1 st Six Weeks Review

1. 1st Six Weeks Review Literary Terms, Poetry Terms and Character’s Descriptions

2. Point of View Is this plane landing or taking off? Your Point of View is YOUR opinion of what you see, think, feel and believe. In Reading, the author often tells a story from one character’s point of view.

3. Point of View • In most stories, the action is told from the viewpoint of one of the characters. • The narrator is one of the characters • Words such as I, me, my, mine are used • We find out only what the character knows, thinks and sees.

4. Point of View If you were the pilot of this plane, you would have a much different point of view than if you were a passenger or someone on the ground.

5. Point of View What would this picture look like from the little girl’s point of view? What would SHE be seeing?

6. Poetry Review • Titles • Lines • Stanzas (groups of lines) • Sometimes poems rhyme • Some poems do not rhyme • Watch for imagery, rhythm and sounds.

7. Poetry Review Alliteration: repeating of beginning sounds Such as “She sells seashells by the sea shore.” Or “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

8. Poetry Review Onomatopoeia: a thing or action named for its sound. buzz, crack, meow, sizzle, bark, wham, pow, crunch, zoom, hiss, slam, whack!

9. Poetry Review Simile: comparing two unlike things using “like or as” Her smile was as sweet as honey. He is as strong as an ox! Robert ran into the room like a tornado!

10. Poetry Review Metaphor: comparing two unlike things WITHOUT using “like or as” He is a walking dictionary. She is the picture of health.

11. Poetry Review Foreshadowing: characters, details or events that prepare the reader for future happenings; CLUES As the old man rushed through the kitchen to find his papers in a drawer, he hand touched an old, rusty knife.

12. Poetry Review Imagery: writing that allows the reader to “imagine” or “see” a scene in their mind. He felt as if the flowers were waving to him a friendly hello. The pot was as red as a tongue after eating a cherry ring-pop!

13. Poetry Review Personification:non-human characters having human qualities The wind whispered through the forest. Time crawled as Bobby sat in the waiting room. As the patriots defeated the English army, freedom rang across the country!

14. Poetry Review Idioms: sayings that are not meant to be taken literally I’m broke, so I can’t go to the movies. Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know! She got butterflies in her stomach before her speech.

15. Poetry Review Hyperbole: exaggeration I’d give my right arm for a bowl of soup. That car was as big as a mountain! I am dying of curiousity!

16. Character’s Feelings/Motives shy -- timid, wary, reluctant cautious – careful, watchful, wary honest – trustworthy, sincere, authentic, frank generous– unselfish, kind, helpful stingy – selfish, miserly, uncaring anxious – worried or excited confidence – sure of yourself; assurance