Narrative POV
What type of point of view uses pronouns like "I" and "me," making the reader feel like they are inside the character's head.
First Person POV
What are the three general purposes that authors have for writing?
To inform, to persuade, to entertain.
Which sense is appealed to in the following sentence?
"The paintings showed a fiery orange sunset casting long, inky shadows from the towering pines."
Sight
"Set" is a word with multiple meanings. Which definition of "set" is used in the following sentence?
"Please set the table for dinner."
A. To place something in a particular position
B. To become firm or solid
C. A group of things or people that belong together or are associated
A. To place something in a particular position.
What would you say is one character trait of Charlie's in Flowers for Algernon?
Answers may vary: Smart, kind, self-conscious, unaware, overly-trusting, lonely, etc.
What is one reading from our unit that has a First Person Naive POV?
Flowers for Algernon
Imagine you are writing an article about famous battles in the American Revolutionary War. Why might including images be helpful for your reader?
Images help visually depict what those battles might have looked like for readers.
Name the five senses.
Sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing.
Using your knowledge that the latin root -rupt means "to burst" determine what the meaning of the word "eruption" in the following sentence:
An eruption of applause filled the auditorium after the inspiring performance.
"Eruption" refers to a sudden and often violent issuing forth, bursting out, or breaking out of something.
What tone would you say the end of Flowers for Algernon has?
Depending on the interpretation, maybe hopeful. Otherwise, gloomy, tragic, somber, etc.
Explain the difference between first and third person point of view for narrators.
First person narrators are characters in the story telling it from their point of view. Third person narrators are not characters in the story.
Suppose an author is writing a history of photography. Which text feature should they include if they want to have a short biography of Mathew Brady, the first war photographer?
A. Footnote
B. Sidebar
C. Illustration
B. Sidebar
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Both are comparisons between unlike things, but a simile will use the words "like" or "as" while a metaphor will just say one thing is another.
"Render" can mean any of the following things:
A. Provide or give.
B. Cause to be or become; make.
C. Represent or depict artistically.
D. To melt down animal fat.
Which definition is used in the following sentence?
"Shelly was rendered speechless when Chloe turned to her and said, 'Bye Felicia.'"
B. cause to become.
What is one conflict that took place in Flowers for Algernon? Was it internal or external?
Charlie vs self (intelligence).
Charlie vs friends (person v person).
Etc.
What is an overarching theme from Flowers for Algernon?
Themes can vary but should fall under the category of whether intelligence leads to happiness, what it means to be intelligent, etc.
What is a footnote?
Create a metaphor that compares a museum to a brain.
EX. The museum was the brain of the city, storing all of the important information from its existence within its walls.
Metaphors do not use the words "like" or "as"
Which of the following words has the most negative connotation?
1. Thin
2. Slender
3. Scrawny
3. Scrawny
Does Charlie experience an external conflict with his co-workers at the factory before his surgery? Why or why not?
No, Charlie doesn't realize he's being bullied/made fun of until after he gets the surgery. If he's not aware of the "conflict" it isn't a conflict.
What is the definition of dramatic irony?
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something that the characters don't, which causes there to be tension leading up to an event.
Explain everything that is wrong with the following citation's formatting/grammar:
I was reading some of my old progress reports and it's very funny but I can't read what I wrote. I can make out some of the words, but they don't make any sense. (Keyes pg 466)."
1. Need a quotation mark at the beginning.
2. There are two periods, there should only be one after the parentheses.
3. The final quotation mark should go after the quote but before the parentheses.
4. The parenthetical citation shouldn't have "pg" in it, it should just be the number.
Name one simile that you have heard in a song lyric.
Examples:
"Shine bright like a diamond."
"You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch."
"I love you like a love song, baby."
How should the following sentences be combined in order to make sense?
When they were hanging out. Eating pizza. The eighth graders started to miss their ELA class.
When they were hanging out, eating pizza, the eighth graders started to miss their ELA class.
Come up with a scenario that has an internal conflict.
Anything that involves a character struggling with something about themselves - a character trait/flaw, a tough decision, strong emotions, etc.