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Unit 1: Vocabulary

Unit 1: Vocabulary. By: Mr. Shew. Your First Two Words. Theme. Metaphor. An analogy identifying one object with another and ascribing to the first object qualities of the second. A central idea. In non-fiction it could be the thesis.

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Unit 1: Vocabulary

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  1. Unit 1: Vocabulary By: Mr. Shew

  2. Your First Two Words Theme Metaphor An analogy identifying one object with another and ascribing to the first object qualities of the second. • A central idea. • In non-fiction it could be the thesis. • In poems, fiction, and drama it is an abstract concept that is made concrete through a representation.

  3. Your Turn • Take the next five minutes to either make up or draw your own metaphors.

  4. Simile • Comparing two unlike things using like or as. • As far as I can see, they won’t make it for dinner. • NOT A SIMILE • He runs like the wind! • Simile

  5. Narrator • The person or persons telling the story • Who ever is talking in the story • NOT the author

  6. Hyperbole • An over exaggeration. • I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse. • It’s raining cats and dogs. • He’s a bean pole.

  7. Personification • Giving human traits or characteristics to something that isn’t human. • The pants were so dirty, they got up and walked out of the room. • If my dog could talk, she’d say, “Shut up already.”

  8. Conflict • The over arching problem in the story. • What motivates the characters towards action. • It drives the plot. • Without conflict there is no story.

  9. Alliteration • Alliteration is the repetition of a particular sound in a series of words or phrases. • I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop. Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.

  10. Imagery • Anything that refers to the senses in some way • This includes sight, sound, taste, seeing, and touch words • Figurative language also counts in this category • Anything the author writes that leaves a picture in your head or appeals to your senses in some way

  11. Rhythm • The cadence of a poem or the flow of a story • Poets use puncuation, line breaks, and stanzas and to create a rhythm to their work • Think song writers • CDs usually follow an up and down rhythm • Novelists follow a model more like a building crescendo • The lead up to the climax is the crescendo, then it falls of

  12. Plot • The point/purpose of a work • It must have a beginning, middle, and end according to Aristotle. • Stories that break the rules of plot are usually a hit with critics but regular people hate the,

  13. Plot Elements/ Freitag’s Pyramid • Exposition: The beginning of the work • The reader gets information they need to understand and relate to the story • Rising Action • When the story finally begins to take place • The conflict is introduced and the story begins to form • Climax • The critical moment when the conflict of the story comes to a head • Something that brings about the end of the story • A single moment or decision that decides the ending

  14. Plot Elements Cont • Falling Action • Everything that happens after the climax before the revolution • Deals with the consequences of the climax and brings about the resolution • Loose ends are tied up • Resolution • Everything is solved for the best or worst

  15. Character • Refers to everything that makes up a person in a work • The intangible things that make characters who they are

  16. Character/ Characterization Indirect Direct The author directly tells the reader something about the character “The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.” • The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character’s speech, actions, appearance, interactions with other characters, etc… (dictionary.com) • The reader is left to infer what type of person the character is based on the collected information from reading. • Any character traits not directly stated by the author.

  17. Point of View • The manner in which the story is told. • There are three types of POV • 1st person • 2nd person • 3rd Person • Each of these is broken into another two categories • Omniscient • Limited • POV can be broken down even more, but for our purposes this is all you’ll be tested on.

  18. POV Styles • 1st Person • The story is told using the I, me, my pronouns. • Usually the main character is telling the events as they happened to them. • 3rd Person • This uses indirect pronouns such as he, she, they, and them • The main characters and narrator are usual separate people

  19. POV Categories • Limited • The reader only sees the thoughts of one character in the story or one at a time. • Limited view of the inner thoughts of characters. • Omniscient • The narrator is all knowing and all seeing • The reader sees the thoughts of any and all characters

  20. “Do Not Go Gently into That Good Night” • What is the theme of this poem? What is the purpose? • How does the author’s word choices effect the overall feel of the poem? • What feelings does this poem inspire in you? • Why do you think the author repeats the same final line in stanza’s 1, 3, 4, 5? • What is the good night? How is it a pun/play on words? • Identify at least two metaphors for death or dying in the poem. • What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? Does it have any effect on the poem?

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