Literary Devices
An exaggeration
Hyperbole
This story is about a young American soldier who waits for his enemy, rifle in hand, finger on the trigger. He is afraid to move and yet afraid not to move. Gunshots crackle in the still air.
"Patrol"
"Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day."
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" Robert Frost
What assignment required you to create a small poster?
One-Pager
How many students can sign out of the classroom at a time?
One
Paints a picture in the reader's mind through vivid description.
Imagery
This story is about a young boy who, upon starting kindergarten, picks up bad habits which he attributes to the presence of another student, a boy in his class that does not really exist.
"Charles" by Shirley Jackson
"In an effort to get people to look
into each other’s eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day."
"Quiet World" by Jeffrey McDaniel
What unit did we read and learn about imagined futures that we could have as a society that we would not want to have?
Dystopian Book Clubs
What is one thing you need to bring to class each day?
Options: Book / Writing Utensil
Repetitive letters/sounds at the beginning of the words.
Alliteration
This story describes a fictional small community that observes an annual tradition which is intended to ensure a good harvest through stoning people to death.
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;"
"If" by Rudyard Kipling
Which unit required you to read and learn about the tragic events of the past?
Historical Fiction Book Clubs
DO NOT RESOLVE the comments!
One thing is representative of another (abstract idea/concept).
Symbolism
A young man is forced to choose between two doors: one containing a beautiful woman he will marry and the other containing a tiger who will kill him.
"The Lady or the Tiger"
"But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light."
"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
What unit did we ready poetry and put them up against each other to find a final winner?
March Madness Poetry
First Chapter Friday!
An implied reference to a work of literature, the Bible, etc.
Allusion
This story has Mathilde Loisel borrow a piece of jewelry from a wealthy friend to wear to a high-society event, only to lose it and spend the next ten years of her life in poverty trying to replace it.
"The Necklace"
"What goes
Unseen
Is at the very
Root of ourselves.
Distance can
Distort our deepest
Sense
Of who
We are,"
"Arborescent I" by Amanda Gorman
What was the essay on that we started in the beginning of the year using the short stories?
During fire drill or other emergency, it's important to...
Stay Quiet