unit 1
Definition of expound
to explain in meaning
definition of promontory
high point or prominent geographical feature
definition of subterfuge
using tricks or deception to get something or achieve a goal
definition of vehemently
in a way that is strongly emotional, heated, or impassioned
definition of insidious
inflicting harm or damage slowly and subtly
what is the central message or universal truth in a story
theme
what are archetypes
Archetypes are familiar, commonly used character types and situations in stories
why do authors use humor in stories ?
Humor can help to reveal meaning in plot, character, setting, or tone. A funny character or event, a humorously ironic tone, or a comic setting, for example, can all be used to convey an author’s true perspective.
what is perspective?
an author’s or a character’s attitudes, values, or opinions that influence the representation of a topic.
How does an author create tone?
the author uses ---- to control how fast or slow his story moves along
pacing
why do authors use literary devices?
authors use literary devices to convey their message, affect the reader’s imagination, and add interest and excitement to a text
what are some common things to check when editing
grammar, punctuation, spelling
what is figurative language?
Figurative language explains or clarifies one item in terms of another on a nonliteral level. It is the use of words to express meanings that are different from their literal definitions in order to enhance power, persuasiveness, or beauty.
How should your textual evidence be after you have revised it?
The text cited should be accurate, sufficient, and relevant. Add evidence to expand or elaborate on a particular idea, if needed.
“Not a whit from me
could he float afar o’er the flood of waves,
haste o’er the billows; nor him I abandoned.
Together we twain on the tides abode
five nights full till the flood divided us,
churning waves and chillest weather,
darkling night, and the northern wind
ruthless rushed on us: rough was the surge.
Now the wrath of the sea-fish rose apace;
yet me ’gainst the monsters my mailed coat,
hard and hand-linked, help afforded,—
battle-sark braided my breast to ward,
garnished with gold. There grasped me firm
and haled me to bottom the hated foe,
with grimmest gripe. ’Twas granted me, though,
to pierce the monster with point of sword,
with blade of battle: huge beast of the sea
was whelmed by the hurly through hand of mine.”
what is the theme
real heroes embrace teamwork
Name the archetype
The ----- is the main character who solves a problem for others within the plot. The ---- often needs to grow and become stronger as he pursues good in order to ultimately triumph.
hero
name the humor
His majesty, who is a most magnanimous prince, ... frequently honored me with his visits, and was pleased to assist my masters in teaching me. We began already to converse together in some sort; and the first words I learnt, were to express my desire “that he would please give me my liberty;” which I every day repeated on my knees. His answer, as I could comprehend it, was, “that this must be a work of time, not to be thought on without the advice of his council.”
irony
Determine the perspective
“I don’t rejoice in insects at all,” Alice explained, “because I’m rather afraid of them—at least the large kinds. But I can tell you the names of some of them.”
Alice is anything but happy, she hates bugs
determine the tone
[Cyril asked,] “Have you read Blood on the Banisters?”
“Oh, yes! I thought it was better than Severed Throats!”
“So did I,” said Cyril. “Much better. Brighter murders, subtler detectives, crisper clues ... better in every way.”
The two twin souls gazed into each other’s eyes. There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
“My name is Amelia Bassett,” said the girl.
“Mine is Cyril Mulliner. Bassett?” He frowned thoughtfully. “The name seems familiar.”
“Perhaps you have heard of my mother. Lady Bassett. She’s rather a well-known big-game hunter and explorer. She tramps through jungles and things. She’s gone out to the lobby for a smoke. By the way”—she hesitated— “if she finds us talking, will you remember that we met at the Polterwoods’?”
“I quite understand.”
“You see, Mother doesn’t like people who talk to me without a formal introduction. And when Mother doesn’t like anyone, she is so apt to hit them over the head with some hard instrument.”
“I see,” said Cyril. “Like the Human Ape in Gore by the Gallon.”
a fun, not super serious tone
Suddenly, in spite of the heat in the carriage she shivered and wished she wasn’t going to the sea. A picture rose clearly before her mind. Cyril’s head, bobbing up and down, swimming to the rock. … Up and down – up and down. And herself, swimming easy practiced strokes after him – cleaving her way through the water but knowing, only too surely, that she wouldn’t be in time. ...
The sea – its deep warm blue mornings spent lying out on the sands – Hugo – Hugo who had said he loved her. ...
She must not think of Hugo.
What literary technique is the writer using?
Flashback
Name the literary device
In me thou see’st the twilight of such day,
As after sunset fadeth in the west,
Which by-and-by black night doth take away,
Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed whereon it must expire
Consum’d with that which it was nourish’d by.
anaphora
what wrong with this sentence?
She rushes down the hall reaching the doorway and burst through.
determine the figurative language
I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-gray,
And Winter’s dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
metaphor
Revise the sentence
Personification is used in the description of Nature when Shelley writes about how Nature is unpredictable, just as humans are, and operates under its own will.
Using personification, Shelley compares humans and Mother Nature, explaining that the philosopher whose book the creature is reading has “partially unveiled the face of Nature, but her immortal lineaments were still a wonder and a mystery” (39). Here, Shelley implies that Nature is unpredictable, just as humans are, and that it operates under its own will.