English Language Arts 9
LA9U2
Novel Unit: The Pigman
Agenda for the Day
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Exploring “The Writer’s Tool Box: Suspense and
Foreshadowing.
Character Sketch
Climax and Resolution
Final Novel Project
Exam
Any general questions before we begin?
Writer’s Tool Box
Flashback: sends you back to an earlier event. The writer
may use words or phrases such as I remember when or
a few
years earlier.
2. Figurative Language: builds comparisons and creates
special effects that help you understand characters,
places and ideas. (Simile, metaphor, personification).
3. Mood: is the feeling or atmosphere you get from the story.
It may be peaceful, scary, gloomy, funny, weird, or sad.
4. Symbolism: is the use of an object to represent an idea or
feeling such as a dove to stand for peace.
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5. Sensory Language: helps you share sights, sounds,
and other sense experiences with the characters.
6. Characterization: is the description of a character’s
looks, behavior, motives, emotions and personality.
7. Foreshadowing: is a clue that may create suspense by
Hinting at things to come.
8. Suspense: Another way that authors keep readers
interested is to create a sense of suspense.
Suspense is a feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or dread
about what will happen next.
How Does Zindel Build Suspense?
Character Sketch
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A character sketch paints a portrait of a real person
or a fictional character, using words that convey a
clear impression of physical appearance and
personality.
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Aspects of personality may be revealed through
physical detail, setting, objects, action, dialogue, or
observers.
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The sketch may begin with a single overall
impression of the character, then provide details to
support this impression.
Characterization
Another way to analyze the character is to
determine how they have changed/grown.
A dynamic character is one who changes his/her
outlook and attitude because of what happens
in the story.
a character who remains the same throughout
the story is referred to as static.
Dynamic Characters
Static Characters
“A House is not a Home”
Discussion: What is the difference between a
house and a home?
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In looking at where our characters live; which
would you call a house and which would you
call a home? Why?
Climax and Resolution
In a novel or short story, the climax is the
moment when the central conflict comes to a
head.
The resolution is the point at which the central
conflict is settled or resolved.
As in real life, resolutions are not always happy
or complete. Everyone does not necessarily
live happily ever after and not all conflicts are
completely resovled.
Plot Diagram
Where do they Occur in the Pigman?
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Climax:
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Resolution:
What does the future hold for our characters?
Your Thoughts on the Novel
Vocabulary
Hors d’oeuvres
Hovel
Incongruous
Infantile
proficiency
Novel Project
Novel Exam
What’s Coming Up?
Short Story Unit
Any questions??