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Warm-Up Label all nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in each of the sentences below. 1. ) The devastating fire in Corvallis, Oregon is spreading rapidly. 2. ) Dark purple is definitely my favorite color. 3. ) The blue birds in the trees are chirping loudly and waking the entire neighborhood.
Warm-Up NOUNS VERBS ADJECTIVES ADVERBS 1. ) The devastating fire in Corvallis, Oregon is spreading rapidly. 2. ) Dark purple is definitely my favorite color. 3. ) The blue birds in the trees are chirping loudly and waking the entire neighborhood.
Plot Chart for “The Open Window" How do we diagram the plot of a story? Describe what occurs at each phase. Conflict s:
Theme What is theme? A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work. A lesson about life or people. What themes are apparent in “The Open Window”? “‘Hunting? Good God, General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder. ’ The general laughed with Statement: entire good nature. ? He regarded Theme Rainsford quizzically. ‘I refuse to believe that so modern and civilized a young man as you seem to be harbors romantic ideas about the value of human life. ’”
Vocabulary Introduction!
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Literary Devices
Simile Comparison using like or as
Metaphor Comparison NOT using like or as
Repetition Repeating a word or words for effect. Example When you, my Dear, are away, How wearily goes the creeping day.
Rhyme When words have the same end sound. Happens at the beginning, end, or middle of lines. Examples Where Fair Air Bear Glare
Rhyme Scheme The pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza. Example: ababbcbcc
Rhythm When words are arranged in such a way that they make a pattern or beat. Example There once was a girl from Chicago Who dyed her hair pink in the bathtub I own a solace shut within my heart, A garden full of many a quaint delight Hint: hum the words instead of saying them.
Alliteration When the first sounds in words repeat. Example Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper. Slim-pinioned swallows sweep and pass
Consonance When consonants repeat in the middle or end of words. Creates a near rhyme sound Examples Fixed in onyx The calm lamb A pillar of valor Fish in a mesh net
Theme The main idea or meaning of a text. Often, this is an insight about human life revealed in a literary work https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v =H 3_Bb 9 w. GOb. Y
Lines Phrases or words in a stanza
Personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v =nao. Bk. J 4 r 7 Zg
Form What a poem looks like
Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration
Onomatopoeia A word that represents a sound
Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds at the BEGINNING or words https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=DGJ u 6 Lz. Uf. YM “Betty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better. ” (Betty Botter, Mother Goose)
Foreshadowing What is foreshadowing? The use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur. Where do we see examples of foreshadowing in “The Most Dangerous Game”? “‘Off there to the right –somewhere – is a large island, ’ said Whitney. ‘It’s rather a mystery –’” “‘Sailors have a curious dread of the place’” “Rainsford heard a sound. It came out of the darkness, a high screaming sound, the sound of an animal in an extremity of anguish and terror. ”
Irony What is irony? A contrast between appearance and reality – usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems; when one thing is expected to happen or be, and the exact opposite occurs. Where do we see examples of irony in “The Most Dangerous Game”? “The world is made up of two classes –the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters” “Half apologetically General Zaroff said, ‘We do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here. Please forgive any lapses. We are well off the beaten track, you know’”?
Personification What is personification? Writing that gives animals, inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics Where do we see examples of personification in “The Most Dangerous Game”? “Ten minutes of determined effort brought another sound to his ears – the most welcome he had ever heard – the muttering and growling of the seas breaking on a rocky shore. ” “All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea, and that utter weariness was on him. ”
Imagery What is imagery? Where do we see examples of imagery in “The Most Dangerous Game”? The words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch). “With his remaining strength he dragged himself from the swirling waters. Jagged crags appeared to jut up into the opaqueness; he forced himself upward hand over hand. Gasping, his hands raw, he reached a flat place at the top. ”
Stanza The division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains.
Poetry Creative Writing Prompts Write a poem about your experience during Hurricane Harvey. How did it impact you, your loved ones, your friends? How did it change your views on life and the world? 15+ Lines Include as many different literary devices as you can. (Highlight/Label Them!)
Stop! Thursday
Warm-Up Label all nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in each of the sentences below. 1. ) The beautiful Lake Creek High School has been open since 2018. 2. ) I usually drive to school, but today I walked. 3. ) My friends and I often play flag football on the weekends at a small park off of I 45.
Warm-Up NOUNS VERBS ADJECTIVES ADVERBS 1. ) The beautiful Lake Creek High School has been open since 2018. 2. ) I usually drive to school, but today I walked. 3. ) My friends and I often play flag football on the weekends at a small park off of I 45.
Stop! Friday
Warm-Up 1. ) Write your own sentence that contains thee nouns, including one proper noun. 2. ) Write a sentence that contains an adjective and an adverb. 3. ) Write a sentence with a helping verb, two nouns, two adjectives and an adverb.
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