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Theme

Skills & Strategies

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Response to Literature

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Which element of literature communicates a universal truth about life?

theme

___________ is what a piece of literature reveals about life; the __________ is the topic and can be expressed in just a word or two, such as love, childhood, injustice.

theme subject

What is a recurring theme in the poem “The Highwayman” and short story “User Friendly”?

Possible answers: Love is powerful, Sometimes love is unreturned, Love can make you do crazy things, etc..

Theme is what the writer wants you to _________ for yourself as you share the experiences of the story’s characters.

discover

One way to identify the theme is to look at the story’s ____________ One way to identify the theme is to look at the story’s ____________. Does it reveal anything special about the story?

title

“Her face was like a light.” This sentence from “The Highwayman” is an example of what kind of figure of speech?

simile

“Echo was one of the most beautiful nymphs or fairies of the hills.” Context clues reveal that nymphs are _____________.

fairies

To find a character’s traits, you have to make _________________.

inferences

In “The Highwayman”, a metaphor was used to compare what to a ribbon of moonlight?

The road

What is an idiom?

An expression that is not literally true

List four ways an author reveals a character's traits.

Appearance, thoughts, words, and actions

Name two ways a writer can describe their character.

Direct and Indirect Characterization

When a writer "shows and tells" what a character is like, it is __________ characterization.

Direct

When a writer describes the character's appearance, shows how other characters react to him/her, describes the character's thoughts and feelings, they are creating _______ characterization.

Indirect

Understanding characters helps readers ____________.

Understand the story

What color is Bess (the Landlord’s daughter)’s hair?

black

Name two of the stories we read in Chapter Two (Characterization)

Smallest Dragonboy A Rice Sandwich Mother and Daughter Smallest Dragonboy A Rice Sandwich

What is the name of Yollie Moreno’s “boyfriend”?

Ernie Castillo

Name three of the main characters in “User Friendly.”

Kevin Neal, Louis the computer, Chuck Linke, or Ginny Linke

Name the poet of “The Highwayman.”

Alfred Noyes

When writing a character analysis, you should make inferences to determine the character’s most important _______.

traits

Why is a bubble map a good Thinking Map for prewriting a character analysis?

A bubble map is for describing (with adjectives) A bubble map is for describing (with adjectives). A character analysis describes a character’s traits.

Each character trait should be supported by ______________ from the story.

Details or evidence

However, furthermore, after, also, as, next, and during are all __________ words that connect ideas and details.

transitions

Daily Double!!

What character trait could be included in a character analysis about Mrs. Moreno?

Answers will vary

Identify the independent clause in this sentence: After hearing a loud noise, Louisa stopped the car and looked underneath it.

Louisa stopped the car and looked underneath it.

The jacket with the gray stripes is mine Classify the underlined phrase as an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase: The jacket with the gray stripes is mine

Adjective phrase

Many shopkeepers were upset because the figures were so very costly. Identify the following sentence as compound or complex: Many shopkeepers were upset because the figures were so very costly.

complex

Rewrite this sentence using correct capitalization and punctuation: after i watched the dallas cowboys win i watched the san diego chargers lose

After I watched the Dallas Cowboys win, I watched the San Diego Chargers lose.

Make up a compound-complex sentence with these words in it:. escape Make up a compound-complex sentence with these words in it: escape when English teacher fire-breathing writing class running

Answers will vary

Final Jeopardy Cause and Effect

To find causes and their effects in articles, look for signal terms such as __________ and _______.