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What is the definition of characterization?
The way in which an author reveals the personality of a character to readers
Words that mean the same thing are called?
Synonyms
A comparison using like or as
What is a similie
What is a claim?
What are the three exam schools in the city of Boston
John D O'bryant
Boston Latin Academy
Boston Latin School
The “universal message” or lesson of a text is also known as the…
What is theme?
What does it mean to infer or to make inferences?
To draw conclusions or have an opinion based on evidence
The literary device "Lightning danced across the sky" is
Personification
A short summary embedded in your response.
Context
What should you do before on the night before a big test?
Try to get a good nights rest, Try to have a nice dinner, relax the best way you know how.
Write a claim: Why does Josh comapre himself to Lebron, Lil' Wayne and his dad?
Sample claim: Josh comapares himself to Lebron, Lil' Wayne and his dad, because they are all amazing at what they do. Josh believes this people are the best at their crafts, playing basketball and rapping and he also believes that he is the best at his craft, basketball and can be even better than the people he considers greats.
What are two things that we can analyze to help us develop a theme?
What is a problem and how the problem is resolved (What the character learns through solving the problem)
See, when I play ball, / I'm on fire. / When I shoot, / I inspire. / The hoop's for sale, / and I'm the buyer" (5)
is an example of which of literary device
Metaphor
A quote or sentence directly from the text
What is evidence?
What is fiction?
Whic two pieces of evidence best supports this claim?
Josh comapares himself to Lebron, Lil' Wayne and his dad, because they are all amazing at what they do. Josh believes this people are the best at their crafts, playing basketball and rapping and he also believes that he is the best at his craft, basketball and can be even better than the people he considers greats.
A. "I'm the next, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and Lebron James."
B. "The make me feel like a king."
C. "Ever since I watched the clip of dad...on ESPN's Best Dunks Ever"
D. "Filthy McNasty is my claim to fame"
A. "I'm the next, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and Lebron James." Pg.4
C. "Ever since I watched the clip of dad...on ESPN's Best Dunks Ever" Pg.
The choice and use of words and phrases
What is diction?
"Filthy, talking to your brother / right now / would be like pushing water uphill / with a rake, son" (91). is an example of.
what is a simile?
your interpretation of why a piece of evidence matters.
What is analysis?
What are the elements of a paragraph? How should you respond to a prompt?
R- Restate the question
A- Answer the question
C- Context
C- Cite evidence
E- Explain evidence (Analysis)
How has Kwame Alexander characterized Josh so far? How has he showed readers this charaterization?
Confident, Cocky, Arrogant, A person that likes to stand out/ be an idividual
Through Poetic structures (rhyming, line breaks, metaphors, dialouge. etc)
+100 points if you named at least one poetic structure.
The genre of The Crossover is
(Fiction)narrative free verse poetry
The name for the type of figurative language when the word looks like the sound.
what is onomatopoeia?
The way in which a paragrah is written is called
What is Structure?
Things to do after MAP
Drawing coloring