Figurative Language & Poetry
What type of figurative language is this an example of:
Mr. Lund is a giraffe
Metaphor
What is an easy definition to remember for the motif of a story?
The topic of the story.
What is the central idea?
What the article is mainly about.
How do you figure out a character trait?
Look at what a character...
Says
Thinks
Others think about them.
Looks like.
Does.
What are all the major events of a story called?
Plot
What 2 types of figurative language we've learned compare two things?
Simile and Metaphor
How do we figure out the motif of a story?
Make an inference.
What is included in a summary?
What's the first thing you should do to figure out how a character changes in a story?
Find a character trait from the beginning of the story using STOLD.
What is the highest point of action in a story called?
What figurative language does this sentence use?
The tree outside Mr. Lund's classroom looks really lonely.
Personification
How do you make an inference while reading?
By using background knowledge and what the text says.
What do you call the position a writer takes when they are trying to persuade the reader of something?
A claim.
What is a character trait for Mr. Lund WITH EVIDENCE.
TBD - depends on answer.
What two things do you need to know for the setting?
Time and place
What do we call a paragraph in poetry?
Which one is a motif and which is a theme?
1. Love
2. True love overcomes every obstacle
Love is a motif.
True Love overcomes every obstacle is a theme.
If [evidence], then [probability] of [an assumption].
What's the difference between a character trait and a feeling?
A character trait is something that's a part of a person's personality for a while.
Feelings often change.
What part of the story is where you you introduce setting and the background of the characters?
Exposition
What figurative language is Tyler the Creator using in this lyric from "Yonkers"
"I’m a walking paradox
No I’m not”
Metaphor
What 3 things do we ask ourselves to track the development of theme in a story?
1. What did the characters learn
2. How did the characters grow and change
3. What can be learned from the conflict and resolution.
What do you call a real-life story where the central idea is actually more like a theme.
Narrative Nonfiction
List the steps to find theme using character change
1. Infer character traits using STOLD.
2. Identify an event where the character changed.
3. Infer the new character trait
4. Analyze a message based on the character trait change.
What point of view is third-person omniscient?
God mode. You know everything, including what the characters think.