Unit 1: Realistic Fiction
What is realistic fiction?
Answers will vary. Example: Fictional story that could actually happen in real life.
What is the difference between explicit and implicit details in research?
Explicit: Directly told (facts, statistics)
Implicit: Inferred information
What is historical fiction?
Historical fiction is generally set in a real place, during a recognizable time period. The details and action in the story may be a combination of of actual events that happened and events from the author’s imagination as they write.
Morphology is the study of _____.
Words
Define vamoose
To leave quickly
What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization?
Direct: the author TELLS you the characteristic
Indirect: the author SHOWS you the characteristic
Define the TAMKO summarizing strategy (What does each letter mean?)
T: Text Type & Title
A: Author & Action
M: Main Idea
K: Key Details
O: Organization
characters, like people, face different kinds of problems. We can learn a lot about characters, and from characters from how they ___________ to trouble.
Respond
Define prefix.
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the word's overall meaning.
Define adapt
What are the three purposes of literature? (Yummm, PIE!)
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
What is the difference between an extrovert and an introvert?
Extrovert: Someone who is outwardly outgoing
Introvert: May keep more to themselves, may be shy
What is a backstory to a character or conflict? Why is it important?
A history or background of a character or conflict. It is important to fill in the backstory in historical fiction so that you understand the importance of the time period for the character.
Define suffix.
A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word that changes the word's overall meaning.
Observe closely
What are two types of irony? (There are three in total!)
What is the boxes and bullets note taking system?
Boxes detail main ideas while bullets are key details.
Name 4 different types of poems!
Answers will vary. (Sonnet, concrete, acrostic, free verse, ballad etc.)
Define the root "viv".
Live, lively, lifelike
Define fraught
Full of stress or worry
Name the 5 steps to a plot line in order.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax/Turning Point, Falling Action, Resolution
Name 3 research strategies we studied this unit.
TAMKO Summary, Boxes and Bullets, Extrovert and Introvert strategies, Conceptualizing Vocabulary, Highlighting in our notes, T-Charts, Venn Diagrams
Name AND define 4 different types of figurative language.
(Simile, metaphor, imagery, irony, alliteration, personification, etc.)
Name and define 2 prefixes and 2 suffixes.
Answers vary. Example: "re- means again" "-ing means action in the present"
Use 'hummock' in a sentence utilizing specific context clues to let me know you know the meaning of the word.
After climbing huge mountains, I was happy to see our next part of the journey was only small green hummocks.