
that make me cringe. So Ive 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 Im home.
1. Evidently, the untethered

electronic voice is preferable to
human contact.
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 account.
5. The communications revolution
makes us stop talking to one
another. This makes me cringe.
6. Ive 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 upcoming 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.

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Module 3

Connecting to the World

My happiness depends on an electric appliance

Without it I was like a bear in a cave

"The Telephone" by Edward Field, from Counting Myself

For Conversation, Press # 1

A funny thing happened in the way to

They were passing other people without

communicate without seeing or talking to one

1. Evidently, the untethered

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

Rhyme scheme is the practice of rhyming words placed at the

Oxymoron is a significant literary device as it allows the author

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