Inference
What two things are necessary to make an inference?
Background knowledge & clues from the text
What is theme?
The message or lesson the author wants you to take away from the story.
What do you call a series of lines in poetry?
A stanza.
Define metaphor.
A comparison of two unlike things.
What is the missing word (s)...
_________ or incidents in a story propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Dialogue
“Do you think Buck was lonely at home all alone?” I asked Dad. “I don’t think so,” Dad replied as he pulled the car into the driveway. “He needs to get used to being in the house alone anyway, and we’ve only been gone for an hour.” Dad unlocked the front door and opened it for me. Buck ran up and greeted me with his tail wagging as I noticed that the couch was virtually destroyed.
What inference can you make?
Buck is a dog (likely a puppy) who got scared when left home alone and chewed up the couch.
What does not belong in a theme statement?
Names or anything specific- because it must be able to be universally applied.
True or False
Punctuation can be used as a poetic element to convey the writer's feelings.
True
Emily Dickinson’s use of capitalization, gives importance to a simple word like “nobody.”
What is an extended metaphor?
100 bonus points if you can explain the extended metaphor used in "The Road Not Taken"
A comparison between two unlike things that is developed at length over several lines, sentences, or even an entire work.
What is the final outcome of the story’s conflict called?
The resolution.
Today feels like the hottest day of the year! Mom is pestering me about being ready to leave, but all I want to do is curl up on the couch with the air conditioner blowing right on me. Instead, I throw my cleats into my duffle bag and head downstairs.
Make an inference.
It is summer. The boy (or girl) doesn’t feel like going to practice (maybe football) but agrees to go anyway. Mom is driving him to practice.
Which of the following IS NOT a theme...
Be careful what you wish for.
Follow your heart and your dreams will come true.
Being a teenager in Ohio is exhausting.
Being a teenager in Ohio is exhausting.
What do you call the pattern formed by the rhyming words at the ends of lines in a poem?
Rhyme scheme.
Explain the meaning of this phrase...
"You could have knocked me over with a feather."
100 Bonus points if you can also name this type of figurative language : )
Feeling dumbfounded (shocked) with surprise.
What literary device is the writer using in this sentence?
A character is preparing for a hiking trip. As he packs, he stops and stares at a dusty, old first-aid kit, deciding with a shrug not to bring it since the trail is "easy."
Foreshadowing.
What it Suggests: This minor incident propels the action by subtly suggesting that the "easy" trip will become unexpectedly dangerous, and he will soon regret his decision to leave the essential supplies behind. This creates suspense for the reader.
Ben is auditioning for a part in the school play. He's been fine all day, but right before the audition he says he feels sick. You might infer that Ben __________.
...is nervous.
True or False
A literary work may have more than one theme.
This is true.
What is the attitude or mood the author creates in a poem?
Tone
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
100 Bonus points if you can explain the meaning.
Idiom
What should be included in a summary?
Only the most important events, including the main idea.
Which sentence below makes us infer that Bryan's pet is a cat?
True or false
In short stories, novels, and dramas, the theme is revealed through elements such as character, setting, and plot, or what the characters do and say, and how this affects the events.
True
What is the rhyme scheme in the following stanza?
If you go out when it's snowing
And look up at the sky,
You'll feel lots if icy kisses
As the snowflakes flutter by.
ABCB
He has the Midas touch.
Allusion
Refers to the Greek myth of King Midas, whose touch turned everything to gold.
What do you call the first event in which the conflict becomes apparent?
The inciting incident.