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Literary Nonfiction – A biography is the true story of a real
person’s life, written by another person. An autobiography is the true
story of a person’s life, written by that person.
Noticings
Author’s Purpose: to inform; to show
why this person’s life is important
Characters: the real person the
biography is about is the subject; a
biography tells what the subject
accomplished and why he/she is
important; other characters in the
biography are real people who
influenced the life of the subject in
some way
Setting: thinking about the time and
place in which the subject lived will
help readers understand more about
the person
Narrative Structure: events are told in
order as a story; events may span the
person’s entire life or may represent a
specific time in the person’s life
Point of View:
-biography – 3rd person point of view
-autobiography – 1st person point of
view
Book Examples
Summarizing in Literary Nonfiction
Summarizing an autobiography/biography is a retelling of the major
events in a person’s life.
Event 1
Summary:
Event 2
Event 3
Event 4
Event 5
***SAMPLE ANCHOR CHART FOR JAMES FORTEN!***
Summarizing in Literary Nonfiction
Summarizing an autobiography/biography is a retelling of the major
events in a person’s life.
James was born in
Philadelphia in
1766. He went to
school and helped
his father make
sails in a shop.
When James was
7, his father died.
Event 1
Summary:
In 1761, when James
was 14, his mother
gave him permission
to go to sea. In the
summer of 1781,
James was on the
Royal Louis. The Royal
Louis engaged in
battle with the British
ship Active.
Event 2
The Active
surrendered. The
Royal Louis then
sailed into a trap.
The crew of the
Royal Louis
became prisoners
on a British Ship.
Event 3
James befriended
the British
captain’s son.
Then James was
sent to a British
prison ship instead
of to the West
Indies as a slave.
James became a
hero for fighting for
freedom. After the
war, he became of
the wealthiest men
in Philadelphia and
one of the most
influential
abolitionists.
Event 4
Event 5
James Forten, born in 1766, went to sea at the age of 14 to fight for America’s freedom
from Britain and was taken prisoner by a British ship. He befriended the captain’s son and avoided being
sold as a slave in the West Indies. After the war, he became wealthy and continued to fight for freedom,
including becoming known as one of America’s most influential abolitionists.
What it looks like on a Test…
In paragraph __, the author symbolizes ___.
In paragraph __, the author states that “__”
to help the reader understand -Why does the author describe ___ as “__”?
Read this sentence from paragraph __. What
does the author mean by this line?
What is the best summary of this selection?
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Poetry – is a piece of writing in which words and their sounds are
used to show images and express feelings and ideas.
Noticings
Author’s Purpose: to entertain or
express
Form: includes free verse,
narrative, lyrical, and haiku
Stanzas: the sections of a poem;
a stanza may focus on one central
idea or thought; lines in a stanza
are arranged in a way that looks
and sounds pleasing
Rhyme: words that have the same
ending sound may be used at the
ends of lines to add interest to the
poem and to make it fun to read
Book Examples
Author’s Purpose: to entertain
the reader with a funny poem
about a dirty man who never
takes baths
Form: lyrical
Stanzas:
Oh, I'm Dirty Dan, the world's dirtiest
man,
I never have taken a shower.
I can't see my shirt--it's so covered with
dirt,
And my ears have enough to grow flowers.
But the water is either a little too hot,
Or else it's a little too cold.
I'm musty and dusty and patchy and
scratchy
And mangy and covered with mold.
But the water is always a little too hot,
Or else it's a little too cold.
Rhyme:
Oh, I'm Dirty Dan, the world's dirtiest
man,
I never have taken a shower.
I can't see my shirt--it's so covered with
dirt,
And my ears have enough to grow flowers.
The Dirtiest Man In The World
Oh, I'm Dirty Dan, the world's
dirtiest man,
I never have taken a shower.
I can't see my shirt--it's so
covered with dirt,
And my ears have enough to
grow flowers.
But the water is either a little
too hot,
Or else it's a little too cold.
I'm musty and dusty and
patchy and scratchy
And mangy and covered with
mold.
But the water is always a little
too hot,
Or else it's a little too cold.
I live in a pen with five hogs
and a hen
And three squizzly lizards who
creep in
My bed, and they itch as I
