8th lit, Quarter 2
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lit, Quarter
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Literary Terms, 11/8
Text: any arrangement of words
Metaphor: when something is itself and represents something else
Allusion: a reference to something outside the text that the reader is expected to know.
Synecdoche: a part of something is used to refer to the whole.
The crown
“All hands on deck”
Hyperbole: great exaggeration
Motif: any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.
Part 1 vocab:
Abyss: a void, emptiness
Adders: snakes
Ballistics: the science of the motion of projectiles in flight.
Bestial: beast-like
Cacophony: harsh or painful sounds
Feigning: faking
Gullet: throat
Part 1 vocab
Heresy: disbelief in the established religion or rules.
Jargon: language used by a particular group.
Mausoleum: large tomb
Odious: hateful
Proclivities: desires
Quibble: argue
Quick Write
Analyze this quote:
“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”
Why would it appear at the front of
Fahrenheit 451? Make some predictions about the book.
Literary Terms
Double meaning: a word that has two meanings
Satire: a genre of literature that use irony, humor, and ridicule to attack human vice or folly.
Fairy tale: a story that contains folkloric and fantastical creatures
Paradox: a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which (if true) defies logic or reason
T-P-S requirements
Extended answer using 1 quote (9-14 sentences long)
All participants must write names/participate in discussion.
Decide who will present each part
Work effectively to stay on task as well as guide each other to success!
The Sieve and the Sand
Arsonists: people who set fires
Beatific: blissful
Certitude: certainty
Contemptible: worthy of hate
Enameled: painted
Insidious: treacherous
Moor: boggy area
Phosphorescent: glowing
Praetorian: special bodyguards, resembling the Roman imperial bodyguard.
Sieve: strainer
Teem: to abound
Televisors: walls with built-in televisions for entertaining and brainwashing people.
Verbiage: excessively wordy
Welter: a chaotic mess.
The Sand and the sieve discussion questions
Why does the author weave in reminders that a war is imminent?
Describe the confrontation between
Montag and the ladies who come to visit
Mildred. What does the scene say about the life women live in this society?
How does Capt. Beatty behave toward
Montag at the Firehouse?
Where do the firemen go after receiving the alarm? Why would they go there?
Literary terms:
characterization – strategies an author uses to give characters personality
juxtaposition – the placement of ideas together which are generally not associated
repetition – the recurrence of a word or phrase for literary effect
anaphora – the repetition of a first phrase
irony – the occurrence of the opposite of what is expected
Burning Bright
Aesthetic-visually pleasing
Convolutions-complicated curves and windings in the brain.
Incriminate-to show evidence of involvement in a crime.
Juggernaut-a massive force that crushes anything in it’s path.
Liquefaction-process of becoming liquid
Define these:
Please write the page number as well as the definition of each word. Due at the end of the sectioin.
Obscure
Pedants
Prattled
Procaine
Pyre
Scythe valise
Utah Write Requirements
5 paragraphs
Introductory paragraph-introduce topic and stance
3 body paragraphs—supporting details and examples that add meaning to your introductory paragraph/thesis
Concluding paragraph—”wrap it up” restate important topics mentioned that strengthen your stance.
Items to consider
Sentence length variation
Transitional words and phrases
Grammar/spelling
Punctuation
Did you consider the other side of the argument?
Is there enough evidence to support your thesis?
Literary Devices: 1/3
Connotation: associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning.
--emotional attachment
Denotation: Dictionary definition of a word
Connotation/Denotation
Which word has a more positive connotation?
Ted’s Restaurant is furnished with (old, antique) furniture.
Mike’s (shabby, vintage) bike is black and gold.
A group of (loud, enthusiastic) students walk to school every day.
My parents argue (loudly, passionately) about politics over dinner.
Literary Devices
Meter: The recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates the source of the sound it describes.
Buzz
Oxymoron: a figure of speech that combines contradictory ideas.
Parallelism: a poetic device in which two or more words, phrases or lines of a poem reflect each others' content.
Literary Devices:
Pathos: The appeal to an emotion
Pun: A play on words, usually for comic reception.
Soliloquy: A dramatic monologue that represents a series of unspoken reflections.
Poetic Devices
Iamb: a group of two syllables with a unstressed and stressed syllable.
Iambic Pentameter: a line of 5 meters that are unstressed and stressed:
“That time of year thou mayst in me behold.
Feet: groups of syllables in a line.
Penta=5
Meter=The basic rhythmic structure of a verse of lines in verse.
Sonnets
14 lined poem
2 types
Shakespearean
Petrarchan
Petrarchan Sonnet
14 lines; 2 stanzas
First 8 lines: octave
Problem is presented
Final 6 lines: sestet
Answer to the problem
Shakespearean Sonnet
14 lines
3 quatrains
1 couplet
