1. Happy Wednesday! 9/9 Please pick up a reading log on the back table!
Get out your composition books.
Get out your syllabus signature page (It is DUE TO ME BY THIS FRIDAY 9/11)

2. Happy Thursday! 9/10 Get out your self-selected reading book!
We will be reading for the first ten minutes of class
Get out your composition notebooks.
We will continue on with our Figurative Language study/review

3. Title the next page in your notebook Journal #1
Prompt: What is your FAVORITE story of all time and why? (Minimum of 1 full page (front only).
NOTE: Your story can be a novel, movie, documentary, television show, comic strip, ghost story, narrative or epic poem or even fairytale told to you when you were a young child.
What was it about that story that made it your favorite?
Specific elements / details that made you like it.
Plot or characters or mood or symbols or theme or structure that made that story intriguing?
Why are these elements important to a story?
How can each one effect the other?

4. ELEMENTS OF SHORT STORIES REVIEW!
What is a Short Story?
• A short story is a relatively brief fictional story written without using any rhymes or rhythms. The short story has a beginning, a middle, and an end and is composed of:
• Theme
• Plot
• Character
• Setting
• Point of View

5. THEME
I. THEME—The central idea that the author wishes to set forth in his or her writing.
To find the theme, ask yourself these questions:
1. What is the story about?
2. What is the central idea?
3. What observation did the author make about human nature?

6. PLOT
II.—A series of related events that the author uses to develop the theme of a story. To identify the plot, ask yourself these questions:
1. What happens in the beginning of the story?
2. What happens in the middle of the story?
3. What happens at the end of the story?

7. III. CHARACTER—The action of the story is centered around the characters in the story. One central character usually dominates the story.
IV. SETTING—The stage upon which the action of the story takes place. The setting is to a story just as the background is to a painting.
V. POINT OF VIEW—The author’s choice of the teller of the story. The point of view is important to the total structure and meaning of the short story. To find the point of view, ask yourself who is telling the story.

8. Reading Day! Finish our posters! 15-20 mins
Silent reading day every Friday after our assignment!

9. Elements of Literature a.k.a. literary devices & Figurative Language
Objectives:
Students will be able to identify specific literary devices
Students will work to create original literary devices
Students will be able to identify these devices in short stories and in other literary texts

10. Figurative Language
Figurative language refers to words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words.
A literal usage is the "normal" meanings of the words.
Figurative vs. Literal
“She is a delicate flower”

11. Simile
A comparison between two unlike qualities which uses the words “like” or “as”
Let us go then, you and I, While the evening is spread out against the sky, Like a patient etherized upon a table...
T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease,
Shakespeare, Sonnet CXLVII

12. Metaphor A direct comparison between two unlike things
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage.
Shakespeare, Macbeth
An iron curtain has descended across the continent.
W. Churchill

13. Hyperbole An extreme overstatement or exaggeration
"I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!"
“My sister wears so much makeup that I haven’t seen her face for years!”
“I am so tired I could sleep for a year.”

14. Irony
Irony of a Situation: when the result of an action is the reverse of what the person expects
Revolutionary War
Working hard and failing anyway
Exercising a lot and gaining weight

15. Other types of Irony …
Dramatic Irony: when the audience knows something that the characters do not
Verbal Irony: when there is a contrast between the literal meaning of what is said and what is actually meant (sarcasm)

16. Personification
When something non-human is given human characteristics
“England expects every man to do his duty.”
Lord Nelson
Poetic examples …

17. Personification Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room.
"Ah, William, we're weary of weather," said the sunflowers, shining with dew. "Our traveling habits have tired us. Can you give us a room with a view?"
They arranged themselves at the window and counted the steps of the sun, and they both took root in the carpet where the topaz tortoises run. William Blake ( )

18. Personification The Cat & The Fiddle
Hey diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
By Mother Goose

19. Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work or work of art
Bible, nursery rhymes, myths, famous fictional or historical characters or events, and Shakespeare.
"Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities".

20. Satire
Writing that ridicules or pokes fun at the faults of individuals or groups
The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live News are satires of TV News programs
Vampires Suck is a satire of the Twilight films
Best in Show is a satirical documentary
The Onion News: The Onion is a fake/satirical news source that uses contemporary issues and highlights their absurdity.

22. foreshadowing
When an author provides hints of what’s to come to build suspense
In Romeo and Juliet, both protagonists state early on that they would rather die than live apart.
The Sixth Sense, “I see dead people!”

23. onomatopoeia Words that sound like what they mean
Trolley Song, Meet Me In St. Louis, Judy Garland, “Ding, ding, ding, went the bell…”
Buzz, crash, whirr, clang, hiss, purr, squeak, mumble, hush, boom

24. Alliteration
The repetition of the initial sound of several words in a group
“Let us go forth to lead the land we love.”
J. F. Kennedy, Inaugural Speech
“Our Souls have sight of the immortal sea.”
William Wordsworth, Ode
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes…”
Romeo and Juliet Prologue

25. Figurative Language Posters!
Poster Title: Make your vocabulary word visible on your paper (make it big and pretty!)
You will then put a thorough definition of your literary element near the top or in the middle. Your definition should be from at least two sources (your book and an electronic source).
The next thing on your poster will be two examples of the literary element from a story in your textbook.
Draw a pretty picture that symbolizes your element!
For example, a quote or piece writing that clearly shows the use of the literary term (cite your source).

26. Objectives:
Students will familiarize themselves with the textbook while reviewing their literary device. Students will be able to identify these devices in short stories and in other literary texts. Students will work collaboratively, dividing the tasks to create one finished product.