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3/10/14 Journal Prompt #30

3/10/14 Journal Prompt #30. She leaned in closely, her hand touching his leg. Her lips near his ear, she whispered…. Dramatic irony. A contradiction exists between what the character thinks and what the reader or audience knows. The Building Blocks: Titles. Creating a Title.

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3/10/14 Journal Prompt #30

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  1. 3/10/14 Journal Prompt #30 She leaned in closely, her hand touching his leg. Her lips near his ear, she whispered…

  2. Dramatic irony • A contradiction exists between what the character thinks and what the reader or audience knows.

  3. The Building Blocks: Titles

  4. Creating a Title • Why are Titles Important? • Titles are your first of many hooks • A good title can earn you an audience; a bad title may mean a bad first impression

  5. Title-Tastic: It’s Alive!

  6. Directions • Fold your page hot dog style (careful with this technique; it is know to cause severe paper cuts) • Copy down the dead title:

  7. Dead Title 1 . Super Tape Directions: Use either subtitle or rhyme to bring the title to life! Subtitle: an explanatory or alternate title • Examples: • 9/11 Until Now: The Changes We’ve Made • NYPD and NYFD: The Real Heroes of 9/11

  8. Dead Title 2. Life with Braces Use either parallelism • Parallel Structure: the repetition of a chosen grammatical form (tense) within a sentence. • Examples: • Always Learning, Always Growing, Always Remembering 9/11 • To Think, To Know, To Act: 9/11 Reflections

  9. Dead Title 3. First Trip to Disneyland Use a paradox to bring the title alive! Paradox: a statement of contradiction • Examples: • The Fallen, Strong Towers • Making Peace with Terrorism

  10. Dead Title 4. Magic Mountain Use alliteration Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds • Examples: • The Fear of Forgetting • The Wages of the Terrorism War

  11. Dead Title 5. If I Had 3 Wishes… Use allusion for this dead title. Allusion: A reference to something famous (a person, place, event) • Examples: • Where were You when the World Stopped Remembering? • A 9/11 State of Mind

  12. Dead Title • The Beginning of Mountain Biking Your choice!

  13. Now write down your all time favorite title – then create your children’s/comic book title!

  14. Using the iPads • Book Creator for children’s book • Comic Life for comic book

  15. 3/11/14 Journal Prompt #31 You are driving and see a dark shadowy figure hunched over the side of the road…

  16. Verbal irony • Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant.

  17. Use your time wisely • Children’s/Comic book must be completed and printed by Friday at the end of class

  18. 3/13/14 Journal Prompt #32 • She was so glad she made that mistake…

  19. Situational irony • An event occurs which directly contradicts the expectation of the reader or audience.

  20. Use your time wisely • Children’s/Comic book must be completed and printed by Friday at the end of class

  21. 3/14/13 Journal #33 • She screamed, “Don’t touch that soap!” but the warning came too late …

  22. Literary Term Quiz 1. What is the different between connotation and denotation? 2. What is a couplet? 3 What is diction? 4. Provide an example for the following: • Dramatic irony • Verbal irony • Situational irony

  23. Have a great Spring Break Print your children’s/comic book and turn in

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