Write in your agenda – Quiz September 13th-use quizizz codes Pick up a figurative language packet from the back of the room, and put your name on it. Get out your plot structure worksheet, evidence worksheet, and point of view worksheet so we can check the answers. Check your literary terms on the back of the plot structure worksheet. Check your answers, and add the four words and definitions at the bottom. Also, check the back of your evidence page, and use the numbers on the board to make corrections.

Indirect vs. Direct Characterization http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf Review Indirect and Direct Characterization Inciting Incident -The inciting incident is an episode, plot point or event that hooks the reader into the story. This particular moment is when an event thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story. Answers for POV – Open from desktop

Figurative Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCMniNKxLFk Get a figurative Language Packet from the back of the room. Read the examples of figurative language and try to identify each one. I am staring into my monitor’s soul. I cut so many flowers it was like a whole garden was in my hands. I jump up to shoot the ball, and a second later I hear the ball go swish. I kicked the ball so hard it hit the moon. Her hits were fire. The speedy soccer ball slides and spins south down the sideline

Figurative Language A tool used to help the reader visualize (or see) what is happening in a story or poem. Similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, imagery alliteration, symbolism and idioms are all types of figurative language you will learn about in this unit.

The Simile A comparison using like or as. Usually a comparison of two unlike things He swims like a fish His eyes are as blue as the ocean. His feet are as big as boats.

The Metaphor A comparison stating that one thing is something else. It is a comparison without using “like” or “as” The car was a sauna when I first got in! He has giraffe legs

Personification Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to inanimate (non-human) objects. The flowers reached for the sun. The verb reached is a human action. Flowers are inanimate objects. This results in personification.

Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound at the beginning of words. There should be at least two repetitions in a row (or with an article/conjunction in between). Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. The first letter, p, is a consonant. Its sound is repeated many times. All letters that are not vowels are called consonants NOT continents.  

Onomatopoeia The representation of sound in word form. The formations or use of words such as splash or buzz that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer. The representation of sound in word form. Example: Clang, clang, clang went the trolley.

Symbolism Symbolism is using one thing (a symbol) to stand for or represent something else. Symbols can represent feelings, math, countries, religions, people, sports, or words. Authors use symbols to represent ideas in their writing.

Hyperbole Intentionally exaggerating - An exaggeration of the truth. Such statements are not literally true, but people make them to sound impressive or to emphasize something, such as a feeling, effort, or reaction I haven’t seen her in forever!! I tried a thousand times!

Appeals to the five senses using descriptive adjectives. Imagery Appeals to the five senses using descriptive adjectives. Sight Sound Smell Touch Taste Which of the five senses does the following example appeal to? The stench of his sweaty, moldy gym bag filled the air as he walked in the room.

Idioms An expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words. They are overused expressions. Examples: It’s raining cats and dogs! She is getting under my skin these days! My grandfather is no spring chicken!