3/23/18

Lit 8 Reminder: Poetry vocab test on Tuesday, 3/27. Rhyme - imagery.

3/19/18

English 8 - Tuesday, 3/20 - test on tense and voice.
Literature 6 - Wednesday, 3/21 - Journal check. Students should have 12 entries.

3/16/18

English 8 - Tuesday, 3/20 - test on tense and voice.

3/12/18

Literature 7 - Due Wednesday, 3/14 - Final draft of "Where Was God?" essay. Students must turn in the first draft with the final draft.

3/7/18

Lit 7 - Reminder - Vocab test tomorrow. genre - dialogue.
Lit 7 - Due Wednesday, 3/14 - Final draft of the "Where was God?" essay. Students were given back the graded, corrected essays. They need to make the corrections, re-print it,and turn it in. Students must hand in the first draft with the final draft.
Lit 8 - Tuesday, 3/27, poetry vocab test. rhyme - imagery.

Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words that appear close to one another in a poem.

End Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words which occurs at the end of two or more lines.

Refrain: A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that are repeated regularly in a poem.

Infer: A reasonable conclusion one can draw on clues or evidence given.

Figurative language: Language that is meant to be interpreted imaginatively, not literally. (I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.)

*Simile: A comparison between two basically unlike things using the words "Like" or "AS." (She is like the sun.)

*Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things saying something is something else. Doesn’t use "Like" or "As." (She is the sun.)

*Extended metaphor: A comparison that makes more than one continued point of comparison.

*Imagery: The use of vivid language to describe people, places, things, and ideas. Creates a mental picture. Suggests how things look and also how they sound, smell, taste, and feel.