unit 1
What does Denotation mean?
The denotation of a word is its meaning that appears in the dictionary.
What are Archetypes?
Archetypes are familiar, commonly used character types and situations in stories.
What is a Perspective?
The point of view in which the story is told.
What does defray mean?
to offset the cost of; to reimburse.
What does daunted mean?
deprived of courage; discouraged or intimidated.
Reading skill that deals with using other words in a sentence to find out the meaning of another word.
Context clues.
Reading skill that has you find themes within the text.
Central ideas
What writing skill helps you find what a characters place in a story is?
Character perspective.
Why do authors use irony and sarcasm?
Words carry emotions and, at times, contain multiple meanings that readers need to figure out.
Reading skill that views the same story in a different perspective.
Artistic representations.
Writing skill that has to with finding proper word usage.
reference materials.
Writing skill that that shows different perspectives, like first person, second person, or third person.
Point of view.
What does writing exposition do?
It introduces any type of writing has an introduction, body, and conclusion.
What word choice creates?
These word choices can tell a lot about the characters’ personalities while revealing perspective.
A writing skill that has to do with taking a larger amount of information and just taking the points out.
Summarizing.
Types of literary representations?
pacing, flashbacks, foreshadowing, details, dialogue, setting.
How do you analyse a character through an archetype?
Find their characteristics and match it to what archetype it fits most.
How do you find Implicit and Explicit meanings?
Through the authors perspective.
How to have ambiguity?
have an unclear or uncertain meaning, or have multiple interpretations.
How does pacing effect the story?
it shows how slowly or quickly the actions and events develop and unfold.
How do you use words to find meanings?
Find words in the same sentence that may relate to the word.
How do you use Figurative language?
Find a phrase that fits the situation and the character.
What do you do when you draft a story?
Come up with ideas and put them in rough sentence form.
When to use Figurative language?
When you are trying to convey more than just words.
How can revision help a story?
It evaluates the problems within the story like the structure, ideas, punctuation, etc.