Starter #2: Cornell Notes on “Terms in Literature”

1. Starter #2: Cornell Notes on “Terms in Literature” • Define historical fiction. • What are “credible characters”? • Define anthropomorphism. • What is “imagery”? • A fictional story in which the setting (time period and place) is based on a real historical event. The characters are fiction and so is the plot, but the setting is a real event in history. • Fictional characters who are portrayed so authentically (realistically) that they seem like real living characters. • Giving human characteristics and traits to a non-human creature. • When an author uses language that appeals to our five senses.

2. Starter #2: Cornell Notes on “Terms in Literature” • Define foreshadowing. • What is a “simile”? Give examples. • Explain what is meant by the term“inference.” • What is an “idiom”? • When the author purposely drops clues that hint at what may happen. • A comparison using the word like or as: * The column of smoke was thickening and blackening like a shadowy tree. * The jars of Vesuvian wine were as fiery as the inside of a volcano. • Using clues from the story to figure out what the author does not tell you explicitly: It may be a prediction, or it may offers more information. • An expression or figure of speech that makes sense to people in a particular group or culture but would be confusing to others. [He “kicked the bucket.”]

3. Starter #2: Cornell Notes on “Terms in Literature” • What is “figurative language”? • What are “text features”? Give examples. • Explain what is meant by the term“theme” in literature. • An imaginative way to make comparisons between seemingly unlike things. Those expressions are not literally true: They are figures of speech. Anything in the text (printed material) that helps the reader gain better understanding—titles, sub-titles, illustrations (photos, artwork), captions, call-outs, sidebars, footnotes. • An insight about life or human nature that you gained after reading a story(a “lesson for life”)