Quarter 1

1. Quarter 1 Vocab and Grammar

2. Vocabulary, Day 2 • Enjambment—the continuation of a sentence or clause over a line break. • Genre—acategory of literature, music, or art that is characterized by a particular style, form, or content. • Major Genre—Novel, poem, drama, short story, novella. • Poetry—Literary work in which feelings and ideas are expressed through rhythm and style.

3. Vocabulary Day 3 • Rhyme—Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words. • Alliteration—repetition of sounds in the first syllables in a phrase of words. (ie: from stem to stern). • Rhythm—A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound • Metaphor—A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. • Symbol—An object that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

4. Vocabulary, Day 5 • Conflict—a struggle or tension between two forces or characters. • Man v. Man • Man v. Nature • Man v. Self • Point of View—the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told. • 1st person—perspective using ‘I’ or ‘We’ • 2nd person—perspective using ‘you’ • 3rd person—perspective using ‘he/she/it,’ and ‘they’

5. Vocabulary • Plot Pyramid—a tool that allows readers to chart the important events of a story chronologically. • Characterization—word picture: a graphic or vivid verbal description of a character.

6. Plot • Exposition: beginning of story, tells character, setting, mood Central Conflict: basic problem of story • Rising Action: attempts to solve problem • Climax: solution to problem • Falling Action: events caused by solution • Resolution: reactions to climax

7. Plot

8. Essential Questions: • How is a person evaluated by others throughout their life? • What does the term, “I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger,” mean?

9. Vocabulary • Main Idea—The most important part of a work of literature. • Theme—a unifying or dominant idea throughout a work of literature.

10. Write a paragraph response to each question in your notebook. • Why do we build barriers? • Are boundaries necessary? Explain.

11. Metaphor: • A metaphor is a figure of speech that says that one thing is another different thing. This allows us to use fewer words and forces the reader or listener to find the similarities. • The word metaphor comes from the Greek word metapherin (meaning "transfer"). • The simplest form of metaphor is: "The [first thing] is a [second thing]." • Look at this example: “Her home was a prison.

12. Metaphor

13. What is the speaker’s attitude toward the action of building a wall? • Who is the actual inventor of the saying “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?” • What does this reveal about the neighbor?

14. Lit Devices • Allegory - A story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Sometimes, animals are used to represent humans. (Aesop, according to legend, was put to death for using allegory to criticize the powerful.)

15. The Stalin Epigram-Week 3 • Useful Vocab: • Kremlin mountaineer: Joseph Stalin Kremlin: a major fortified structure found in historic Russian cities. “Kremlin” is often used to refer to the government based in Russia, specifically, Moscow. • Chicken-necked bosses: Reference to the cowardice of the people enforcing Stalin’s rule.

16. 10/1 • Independent work expectations: • NO conversation • Work independently and diligently • Work to help yourself effectively • Only get out of your seat in the case of an emergency • All work will be collected at the end of the period, before the bell rings

17. 10/5 • Extended Answer response: An extended answer is between 3-5 paragraphs in response to a particular question.

18. 10/8 • Lit Terms: Assonance: The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words. Consonance: the repetition of consonant sounds; more specifically, the repetition of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words.

19. 10/8 • Lit Terms: • Allusion:a reference to something outside the text that the reader is expected to know; provides additional information; may become a symbol. • Protagonist: character that attempts to achieve or change something • Antagonist: character that attempts to stop someone or something

20. 10/9 lit terms: • Anthropomorphism: animals take on human like characteristics. • Personification: figure of speech in which non-human objects are given human-like qualities. • Forshadowing: the use of clues that suggest the outcome of situations in the narrative • Tragic Flaw: the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall

21. 10/11 Bonus Quiz • On a separate sheet of loose leaf, answer each question with the correct answer: • 1. what is the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall? • 2. What is the most important part of a work of literature? • 3. What is the figure of speech that says one thing is another thing? • 4. what is the struggle between two forces or characters? • 5. what is the use of a variety of communication techniques that create an emotional appeal to accept a particular belief or opinion?