16. COMEDY Definition: A story that ends happily. NOT NECESSARILY FUNNY. - PowerPoint Presentation

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16. COMEDY

Definition: A story that ends happily. NOT NECESSARILY FUNNY.Example: Kung Fu Panda 2Memorization Tip: THINK about smiling after something funny….think smiling because you’re happy…  HAPPILY EVER AFTER.Slide2

17. COMIC RELIEF

Definition: Comic scene or event that breaks up a serious play or narrative.Example: FINDING NEMO = when things get serious, Dory makes a joke to provide COMIC RELIEF Memorization Tip: A comedian makes you laugh… to relieve you of stress.

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18. CONFLICT

Definition: struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces.Example: Harry Potter vs. Voldemort Memorization Tip: Conflict rhymes with convict Imagine if a convict moved in with you…how would that cause CONFLICT? He steals your toothbrush! And your cereal?!?!?!? And dates your mom!?!?!? NOOOOOO!!!Slide4

Language Activity # 5

Denotation of bad :_______________________________________ Positive Connotation Negative Connotation

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1.__________________

2.___________________

2.__________________

3.___________________

3.__________________Slide5

19. CONNOTATION

Definition: all the meanings, associations, or emotions that have come to be attached to some words, in addition to their literal dictionary definitions, or denotations.ConnotationThink nationWhat do people think or feel about America?Slide6

20. COUPLET

Definition: two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme2 Lines that Rhyme = a Couple So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.Slide7

21. DESCRIPTION

Definition: type of writing intended to create a mood or emotion or to re-create a person, a place, a thing, an event, or an experience.Author DESCRIBES as if you, the reader, were there!!!Slide8

22. DIALECT

Definition : way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or a particular group of peopleDIAL the telephone = hear people talking = people talking from different areas.Huntington Beach: Hey dude, what’s up bro.Southern: Ain’t your mama ever taught you nothin?

Louisiana: New Orleans =

Nawlins

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23. DIALOGUE

Definition : way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or a particular group of peopleConversation between 2 + peopleMs. Tran: Will you guys please study for the CSTs?Class: Of course! Whatever you wish, Ms. Tran! I appreciate all of your hard work and time put into helping us study so hard! You’re the best ever!

Ms. Tran: I love you, period __. Slide10

24.DICTION

Definition : a writer’s or speaker’s choice of words (it is an essential element of a write’s style)Think DICTIONary….what do you find? WORDS!!!!Writer’s choice of WORDS!!!Slide11

25. DRAMA

Definition : story that is written to be acted for an audienceStory meant to be acted for an audience.We are reading Romeo and Juliet, but it is supposed to be seen as a play.Slide12

26. DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

Definition : a poem in which a speaker addresses one or more silent listeners, often reflecting on a specific problem or situationPoem “From Mother to Son”Mother speaks to son through the poem Poem is directed to the sonThe son = silent listener (never says anything) Slide13

27. EPIC

Definition: long story told in elevated language (usually poetry), which relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular societyEPIC!!! WOW!!! LONG STORY!!! (about great deeds of a hero)ODYSSEY = GREEK HERO ODYSSEUS’ QUEST Slide14

28. EPITHET

Definition: adjective or descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thingThink Epithet – het- HATAbraham Lincoln wore a top HAT“Honest Abe” –descriptive phrase for him.Slide15

29. ESSAY

Definition: short piece of nonfiction that examines a single subject from a limited point of viewYOU WRITE THESE IN CLASS!PERSONAL = free write, informal*quick writes, casual responses, journalsFORMAL = serious, academic language*literary analysis, response to literature, etc.Slide16

30.EXPOSITION

Definition: type of writing that explains, gives information, defines, or clarifies an ideaEXPO = EXPLAIN = Writing in which you explainExample: a cook book recipe tells you how to cook somethingExposition in plot = Basic Situation Slide17

31. FABLE

Definition: very brief story in prose or verse that teaches a moral, or a practical lesson about how to get along in lifeA SHORT STORY THAT TEACHES A MORAL OR PRACTICAL LESSON ABOUT LIFEThe boy who cried wolf fibbed (lied).Think FIB – FAB. FABLE!!Slide18

32. FIGURE OF SPEECH

Definition: word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal levelLanguage that is not meant to be understood on a literal level“Go figure!”  don’t literally go and figure out the issue and solve problems.

