Unit 1: Reading Life
Provide an example of a character trait
Stubborn, Brave, Trustworthy, Forgetful, etc.
Name the five senses we add to our stories
Sight, Sound, Smell, Touch, Taste
What is a claim?
A statement of your opinion
True or False: all poems must rhyme
False: some poems do, many poems do not
What is the hardest natural substance in the world?
Diamond
What makes a book Just-Right?
1. Your interested in it
2. Five-finger rule - vocab not too easy or too hard
3. Reading it aloud sounds like you're talking
What do we call it when characters talk in stories? How do we know they're talking out loud?
Dialogue, quotation marks
Using someone else's words without citing your sources is called...
plagiarism
What is a stanza?
A grouping of lines in a poem
What is a human's natural temperature?
98.6F
Provide one character trait that is a strength and one that is a flaw
Example Strengths: Kind, Helpful, Loyal, Determined, etc.
Example Flaws: Untrustworthy, cruel, disloyal, cowardly, etc.
What was Mr. Hirthe's Memoir about?
My sister's car accident and recovery
What do you need in order to prove your claim is true?
Reasons and factual evidence to back up those reasons
What was Mr. Hirthe's poem about?
My parents getting sick, fear of them growing old and passing away
How many curves are in a paper clip?
3
Setting is more than just where a story takes place: name 3 categories of setting
Physical Location
Time Period
Weather
Mood
Social/Power Structure
World-building
What are two qualities of a memoir?
1. First person perspective
2. Memory of someone's life, not necessarily whole life
3. Includes life lesson
4. True story (non-fiction)
5. Descriptive Setting (five senses and dialogue)
What are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
Ethos: Evidence that appeals to Authority
Pathos: Evidence that appeals to Emotion
Logos: Evidence that appeals to Logic
Name two creative structures poems can have
Haiku, Sonnet, Free Verse, Shape Poem, Black Out Poetry, etc.
How many planets in the solar system are smaller than earth and what are they named?
3 - Mercury, Venus, and Mars
What is the definition of Literary Theme?
A life lesson or message you can learn from a story
What are the five parts of a Plot Outline?
- Exposition (introduction)
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Resolution
What is the definition of a counter claim? Provide an example.
Bringing up the opposite viewpoint in order to prove it wrong.
Hard one! How would you describe Iambic Pentameter?
DAILY DOUBLE: Clap the rhythm
Iambic Pentameter is five repetitions of unstressed and stressed syllables:
"Two households, both alike in dignity"
What is the name of one of Mr. Hirthe's bands??
Soul Low
Paper Holland
Specific Heat