World Literature Monday, September 19 Tuesday, September 20

Today’s Targets  Identify and analyze the use of literary devices  Develop an awareness of how author’s craft both entertainment and meaning in their writing

“The Craft of Writing” Agenda– Day 1 1. Warm-up 2. Literary devices pretest 3. “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl 4. Literary terms review

Warm-up  What hobbies or activities do you participate in that have a special vocabulary? (Consider sports, automobiles, scrapbooking, etc.)  List 5 vocabulary words and their meanings for your area.

Example – Ultimate Frisbee  Huck-a long throw  Bid-when a player lays-out to either make a defensive block or a catch when on offense  Vertical stack-refers to a play structure in which the offense lines up in the middle of the field  Flick-refers to a forehand throw  Force (home or away)-the direction that the defense tries to make the offense throw  Callahan-when a player on the defensive side catches the disc/frisbee in their endzone

Prepare for lit. devices pretest  This is a PRE test!  It helps me to see what you know and don’t know.

Literature also has a vocabulary. Pre-test, number The person telling the story 2. When something in the story gives you a hint about what’s going to happen in the story 3. When an object or event has a non-literal meaning in the story or represents something else 4. Comparisons – some use like or as 5. A reference to something outside the story that a reader is already familiar with 6. An extended metaphor –the same one seen throughout the story

Answers and examples  1. Narrator – person telling the story – lots of different kinds “When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.” Lee, Harper. To Kill A Mockingbird. Warner Books ed. New York: Warner Books, Print.

2. Foreshadowing  Clues about what will happen  “Don’t stray from the path, don’t talk to strangers, and don’t stop until you get to your grandmother’s house” Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Grimm's Fairy Tales. New York: Knox, Print

3. Symbolism  When something is more than it seems.  Example – In T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, the sword in the stone is more than just a literal sword; it represents Arthur’s strength and authority  Harry Potter’s scar  The Mockingjay from The Hunger Games series

4. Simile and Metaphor  Simile – a comparison using “like” or “as.” Example – “My love is like a red, red rose” from the poem by Robert Burns. Metaphor – a comparison that doesn’t use “like” or “as.” Example – I am a butterfly, flying free. (I made that one up)

5. Allusion  A reference to something else, often not explicit, to help you understand the current reading.  For example – two young boys in a scary (but non-nautical situation). One says “We’re going to need a bigger boat.”  Phineas and Ferb examples

6. Allegory – extended metaphor  When a comparison is made over a chapter or the entire work  Example – Orwell’s Animal Farm

“The Landlady” by Roald Dahl  Other texts by Roald Dahl  James and the Giant Peach  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  The BFG  Listen to the story as I read it to you. We will discuss it next class period.