Identifying Nouns
Identifying nouns is an important activity that requires skill and determination (4).
nouns, activity, skill, determination
Identify the abstract nouns:
The principal at Bath High School always told students that success is a choice (2).
success, choice
Identify common nouns:
When I was a teenager, I used to eat Flamin' Hot Cheetos with Mountain Dew for breakfast before school (3).
teenager, breakfast, school
What is the emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader?
Mood
What is an object, person, place, action, or idea that represents something other than itself, often of a more abstract nature?
A symbol
If I find another broken pencil chilling on the carpet, I might lose my mind (3).
pencil, carpet, mind
Identify the concrete nouns:
Susan lost her appetite when Gregory mentioned his crusty toe fungus (3).
Susan, Gregory, fungus
Identify the proper nouns:
It may come as a surprise that Alaska is not a country and Egypt is not a desert.
Alaska, Desert
What do we call the essential parts of storytelling that are present in almost all types of literary and narrative writing?
Literary Elements
Define theme. Attempt to get as close as possible to the definition of theme we discussed during notes.
Theme is a central message or insight into life revealed through a story.
Chopping peppers without gloves makes my fingers burn, but spicy tacos are worth the discomfort (5).
peppers, gloves, fingers, tacos, discomfort
Identify the abstract nouns:
The students who did not plug in their Chromebooks were scolded for their carelessness and given a detention (1).
carelessness
Identify the common nouns:
The song "Old Town Road" played during the fireworks at Kings Island, and it was a magical experience (3).
song, fireworks, experience
What do we call the techniques that writers use to create a special effect in their writing?
Literary Devices
When describing the setting, which three elements should you consider?
Time, Place, and Weather
In July, I went to Los Angeles, where I ate at In-N-Out Burger, visited Griffith Park, and saw a comedy show (5).
July, Los Angeles, In-N-Out Burger, Griffith Park, show
Identify the abstract nouns:
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams (3).
future, beauty, dreams
Identify common nouns:
Maybe I will move to rural Nebraska, raise goats, farm radishes, and devote my life to the study of geriatric medicine (5).
goats, radishes, life, study, medicine
What are descriptive words or adjectives that are used to describe a character’s personality?
Character Traits
Give me two examples of literary elements and two examples of literary devices.
Literary elements: plot, character, setting, theme, conflict
Literary devices: figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, idiom), irony, flashback, foreshadowing, allusion, alliteration
A crazed raccoon chased us down a mountain next to the beach, and I almost lost my sandals (4).
raccoon, mountain, beach, sandals
Identify the abstract nouns:
I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be (5).
reason, promise, peace, happiness, discouragement
Identify the common nouns:
Robert Louis Stevenson once said, "We are travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend." (5).
travelers, wilderness, world, travels, friend
Denouement is another word for the _____________ of a story.
Resolution
When analyzing indirect characterization using the S.T.E.A.L. method, which five things do readers observe about the character?
Speech
Thoughts
Effects on Others
Actions
Looks