squirm, and I twitch
In the cruddy old sheets that I
sleep in.
In you looked down my throat
with a flashlight, you'd note
That my insides are coated
with rust.
I creak when I walk and I
squeak when I talk,
And each time I sneeze I blow
dust.
The thought of a towel and
soap makes me howl,
And when people have
something to tell me
They don't come and tell it-they stand back and yell it.
I think they're afraid they
might smell me.
The bedbugs that leap on me
sing me to sleep,
And the garbage flies buzz me
awake.
They're the best friends I've
found and I fear they might
drown
So I never go too near a lake.
Each evening at nine I sit
down to dine
With the termites who live in
my chair,
And I joke with the bats and
have intimate chats
With the cooties who crawl in
my hair.
I'd brighten my life if I just
found a wife,
But I fear that will never be
Until I can find a girl, gentle
and kind,
With a beautiful face and a
sensitive mind,
Who sparkles and twinkles
and glistens and shines-And who's almost as dirty as
me.
-Shel Silverstein
Poetry Elements
Sound
Effect
Rhyme
Scheme
Internal Alliteration Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
the pattern of rhyme that the
poet uses
occurs when poets use
rhyming words within
the same line
Definition
I love noodles. Give me oodles. A
Make a mound up to the sun.
B
Noodles are my favorite foodles. A
I eat noodles by the ton.
B
Example
Let me fetch sticks,
Let me fetch stones,
Throw me your bones,
Teach me your tricks.
A
B
B
A
I live in a pen with 5 hogs
and a hen
And three squizzly lizards
who creep in
My bed, and they itch as I
squirm, and I twitch
In the cruddy old sheets I
sleep in.
the repetition of the first
consonant sound in words,
as in the nursery rhyme
“Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers.”
I jiggled it
jaggled it
jerked it.
I pushed
and pulled
and poked it.
words that represent the actual
sound of something are words of
onomatopoeia. Thunder “booms,”
rain “drips,” and the clock
“ticks.”Appeals to the sense of
sound.
Scrunch, scrunch, scrunch.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Frozen snow and brittle ice
Make a winter sound that’s nice
Underneath my stamping feet
And the cars along the street.
Scrunch, scrunch, scrunch.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Poetry – is a piece of writing in which words and their sounds are used to show images and
express feelings and ideas.
Noticings
Rhythm: the beat of how the words are read;
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may be fast or slow
Sound Effects:
 Repetition: occurs when poets repeat
words, phrases, or lines in a poem
 Internal Rhyme: occurs when poets use
rhyming words within the same line
 Rhyme Scheme the pattern of rhyme
that the poet uses
 Alliteration the repetition of the first
consonant sound in words, as in the nursery
rhyme “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.”
Book Examples
Rhythm:
The pickety fence
The pickety fence
Give it a lick it's
The pickety fence
Give it a lick it's
A clickety fence
When the night begins to fall
And the sky begins to glow
You look up and see the tall
City of lights begin to grow –
 Repetition
Someone tossed a pancake,
A buttery, buttery, pancake.
Someone tossed a pancake
And flipped it up so high,
That now I see the pancake,
The buttery, buttery pancake,
Now I see that pancake
Stuck against the sky.
actual sound of something are words of
onomatopoeia. Thunder “booms,” rain
“drips,” and the clock “ticks.”Appeals to the
sense of sound.
 Imagery & Sensory Detail the use of
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Figurative Language tools that writers use
to create images, or “paint pictures,” in your mind.
 Simile compares two things using the
words “like” or “as.”

Metaphors compare two things without
using the words “like” or “as.”

Personification gives human traits and
feelings to things that are not human – like
animals or objects.
The rhythm in this poem is
slow – to match the night
gently falling and the lights
slowly coming on.
Sound Effects:
 Onomatopoeia words that represent the
words to create pictures, or images, in your
mind. Appeals to the five senses: smell,
sight, hearing, taste and touch.
The rhythm in this poem is
fast – to match the speed of
the stick striking the fence.

Internal Rhyme
 Rhyme Scheme
 Alliteration
 Onomatopoeia
Imagery & Sensory Detail:
Figurative Language:
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Simile
Metaphors
Personification
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