“It cost me an arm and a leg…”

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$$$$

Worse comes to worst…Slide19

33. FLASHBACK

Definition: scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier timeA camera FLASHES.Its pictures bring us BACK to past memories.Slide20

34. FLASH-FORWARD

Definition: a scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to shift into the futureForward = FUTURE!Slide21

35. FOIL

Definition: character who is used as a contrast to another characterFoil shines.A foil character helps to make the main character SHINE.Batman = dark, mysterious, silent, strongRobin = small, obnoxious, funnySlide22

36. FOLK TALE

Definition: story that has no known author and was originally passed on from one generation to another by word of mouthTale = toldStories that are passed down through word-of-mouthSlide23

37. FORESHADOWING

Definition: the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plotCLUESHINTSSlide24

38. FREE VERSE

Definition: poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme schemeYou’re FREE to do what you want. WRITE what you want. You still have natural rhythm, but no rules are applied.Slide25

39. GENRE

Definition: the category that a work of literature is classified under. Five major genres in literature are nonfiction, fiction, poetry, drama, and mythA category of literatureJust remember this…Slide26

40. HAIKU

Definition: Japanese verse from consisting of three lines and, usually, seventeen syllables (5 in the first line, 6 in the second, and 5 in the third)Japanese verse consisting of 3 lines.HAIKU has 5 letters. It starts with 5 syllables.KU rhymes with two. Add two, the next line has 7 syllables.End back at 5 syllables.Slide27

41.. HYPERBOLE

Definition: figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effectHe was as HYPER as the Tasmanian Devil.This bowl is SO hyper!!!!Think exaggeration for comic effect. Slide28

42. IAMBIC PENTAMETER

Definition: lone of poetry that contains five iambs A line of poetry that contains 5 iambs.An iamb is a unit of measure for specific poetry. When you read a line of this poetry, the syllables are UNSTRESSED then STRESSED.but SOFT! what LIGHT through YON

der

WIN

dow

BREAKS.

U / U / U / U / U /

Unstressed STRESSED pattern 5 times in a line = iambic pentameterSlide29

43. IDIOM

Definition: expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each wordThink IDIOM = IDIOT“That idiot was as dumb as a door knob.”Expressions that are peculiar…Slide30

44. IMAGERY

Definition: Language that appeals to the 5 senses. CREATES IMAGES IN YOUR MIND.Slide31

45. INVERSION

Definition: reversal of the normal word order of a sentenceA VERSION of the writer’s word order.They write however they want for THEIR purpose or to create a certain effect.THINK YODA!Hungry I am.Wonderful Ms. Tran is.

Scholars you are.

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46. IRONY

Definition: contrast between expectation and reality – between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really trueContrast between expectations and reality. There are 3 kinds.VERBAL IRONY: VERBAL = SPOKEN WORDSSITUATIONAL IRONY: You’re in situations that you wouldn’t expect would happen.

DRAMATIC IRONY: You’re sitting in a theater watching a dramatic movie and you know what happens when the characters don’t.Slide33

47. LYRIC POETRY

Think lyrics from a song. This poetry is musical and emotional.The writer of a lyric poem uses words that express his state of mind, his perceptions, or his feelings.   Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of

May,And

summer's lease hath all too short a

date.Sometime

too hot the eye of heaven

shines,And

often is his gold complexion

dimmed,And

every fair from fair sometime

declines,By

chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.Slide34

48. METAPHOR

A comparison FOR 2 unlike things without the words like, than, as, or resembles.THINK ABOUT THIS MATH EQUATION: METAPHOR (4) TWO (2) = 2 unlike things being comparedSlide35

49. METER

Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.Ways people read poetry –they emphasize certain syllablesThink meter …measure…way to measure syllables.Slide36

50. MOOD

Think moody = Feeling something?The feeling a story evokes!Slide37

51. MYTH

Story based in a particular culture.Think mythical creatures.Think Lochness monster!Think Big Foot!Think werewolves! Slide38

52. NARRATION

A type of writing where the speaker tells what happens.Think narrator who tells a story. Slide39

53. NARRATOR

Voice telling a story/ Point of view.1st person Omniscient Third person limitedSlide40

54. Non-Fiction

Writing that deals with real people, real things, real events, and real places.Think NON-FICTION NOT-FAKESlide41

55. NOVEL

Fictional prose narrative usually consisting of more than 50,000 words.WHAT A NOVELTY! HOW GRAND! WHAT A LONG STORY! Slide42

56. ONOMATOPOEIA

ONO = AWW NO!!! SOUNDS. SOUNDS. SOUNDS!!!Slide43

57. PARADOX

PARA= not normal, strange, wondering“The Gift of the Magi” – Della and Jim are the richest couple on earth. (rich in love but not in money)Nobody goes to that restaurant, it's too crowded.Don't go near the water until you've learned to swim.The man who wrote such a stupid sentence cannot write at all. If you get this message, call me; if you don't, then don't worry about it.Slide44

58. PARALLELISM

Repetition of words or phrases or sentences that have the same GRAMMATICAL structure“I came, I saw, I conquered.” – Julius CaesarSlide45

59. PERSONA

Mask or voice assumed by the writerThe author takes on another PERSON’s view pointSlide46

60. Personification

A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.PERSON = HUMANYou are making something nonhuman HUMAN.The wind whispers. Slide47

61. Plot

Series of related events that make up a story or drama.Plot = think of a chain. All of these events link together.Slide48

62. Poetry

KEY WORDS: rhythmic, uses figurative language and imagery to appeal to a reader’s emotions and imagination.Ex. Legal Alien“A handy token sliding back and forth between the fringes of both worlds.”Slide49

