1. “FISH CHEEKS” LITERARY TERMS

2.  Sit at one group and copy the literary term notes onto your handout.  Write the definition IN the box on the left.  Once you have copied the notes, work together to come up with an example of the literary term from the short story “Fish Cheeks.”  Write the example on the lines to the right.  After 5 minutes, rotate to the next group.  Once you return to your original group, the teacher will review possible examples.  Place completed handouts in the LIT TERMS section of your binder. DIRECTIONS:

3.  Definition: perspective from which a story is told  1 st person: from a character’s perspective  3 rd person: outside narrator (stalks the story)  Example:  “Fish Cheeks”: 1 st person (Amy) “I fell in love with the ministor’s son…”  “Seventh Grade”: 3 rd person (outside narrator) “Victor didn’t say anything, though he thought his friend looked pretty strange.” POINT OF VIEW:

4.  Definition: language that creates an image in the reader’s mind & appeals to the senses  Examples: (any time Tan describes food)  “She was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns.”  “appalling mounds of raw food”  “slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil”  “Tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges”  “clamor of doorbells and rumpled Christmas packages” IMAGERY:

5.  Definition: comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”  Example:  “Tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges”(Compares tofu to sponges to show reader how unappealing the food looked)  “He was not Chinese, but as white as Mary in the manger” (Compares Robert to Mary to show how white he is, especially compared to her) SIMILE:

6.  Definition: comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words “like” or “as”  Example: “A plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.” (Compares backs of squid to bicycle tires to show how they were sliced) METAPHOR:

7.  Definition: giving nonhuman things humanlike qualities  Example: “ slimy rock cod with bulging eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil” (cod cannot plead; that is something only humans can do) PERSONIFICATION: