English 9 Lesson #11

1. English 9Lesson #11 Simple Predicates, Verbs Compound Verbs Verb Phrases Analysis of “The Lady, or the Tiger”

2. Simple Predicate (Verb) &Literary Analysis of the Lady, or the Tiger.

3. Simple Predicates = Verbs A simple predicate, we will refer to it as the verb of a sentence from now on, is the main word or group of words in any sentence.

4. Simple Predicates = Verbs The beautiful horse raced across the field. The family eats Sunday dinner together. We all watched the movie on Friday night. All of the people cheered for the home team.

5. Find the Verbs The students studied hard for the quiz. Verb = studied Everyone laughed at the Joe’s joke. Verb = laughed

6. Find the Verbs The wind blew hard all night. Verb = blew The princess dreamed of her prince. Verb = dreamed

7. Compound Verbs A simple sentence can have more than one verb. This is called a compound verb.

8. Compound Verbs The actors sang and danced on the stage. The student stood up and read the poem. We ate cookies and drank milk. People willcome and go through that door.

9. Find the Compound Verbs The child skipped and hopped down the road. Verb = skipped…hopped Dogs always bark and howl during a storm. Verb = bark…howl

10. Find the Compound Verbs I will wash and dry my own cloths. Verb = wash…dry Are you coming with us or staying here? Verb = are coming…staying

11. Verb Phrases Verbs can be groups of words known as verb phrases. The storm clouds were moving across the sky.

12. Verb Phrases The baby should be sleeping by now. The players are practicing everyday. I am not leaving until later. Did you bring the cake or the ice cream?

13. Find the Verb Phrases The lawyer was studying the case carefully. Verb = was studying I am saving my money for a new bicycle. Verb = am saving

14. Find the Verb Phrases The guests should be arriving very soon. Verb = should be arriving Some of the men will not work tomorrow. Verb = will work Has anyone seen the new building in town? Verb = has seen

15. Find the Verbs or Verb Phrases The workers were building a new house for us. Farmers must plant and harvest their crops. Did the boys play in the game or just watch it?

16. Find the Verbs or Verb Phrases The workers were building a new house for us. Farmers must plant and harvest their crops. Did the boys play in the game or just watch it?

17. Find the Verbs or Verb Phrases She wrapped the present and sent it to Joe. Are you sleeping or just resting? Everyone should sit quietly and write the essay.

18. Find the Verbs or Verb Phrases She wrapped the present and sent it to Joe. Are you sleeping or just resting? Everyone should sit quietly and write the essay.

19. Find the Verbs or Verb Phrases The crowd was pushing and shoving to get in. Are you eating here or going to a restaurant? The baker shaped the dough and placed it in the oven.

20. Find the Verbs or Verb Phrases The crowd was pushing and shoving to get in. Are you eating here or going to a restaurant? The baker shaped the dough and placed it in the oven.

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22. The Lady, or the Tiger Analysis Using Literary Concepts

23. Allusion reference to a statement, person, place, or event from history, literature, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture

24. Allusion though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors,

25. Characterization A description of the physical, mental, emotional and behavioral qualities of a person in a literary work.

26. Characterization He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.

27. Direct Characterization The writer describes the physical, emotional and mental qualities directly to the reader.

28. Direct Characterization for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom

29. Indirect Characterization The reader has to use his own judgment to decide what a character is like based on the evidence that the writer gives.

30. Indirect Characterization she had done what no other person had done,—she had possessed herself of the secret of the doors. She knew in which of the two rooms, that lay behind those doors, stood the cage of the tiger, with its open front, and in which waited the lady.

31. Static Character One who does not change much in the course of a story.

32. Static Character Both the king and the common man are static because they remain the same throughout the story. The king never deviates in his approach to justice, and the common man trusts in the princess’s love.

33. Dynamic Character One who changes as a result of the events of a story.

34. Dynamic Character The Princess may or may not be dynamic depending on the reader’s choice of endings.

35. Dynamic Character If the Lady appears, then the Princess is true to her love and is static. If the tiger, then she is dynamic since jealousy changes her love.

36. Flat Character A character who has only one or two traits that can be described in a few words.

37. Flat Character The common man for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom.

38. Round Character A character who has many different traits that may even contradict one another.

39. Round Character The Princess Think of it, fair reader, not as if the decision of the question depended upon yourself, but upon that hot-blooded, semi-barbaric princess, her soul at a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy. She had lost him, but who should have him?

40. Flashback A scene in a movie, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to go backward and tell what happened earlier.

41. Flashback Now and then she had seen them talking together; it was but for a moment or two, but much can be said in a brief space

42. Foreshadowing The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the story.

43. Foreshadowing the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty, and, if innocent, he was rewarded This foreshadows the Princess’s dilemma and the reader’s as well.

44. Imagery Language that appeals to the senses to create a mental picture.

45. Imagery Then the gay brass bells rang forth their merry peals, the people shouted glad hurrahs, and the innocent man, preceded by children strewing flowers on his path, led his bride to his home.

46. Irony A contrast or significant difference between expectations and reality

47. Irony In after years such things became commonplace enough, but then they were in no slight degree novel and startling. Ironically, this would probably not be an issue today. Men and women from every walk of life fall in love.

48. Verbal Irony A writer or speaker says one thing but really means something completely different There is no dialogue, so there is no verbal irony.

49. Situational Irony Both the audience and the characters experience a surprise or shock at what occurs because they expected something else.

50. Situational Irony The question of her decision is one not to be lightly considered, and it is not for me to presume to set myself up as the one person able to answer it. And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door,—the lady, or the tiger?