11/29/18

Lit 8 - Monday, 12/3 - Journal check. Students should have 12 entries.
Reminders:
Lit 8 - Wednesday, 12/12 - short story vocab test on irony - caricature.
Lit 6 - Thursday, 12/13 - nonfiction vocab test on biography - humorous essay.

11/20/18

Lit 6 - Thursday, 12/13 - Nonfiction vocab test on biography - humorous essay.

Biography: The story of someone’s life told by someone else. The subject is known and of interest to other people. Tells you the facts of the subject’s life and explains what these facts mean.

Narrative essay: A short nonfiction composition that tells a story that may focus on a character other than the writer.

Descriptive essay: A short nonfiction composition that uses vivid sensory details to describe people or places.

Personal essay: A short nonfiction composition that gives an informal account of an episode from a person’s own life.

Reflective essay: A short nonfiction composition that presents a writer’s thought about ideas or experiences.

Persuasive essay: A short nonfiction composition where a series of arguments are presented to convince readers to believe or act in a certain way.

Humorous essay: A short nonfiction composition meant to amuse readers. Writers sometimes create humor by contrasting the reality of the situation with the character’s mistaken views of what is happening.

Lit 8 Wednesday, 12/12 - Short story vocab test on Irony - caricature.

Irony: Figure of speech in which the actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning. Lighter than sarcasm.

Dramatic Irony: A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience or reader knows to be true.

Irony of situation: An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the character or the reader.

Allusion: Reference in a work of literature to person, place, or thing in another work such as literature, music, history, painting, or mythology. Adds meaning to the story.

Willing suspension of disbelief: Reader voluntarily agrees to set aside what he knows to be true and accept what is presented as reality in the story.

Alliteration: Repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words of a phrase. Consonant is picked to enhance meaning. (Huge, hooting, howling, hissing, horrible, bellow)

Point of view: The way an author chooses to see and tell a story.

First-person narrative: A character tells the story referring to himself as "I" and presenting only what he knows about events.

Inference: Reasonable conclusion one can draw from facts or evidence given.

Caricature: The distortion or exaggeration of the peculiarities in a character’s personality. Often for humorous effect.

11/7/18

Lit 7 - Thursday, 11/8 - Novel vocab test. Climax - symbol.
Lit 8 - Thursday, 11/8 - Short story vocab test. Oxymoron - surprise ending.

11/6/18

Lit 6 - Wednesday, 11/7 - nonfiction vocab test. genre - autobiography.
Eng 7 - Due Wednesday, 11/7 - English handout, exercise 33 old.

11/5/18

Lit 6 - Wednesday, 11/7 - nonfiction vocab test. Genre - autobiography.
Lit 7 - Thursday, 11/8 - novel vocab test. Climax - symbol.
Lit 8 - Thursday, 11/8 - Short story vocab. oxymoron - surprise ending.

11/1/18

Lit 6 - Tuesday, 11/6/18 - Journal check:
9/27 - Release
10/15 - Letter
10/23 - Bedroom (1/2 page)
10/25 - Favorite sport
11/1 - Music