63. POINT OF VIEW

Omniscient = all-knowing (OMMMM = sounds like a prayer…God-Like…knows everything!)1st person = 1st person pronoun “I” (Think 1 looks like I)3rd person = Third person pronouns He, she, they, it (Number 3 rhymes with HE, SHE)

Vantage POINT = POINT of VIEWSlide50

64.PROTAGONIST

Main character PRO = YES the character you are rooting for.Slide51

65. PUN

Play on multiple meanings of words.Pun rhymes with FUN. Think funny jokes.How do you make a tissue dance? You put a BOOGIE in it.Boogie – Booger Boogie – Dance Slide52

66. REFRAIN

Repeated words.“Hey, hey, HEY.” This phrase is repeated throughout his song.Think REfrain = REpeatSlide53

67. RHYME

Repetition of sounds that are similar.End rhyme = rhyme at the END of the lineMs. Tran’s scholars will score 858,This will make our school so great.Internal rhyme = rhyme INSIDE the lineOnce upon a midnight

dreary

while I pondered

weak and

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68. RYTHYM

Think rhythm, think music. MUSICAL QUALITY in language.Slide55

69. SATIRE

SATIRE – PUT SOMETHING UNDER FIRE (“put on blast”)Making fun of something Slide56

70. SCENE DESIGN

SCENE in a PLAY.What sets, lights, costumes, and props do they use?Slide57

71. Setting

Where a story is SET.The real HOMS “windows that can’t breathe”“swollen door”Slide58

72. SHORT STORY

LOOK FOR THE WORD SHORT in the answer choices, and you’ve got the right answer. You’re welcome.Slide59

73. SIMILE

A comparison between 2 unlike things USING the words like, as, than, or resembles.My scholars are as bright as the sun.Slide60

74. SOLILOQUY

LONG speech given by a character alone by themselves.SOLO = aloneSOLOlilquy…Slide61

75. SONNET

Think of a woman who had 14 sons.She wrote a 14 line poem about how she had a net of sons. Slide62

76. SPEAKER

Voice talking to us in a poem.You hear a voice over the SPEAKER.“Legal Alien” = voice of a Mexican American who is lost in her culture.Slide63

77. STANZA

GROUP OF CONSECUTIVE LINES IN A POEM THAT FORM A SINGLE UNIT.Think STANZA, STANDS ALONEThe chunks of a poem. Slide64

78. STYLE

PARTICULAR WAY AN AUTHOR USES LANGUAGE.Just like YOU have a fashion style to wear clothes your way, authors use language in different ways to create style.Edgar Allan Poe = scary, moody, emotional, twisted = represented through his repetition and varies short and long sentences.Slide65

79. SUSPENSE

ANXIETY the reader feels about the reading.SUSPENSE…what events will COMMENCE?!Someone thinks you’re a suspect for a murder..you get NERVOUS...you get ANXIETY!!Slide66

80. SYMBOL

SYMBOL is SOMETHING that STANDS for SOMETHINGSlide67

81. TALL TALE

That mountain is SO tall and SO far.A tale that is exaggerated and far-fetched (unbelievable).Paul Bunyan : giant, tall lumberjack Slide68

82. THEME

CENTRAL IDEA OF A WORK.Usually a phrase*Love conquers all. *War tears people apart.Slide69

83. TONE

Attitude a writer has towards a subject.Think of your mother saying, “WATCH THAT TONE OF VOICE YOUNG LADY…” Slide70

84. TRAGEDY

UNHAPPY ENDINGOPPOSITE OF COMEDY.Slide71

85. VOICE

Distinctive use of language in a text.The speaker may be a mother and her voice is motherly, nurturing, caring, and loving.The author uses specific words (language) to create the character of the mother.“Honey…” “M’am” Slide72

Term # 86. ARGUMENT

Definition: a series of statements in a text designed to convince us of somethingExample: Persuasive Essay – you argue your opinionMemorization Tip: You get into an arGUMent with your teacher on why you should be able to chew GUM in class.Slide73

87. CAUSE and EFFECT

HOW and WHY one thing leads to another.Do not study for the test  Poor score on the testBad attitude in class  Parent conferenceBe rude and disrespectful in class

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Receive a referral

Drop out of high school

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Earn minimum wage

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88.CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

TIME ORDER.CHROCHROME…CHROME watchesWatches tell time..Slide75

89. CLAIM

CLAIM = OPINIONCLAIM rhymes with LAMEMy opinion is that dogs are lame. Slide76

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide77

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide78

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide79

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide80

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide81

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide82

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide83

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide84

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide85

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide86

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide87

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide88

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide89

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SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide90

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SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide91

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide92

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide93

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SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide94

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SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide95

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide96

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide97

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide98

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide99

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide100

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SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide101

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide102

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SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide103

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SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide104

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide105

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide106

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide107

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SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide108

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)Slide109

ALLEGORY

SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something)ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!!“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)