Literary Devices
"Crunch, crunch went the leaves"
Onomatopoeia
A few words to describe Miss. B's class
What are hellions, near simians, indulged, spoiled, rebels, Les Misérables, obnoxious
Point of view for "Seventh Grady" by Gary Soto
3rd person
A vocabulary word that means "hodgepodge"
Miscellaneous
"I am from the dirt under the back porch. Black, glistening, it tasted like beets."
Simile
Description of Miss. B
Tall with a vibrating voice, not pretty but handsome, perhaps fifty, square-shouldered, neither feminine or masculine, healthy and strong.
The setting for "Seventh Grade"
St. Theresa's School in California
It is what a novel always is
Fiction
"Their particular dragon in the case of Miss B was her good sense."
Metaphor
The four groups in Miss. B's class
Idiot rebels, hard nut rebels, those with accountability to professional parents, those whose names and faces could not be remembered
The reason why girls stare at Michael Torres
Because he scowls all the time
"We real cool we.....left school" demonstrates this poetic device.
Rhyme
"The principal, Mr. Belton, spoke over the crackling loudspeaker."
Onomatopoeia
The student Miss. B keeps in detention for 6 months
Lennie Sopel
The resolution for story, "Seventh Grade"
Victor is saved from embarrassment and Teresa asks Victor to tutor her in French. Victor runs to the library and takes French books out, so that he doesn't embarrass himself again.
Two close reading strategies
Highlighting, defining, write and think while reading, questions in the margin, enter a conversation with the author
The five elements of plot from start to finish
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
The climax for "A Lesson in Discipline"
Several incidents of rising action in the story
When Victor answers Teresa with "Yeah, that's me" at their first meeting. When Victor says Teresa's name by mistake in class. When Victory gets called on in French class.
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