Week #3 Update - Literary Terms Quiz Tmrw - Friday 9/21

Hello Smart Sophomores!

I am so glad you are checking the blog.  Make this a habit.
Today's Socratic Discussion had it's highs and lows.  Please make sure to reflect on your input and how you can improve, become more involved, and include others.

I want you to be successful on tomorrow's quiz - please know the literary terms we covered.  However, please begin to have ownership of this academic language.  I don't want you memorizing and forgetting.  The goal is not merely knowing definitions, but rather using these techniques ourselves and being able to identify them in other writer's works.  See below for the terms you need to know and some additional questions.  

I will update the blog this weekend so that you all have a heads up for next week and the assignments, readings, and writing tasks we will undertake.  On Monday 9/24, we will be having a guest speaker/author who will enlighten us with strategy and ideas for creating our own short stories.  Make sure to take excellent notes. You won't want to miss this day!!!

Grades are being updated and will include your Socratic Discussion participation and tomorrow's quiz. Some students are yet to show me their independent reading selection. You have a zero for that assignment.  I have not gone over the task(s) related to your reading - as for now I want you reading a book you WANT to read so that you ENJOY it.  Amazing!  Please have your book with you on Monday.

Make sure you have your Writer's NB with you each and everyday.  We will be doing more specific note taking and writing as our unit progresses.

Thanks for checking the blog and make sure to visit it frequently.
The information you really want is below.  Good luck for tomorrow.

Samakosky

Literary Quiz Terms

* Point of View - 1st person, 3rd person, 3rd person omniscient (know each kind)
* Diction - word choice
* Tone - the feelings an author (they) creates by the words he/she chooses and the images it creates
* Mood - the feelings that I (me) have based on the words/images an author usees
*** Refer to the mood/tone handout I gave you***
* Figurative Language - metaphor, simile, personification, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idioms
* Plot Line - Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling, Resolution (know this for "The Interlopers")
* Foreshadowing - hints that allow a reader to predict
* Flashback (we have not seen any use of this device....yet)
* Irony (situational) - specifically be able to indicate how "The Interlopers" exemplifies this
*epiphany - a huge realization (an ah ha moment)
*theme (be able to identify theme(s) from "The Interlopers".  You won't get credit for cliche answers.)
* Characterization - know the different kinds
* Conflict (external v. internal)
* Allusion (think the "apple" from "A Poison Tree")
* Symbolism - "brother" from "The Sniper", the "path" in "Dead Men's Path", "apple" from "A Poison Tree"
* Character Motivation (think about Ulrich and Georg)

* The quiz will be mix and match, fill in the blank, and short answer.  You will allowed to use your texts and annotations....if you choose.

Password - You are smart.  You checked the blog.  Here is a secret password that you must write in the top left corner of the quiz.  Do not share this with everyone.  I will give you a few extra points.
Password: New England Clam Chowder (White)

Good Luck!!!!