Agenda: 1.Bell Ringer 2.Discuss Independent Reading 3.Introduce Literary Terms
Grab Bell Ringer from table and begin work. You have 15 minutes to complete it! Once you identify the nouns, write an “A” for abstract or “C” for concrete above the word. We will not have SSR today. However, when you are done you may read a book from the class library quietly.
Synopsis Handout You have a week to get the book. This will be outside of class reading. Independent work will be assigned for you to complete as you read the book. In six weeks, you will stop reading this book and choose another.
First, create your foldable. 1.Take a two bright green papers. 2.Staple them together 3 times on the across the long edges. 3.Cut 1 of the pages in half. Make sure the cut is in the middle. 4.Then make 5 cuts of equal distance a long each flap. (Do not cut all the way to the edge of the paper.) 5.Make sure you have a total of 12 flaps. It should look like this:
Archetypes: A model image, personage, or theme that recurs in stories and myths throughout history and literature. Ex: ‘The Fall’ of Adam and Eve in Genesis
Antagonist- the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work. Example: Iago is the antagonist of Othello
Connotation: The emotional implications and associations that a word may carry. Ex: home= family, love, happiness
Conflict: In literature, conflict is the opposition of persons or forces that brings about dramatic action central to the plot of a story; conflict maybe internal, as psychological conflict or external Ex: home= family, love, happiness
Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word; the literal or cognitive meaning. Example: Home is the building structure where one resides.
Foil- A secondary character who contrasts with the protagonist in order to highlight aspects of the main character’s personality. Example: Foils may be sidekicks (e.g., Han Solo to Luke Skywalker) or enemies (e.g. The Joker to Batman).
Foreshadowing- A literary device to tease readers about plot turns that will occur later in the story.
Epiphany- The point in a work of literature where a character has a sudden insight or realization that changes his or her understanding. Example: In the movie Sweeny Todd, the main character realizes that humans are cruel, two-faced creatures. He believes they all deserve to die.
Imagery- the use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions. Imagery can be used for emotional effect and to intensify the impact on the reader. Example: such sweet sorrow
Mood- The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage. Mood can be expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme. Example: The mood evoked in Edgar Allen Poe’s work is gloomy and dark.
Idiom: An expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning of its individual words. Idioms are particular to a given language and usually cannot be translated literally. For example: have the upper hand or under the weather “Back seat driver”
Protagonist: the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.