1. 8 th lit, Quarter 2

2. Literary Terms, 11/8  Text: any arrangement of words  Metaphor: when something is itself and represents something else  Allusion: a reference to something outside the text that the reader is expected to know.

3.  Synecdoche: a part of something is used to refer to the whole.  The crown  “All hands on deck”

4.  Hyperbole: great exaggeration  Motif: any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.

5. Part 1 vocab:  Abyss: a void, emptiness  Adders: snakes  Ballistics: the science of the motion of projectiles in flight.  Bestial: beast-like  Cacophony: harsh or painful sounds  Feigning: faking  Gullet: throat

6. Part 1 vocab  Heresy: disbelief in the established religion or rules.  Jargon: language used by a particular group.  Mausoleum: large tomb  Odious: hateful  Proclivities: desires  Quibble: argue

7. Quick Write  Analyze this quote:  “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”  Why would it appear at the front of Fahrenheit 451? Make some predictions about the book.

8. Literary Terms  Double meaning: a word that has two meanings  Satire: a genre of literature that use irony, humor, and ridicule to attack human vice or folly.  Fairy tale: a story that contains folkloric and fantastical creatures  Paradox: a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which (if true) defies logic or reason

9. T-P-S requirements  Extended answer using 1 quote (9-14 sentences long)  All participants must write names/participate in discussion.  Decide who will present each part  Work effectively to stay on task as well as guide each other to success!

10. The Sieve and the Sand  Arsonists: people who set fires  Beatific: blissful  Certitude: certainty  Contemptible: worthy of hate  Enameled: painted  Insidious: treacherous  Moor: boggy area  Phosphorescent: glowing

11.  Praetorian: special bodyguards, resembling the Roman imperial bodyguard.  Sieve: strainer  Teem: to abound  Televisors: walls with built-in televisions for entertaining and brainwashing people.  Verbiage: excessively wordy  Welter: a chaotic mess.

12. The Sand and the sieve discussion questions  Why does the author weave in reminders that a war is imminent?  Describe the confrontation between Montag and the ladies who come to visit Mildred. What does the scene say about the life women live in this society?

13.  How does Capt. Beatty behave toward Montag at the Firehouse?  Where do the firemen go after receiving the alarm? Why would they go there?

14. Literary terms:  characterization – strategies an author uses to give characters personality  juxtaposition – the placement of ideas together which are generally not associated  repetition – the recurrence of a word or phrase for literary effect  anaphora ­ – the repetition of a first phrase  irony ­ – the occurrence of the opposite of what is expected

15. Burning Bright  Aesthetic-visually pleasing  Convolutions-complicated curves and windings in the brain.  Incriminate-to show evidence of involvement in a crime.  Juggernaut-a massive force that crushes anything in it’s path.  Liquefaction-process of becoming liquid

16. Define these:  Please write the page number as well as the definition of each word. Due at the end of the sectioin.  Obscure  Pedants  Prattled  Procaine  Pyre  Scythe  valise

17. Utah Write Requirements  5 paragraphs  Introductory paragraph-introduce topic and stance  3 body paragraphs—supporting details and examples that add meaning to your introductory paragraph/thesis  Concluding paragraph—”wrap it up” restate important topics mentioned that strengthen your stance.

18. Items to consider  Sentence length variation  Transitional words and phrases  Grammar/spelling  Punctuation  Did you consider the other side of the argument?  Is there enough evidence to support your thesis?

19. Literary Devices: 1/3  Connotation: associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning.  --emotional attachment  Denotation: Dictionary definition of a word

20. Connotation/Denotation  Which word has a more positive connotation? Ted’s Restaurant is furnished with (old, antique) furniture. Mike’s (shabby, vintage) bike is black and gold. A group of (loud, enthusiastic) students walk to school every day. My parents argue (loudly, passionately) about politics over dinner.

21. Literary Devices  Meter: The recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.  Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates the source of the sound it describes.  Buzz  Oxymoron: a figure of speech that combines contradictory ideas.  Parallelism: a poetic device in which two or more words, phrases or lines of a poem reflect each others' content.

22. Literary Devices:  Pathos: The appeal to an emotion  Pun: A play on words, usually for comic reception.  Soliloquy: A dramatic monologue that represents a series of unspoken reflections.

23. Poetic Devices  Iamb: a group of two syllables with a unstressed and stressed syllable.  Iambic Pentameter: a line of 5 meters that are unstressed and stressed:  “That time of year thou mayst in me be hold.  Feet: groups of syllables in a line.  Penta=5  Meter=The basic rhythmic structure of a verse of lines in verse.

24. Sonnets  14 lined poem  2 types  Shakespearean  Petrarchan

25. Petrarchan Sonnet  14 lines; 2 stanzas  First 8 lines: octave  Problem is presented  Final 6 lines: sestet  Answer to the problem

26. Shakespearean Sonnet  14 lines  3 quatrains  1 couplet