Narrative Nonfiction Elements
Narrative nonfiction is when authors share their real experiences in a _______________ way - poetry, letters, short stories, etc.
creative
Figurative language creates a ________ in the reader's mind and cannot be understood _________.
picture/visual, literally/as written
Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers is an example of __________.
alliteration
"Passing voices, a small spluttering engine like that of a generator or an idling motorbike, the distance shrieks of children, a horn that sounded like a loud fart, something metallic scraping" is an example of which sense?
sound
All texts in this unit feature main characters who are __________.
blind
List at least two important life moments that might inspire an author to write narrative nonfiction.
childhood memories, coming of age moments, or turning points
Tell me THREE types of figurative language we took notes on above and beyond simile, metaphor, and personification. : )
alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, or idiom
What's the difference between denotation and connotation. Use the word "sus" to explain.
D - dictionary definition of a word
C - feelings or emotions connected to the word
"An odor of sourish smoke, subtle but unmistakable" is an example of which sense?
smell
Cataracts are...
cloudy areas on the lens of the eye that block vision
Provide the title and author of at least one of the texts we read for this unit.
"View from the Empire State Building" by Helen Keller, "The Neglected Senses" by Rosemary Mahoney, "Blind" by Fatima Naoot, "On His Blindness" by Jorge Luis Borges, or "The Blind Seer of Ambon" by W. S. Merwin
_________ are tricky because they are specific to __________ and __________; they cannot be understood literally or easily translated.
Idioms, culture, language
"Thank you so much for your support! I really appreciate all of the positive notes and check-ins while I worked on this project."
What is TONE and what is the tone of this text?
Tone - writer/speaker's attitude toward the audience, subject, or character
Tone - appreciative, grateful, thankful
"The thinness the warmth and the cold" is an example of the sense of __________.
touch
How does Borges describe his vision in "On His Blindness"?
half-dark, cloudy, colorless, shapeless, fog, tentative light
Tell me at least fiction elements and their nonfiction counterpart (in other words, what is the element called in a fiction text, and what is the element called in a nonfiction text).
Fiction: characters, setting, plot, conflict, story structure, etc.
Nonfiction: real people, real places, real events, real problems, 5Ws & H, organizational structures (chronological, cause & effect, order of importance), etc.
hyperbole, idiom
What is MOOD? Give me three distinct examples of mood.
Mood - feeling the reader gets when reading the text
examples will vary
acidic, metallic, burnt, medicinal are all examples of the sense of __________
taste
Ambon is an island in present-day _________.
Indonesia
The __________ is important because it provides details about the social climate, cultural trends, popular mindsets, and historical events, which leads to a global perspective for the reader.
context
Use the following two nouns to create a simile AND a metaphor AND then EXPLAIN how the two nouns are similar (explain your simile and metaphor).
Helicopter and Iguana
answers will vary
In the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, identify words that demonstrate ASSONANCE and EXPLAIN HOW YOU KNOW.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
o - lonely, floats, o'er, host, golden, daffodils
e - beside, beneath, trees, breeze
answers may vary so long as they identify a repeating vowel sound WITHIN the words
"The little island of Manhattan, set like a jewel in its nest of rainbow waters" is BOTH the sense of __________ and an example of ___________, a type of figurative language. Put these two words together, and you get an example of a poetic sound device known as __________.
sight, simile, alliteration
Using evidence from one or more of the anthology texts and going beyond physical ability, what does it mean to see?
answers will vary