ENGLISH-A M E R I C A N

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FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA

• THE AMERICAN FLAG HAS HAD AN OFFICIALLY 27 VERSIONS (OTHER VERSIONS ARE NOT OFFICIALLY
COUNTED AS A VERSION OF THE FLAG)
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA

• HOME TO SOME OF THE BEST MUSICAL ARTIST OF ALL TIME

AMERICA DOMINATES THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AS THERE ARE SO MANY TALENTED MUSICIANS THAT CALL AMERICA HOME.
SOME OF THE BEST MUSICAL ARTISTS INCLUDE FRANK SINATRA, ELVIS PRESLEY, JIMMY HENDRIX, MADONNA, WHITNEY
HOUSTON, MICHAEL JACKSON, BEYONCE, AND MANY MANY MORE.
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA

• WASHINGTON, DC WASN’T ALWAYS THE CAPITAL OF AMERICA

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FROM 1785 UNTIL 1790, NEW YORK CITY SERVED AS THE COUNTRIES CAPITAL. WHILE IT MAY NOT
BE THE CAPITAL TODAY, OVER 8 MILLION PEOPLE RESIDE IN NEW YORK CITY, MAKING IT THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN
AMERICA.
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA

• LAS VEGAS IS THE GAMBLING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA IS THE 28TH-MOST POPULATED CITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND IS THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN NEVADA. THIS FAMOUS CITY IS
RENOWNED FOR ITS NIGHTLIFE, ENTERTAINMENT, GAMBLING, SHOPPING, AND FINE DINING. LAS VEGAS HAS THE LARGEST STRIP OF CASINOS WHICH HAS
EARNED THIS CITY THE GAMBLING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD TITLE.
THE CITY IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR ITS MEGA CASINO-HOTELS WHICH HAS ALSO EARNED LAS VEGAS THE TITLE OF ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
FURTHER, LAS VEGAS IS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST VISITED TOURIST DESTINATIONS AS WELL AS ONE OF THE TOP DESTINATIONS FOR BUSINESS
CONVENTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA

• THE US DOESN’T HAVE AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

WHILE ENGLISH IS PREDOMINANTLY SPOKEN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, ON A FEDERAL LEVEL THERE ARE NO LAWS STATING THAT ENGLISH IS
THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NO FEDERAL LAWS, 31 STATES HAVE DECLARED ENGLISH THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.
FURTHER, THERE ARE ONLY A FEW STATES THAT ARE OFFICIALLY BILINGUAL. FOR EXAMPLE, IN NEW MEXICO, THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH
AND SPANISH, WHEREAS, IN LOUISIANA, THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH AND FRENCH, AND FINALLY, IN HAWAII, THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS
ENGLISH AND HAWAIIN.
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA

• THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS A GIFT

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, FORMALLY KNOWN AS “LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD”, WAS A GIFT FROM FRANCE. THIS GIFT WAS
SENT TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF FRANCO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP. THE STATUE WAS SCULPTED BY FREDERIC AUGUSTE
BARTHOLDI WHILE THE FRAMEWORK WAS DESIGNED BY A FRENCH ENGINEER, GUSTAVE EIFFEL, WHO ALSO DESIGNED THE EIFFEL
TOWER.
FUN FACTS ABOUT AMERICA
LITERARY ANALYSIS OF MARVEL’S
AVENGERS (PRELUDE)
COMIC
COMIC
BOOK’S
BOOK’S
COVER
COVER
LITERARY ELEMENTS
•CHARACTERS:
• CAPTAIN AMERICA
• SPIDER-MAN
• FALCON
• IRON MAN
• DOCTOR STRANGE
• BEAST
LITERARY ELEMENTS
•CHARACTERS:
• SCARLET WITCH
• HAWKEYE
• WASP
• BLACK PANTHER
• VISION
• WAR MACHINE
LITERARY ELEMENTS
•CHARACTERS:
• SERSI
• WONG
• HANK PYM
• RICK JONES
• HULK
• THOR
LITERARY ELEMENTS
•CHARACTERS:
• SILVER SURFER
• MEPHISTO
• BLACK WIDOW
• NICK FURY
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
• THUNDERBOLT ROSS
LITERARY ELEMENTS
•CHARACTERS:
• SILVER SURFER
• MEPHISTO
• BLACK WIDOW
• NICK FURY
• GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
• THUNDERBOLT ROSS
LITERARY ELEMENTS
•POINT OF VIEW:
• THE STORY IS BEING TOLD WITH THE USE OF TWO POINT OF VIEWS: FIRST PERSON AND THIRD PERSON
POINT OF VIEW

• FIRST PERSON POV: WHEREIN CHARACTERS ARE HAVING A DIALOGUE WITH ONE ANOTHER
• THIRD PERSON POV: WHEREIN AN UNKNOWN BEING IS TELLING THE GENERAL IDEA OF THE
CONFRONTATION IN THE COMIC BOOK
LITERARY ELEMENTS
•THEMES:
•NATIONALISM
•HEROISM
•BROTHERHOOD
•REVENGE
•FAMILY
•LEADERSHIP
•BETRAYAL
 LITERARY ELEMENTS
•THEMES:
•REUNION
•DEATH
•PEACE
•WAR
•SACRIFICE
•TRUST
 LITERARY ELEMENTS
•SETTINGS:
•ASGARDIAN SPACE (STATESMAN)
•SOMEWHERE IN SPACE IDK
•SANCTUM SANCTORUM
•WAKANDA
 LITERARY ELEMENTS
•SETTINGS:
•EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
•AVENGERS’ COMPOUND
•VORMIR
•ZEN-WHOBERI
 LITERARY ELEMENTS
•SETTINGS:
•THE SANCTUARY II
•NIDAVELLIR
•TITAN
•XANDAR
LITERARY ELEMENTS

•PLOT:
LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES