“Bargain”by A.B. Guthrie
Literary Elements & Vocabulary PP
7th Grade ELA Standards:
• Vocabulary 1.3: Clarify word meanings through
the use of definition, example, restatement, or
contrast.
• Reading 3.2: Identify events that advance the plot
and determine how each event foreshadows
future action(s).
• Reading 3.5: Contrast points of view in
narrative text and explain how they affect the
overall theme of the work.
Historical Fiction
• Historical Fiction– Tells a story that is set in the past.
– Characters can all be fictional or a combination of real and
fictional.
– Characters act in a realistic way.
– Setting takes place during a real time period in history and in
a real place.
• Setting– Moon Dance, a fictional town in the Old West.
Question to Ponder
• Think of an example
of historical fiction
from a book, TV
show or movie. Be
ready to explain
your answer.
First-person point of view
Standard R 3.5
• Narrator is a character in the story and recounts
his or her own experiences and thoughts.
• Narrator is unreliable as we only get one point
of view.
• I, me, my, and mine are used as pronouns.
• POV- “Bargain” is told by Al, a thirteen year-old
boy.
Question to Ponder
• Think of an example
of first person
point of view from a
book, TV show or
movie. Be ready to
explain your answer.
Foreshadowing
Standard R 3.2
• An author uses clues or
hints that suggest what
will happen later in a story
• Often this makes the story
more interesting because
the reader can pick up on
these hints and have a
better idea of what is going
to happen in the story than
the characters themselves
Foreshadowing
Two-Face’s
Coin
Quote from
Harvey Dent
(Two-Face):
You either
die a hero,
or live long
enough to
become the
villain.
An early clue in the Batman
film of what will ultimately
happen to Harvey Dent
Question to Ponder
• Think of an example of
foreshadowing from a
book, TV show or
movie. Foreshadowing
can come through
dialogue, plot or even
music being played. Be
ready to explain your
answer.
Standard V1.3
Ornery
• Adjective
• If someone is described as ornery, they
are stubborn or mean tempered.
– The ornery child refused to eat his peas
and threw them on the floor.
Say “ugh” if the thing being
described is ornery. Say “okay” if the
thing being described is not ornery.
• a sleeping baby
• a dog who has to be dragged forward
while on a leash
• a little boy who continually sticks his
tongue out at his sister until she cries
• a class quietly taking notes
slouch
• Verb
• If someone slouches they droop or hunch
their shoulders over.
– The boy slouched in his chair and tried to
disappear.
• Noun
• If a person is a slouch they are a lazy or
incompetent person.
– That teenager is a complete slouch; he only
wakes up to eat!
Say “posture” if the thing being described is
slouching or a slouch. Say “okay” if the
thing being described is not slouching or a
slouch.
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a sullen hunched over boy
a recruit at attention
a couch potato
a bored student trying to hide a note to
their friend
freighter
• Noun
• A freighter is a person who transports
goods from one place to another.
– The freighter brought a wagon load of food
and clothes to the store.
Say “transport” if the thing being described
is a freighter. Say nothing if the thing being
described is not a freighter.
• a housewife
• a man driving a wagon load of goods
• a person driving a train full of furniture
for Ikea
• a doctor
trample
• Verb
• If someone or something is trampled,
they are stomped on and bruised,
crushed, or injured.
– Several people in the crowd were trampled
as shoppers rushed to get into Walmart for
Black Friday sales.
Say “ouch” if the thing being described
could be trampled. Say nothing if the thing
being described is not trampled.
• a person who slips in the street during
Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls
• a person walking in a field during a
buffalo stampede
• a family eating dinner at their table
• a person standing in the exit of a theater
when someone yells “Fire!”
palaver
• Verb
• If someone palavers they are talking
with someone, usually during a
business meeting.
– The shop owners palavered in the corner
in muted tones with their backs to us.
Say “talk” if the people being described are
palavering. Say nothing if the people being
described are not palavering.
• a housewife singing along to the radio
• an Apple board meeting
• a doctor discussing a patient’s
diagnosis with the patient and his family
• a dad reading a bedtime story to his son
Vocabulary Picture Review
• Based on the picture, identify the
vocabulary word and definition.