10R
October 6, 2014
SWBAT determine how to use author’s voice to create dialogue.
th
7
period
• Let us move our desks to create a happy, learning space. 
Eleanor and Park Lunch!
• Join us in the library every day this week for Eleanor and Park events.
• Let us go through the powerpoint.
• You will receive 25 pts. extra credit if you attend an event and write
a half page about what you learned during that session. Be
detailed. (Not just, “It was fun.”)
• Please only attend if you have read the book.
Work
• I will hand back your Eleanor and Park tests.
Review literary terms we have discussed
• Juxtaposition – Putting two opposite things together in order to
create a new meaning. (A toy truck is cute, a military tank is
powerful / scary ….put them together and you get a feeling that
_________)
• Diction – Word Choice. Using “thrilled” instead of “happy”. Using
“glittered when he walked” instead of “he looked good when he
walked”.
Literary techniques
• Syntax – Sentence structure. (Is the sentence long or short? How are
the words arranged?)
Example – I was so excited to go to prom, that I bought a two thousand
dollar dress at Saks Fifth Avenue. I even had my hair done at a fancy
salon in New York that was featured on a reality show. I could not
believe Richard had asked me out, and I was not going to look anything
short of perfect. When the clock struck seven, I waited on the couch in
my pink sparkly dress, barely able to catch my breath. My prince was
finally going to arrive and sweep me off my feet. I waited, and waited.
He never showed.
Imagery – I can see, taste, touch, smell or
hear it!!
• Imagery: It is the use of figurative language to create visual
representations of actions, objects and ideas in our mind in such a
way that they appeal to our physical senses. For example:
• The room was dark and gloomy. -The words “dark” and “gloomy” are
visual images.
• The river was roaring in the mountains. – The word “roaring” appeals
to our sense of hearing.
IMAGERY
Hyperbole
• Hyperbole: It is deliberate exaggeration of actions and ideas for the
sake of emphasis. For example:
• Your bag weighs a ton!
• I have got a million issues to look after!
Why does exaggeration help a piece of writing?
Repetition
• Why does repetition help? I need to understand
why repetition helps? I mean, seriously, WHY
does REPETITION HELP!?!
Simile and Metaphor
• Simile and Metaphor: Both compare two distinct objects and draws
similarity between them. The difference is that Simile uses “as” or “like”
and Metaphor does not. For example:
• “My love is like a red red rose” (Simile)
• He is an old fox very cunning. (Metaphor)
• Why is it helpful to use similes and metaphors?
• Do they have to make sense?
http://www.growingwithgrammar.com/files/www5smplelessfinal.pdf
Do Now – One paragraph
• Tell me one literary technique Edwin Arlington Robinson
used in the poem “Richard Cory” that you think was most
powerful. How did it help make the story interesting and the
ending more shocking?
• Explain using examples. (Write in full sentences.)
• WRITE THIS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER (NOT IN YOUR
NOTES)
Tuesday Oct. 7, 2014
• SWBAT
• Get Joker monologue…
• Get examples soon of regents explanations. ….
Homework Due
•4th and 7th period - Please hand in your
homework.
Popsicle Stick
• Please write your name in big letters on the popsicle stick. This is a
way for us to all be held accountable.
• Don’t worry if you are “wrong” when you answer a question. At least
it shows me you are trying. Trying is important in life!
Plus, a lot of times I ask opinion questions…so there is no wrong or
right. You must have some sort of an opinion….unless you are a robot.
Any robots, please see your house administrator to inform them of
your status as non-human.
Voice
• How do we create voices of characters?
• We have been speaking about author’s voice.
Author’s tone plus literary devices they use to create their VOICE!
I want to show that I am angry (tone), so I will use short sentences
(syntax) and tons of repetition when I write my piece. THIS IS MY
VOICE. MY VOICE. GET IT? MY VOIIIIICCCCCCE!!!
Character work
• Work in groups of two. (I’ll choose with the POPSICLE STICKS!)
• Create a dialogue between. (Choose one)
1. An old man / woman and teenage boy / girl in the Apple Store.
2. A chef of an expensive French restaurant and a new waiter / waitress.
3. A train station where a cowboy talks to a classy city person.
4. The principal talking to a freshman.
THINK WHAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE THEY WOULD USE! SYNTAX, DICTION,
REPETITION, IMAGERY, JUXTAPOSITION, ETC….
• Tell me about three writing choices you made to create the tone of
the character.
• (Example…I has the grandma use long, flowing sentences where she
remembers the “good old days” in detail.