May 21, 2010
CONTENT OBJECTIVE:
To review information from the semester to prepare for the final exam.
LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE:
Students will participate in review activities and assignments.
REVIEW FOR THE FINAL -
The following terms will be used in some capacity on the final exam. It is important that you familiarize yourself with the terms and the definitions, as well as the uses.
TONE – the author’s attitude toward his subject when writing
-tone is the overall feeling of the author throughout a passage.
-tone is used to underscore the theme of a passage
1. What is Scout’s tone toward Boo Radley at the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird?
2. What is the tone of Romeo and Juliet?
PERSONIFICATION – when an object or an animal is given human characteristics, or when an object is given animal characteristics.
-personification is part of figurative language.
-personification is used to create an effect, and to evoke emotion
1. “The poem’s words danced back and forth in my mind.”
2. “The sun smiled upon us as we walked across the fields of flowers.”
HYPERBOLE – exaggeration to create an intended effect or to place specific emphasis on an author’s point.
-hyperbole is used to express importance.
-hyperbole is used to emphasize an effect to grab the reader’s attention.
1. “I loved watching The Lord of the Rings. That movie saved my life!”
2. “This is the greatest song ever made!”
THEME – the theme is the author’s main point in a piece of writing. Theme deals with the elements of lessons that can be learned, or an overall idea that is strongly presented throughout the story.
-theme is what you take away from a piece of writing.
-theme is an idea that you see repeated throughout different parts of a story.
1. What is one theme of Romeo and Juliet?
2. What is one theme of To Kill a Mockingbird?
CONFLICT – the struggle that faces a main character in a story. Conflict can happen internally, or externally.
-conflict is the problem that the main character must overcome. It can be many problems in one story.
-conflict is what makes the story interesting.
1. What is one conflict facing Romeo in the play?
2. What is one conflict that is internal for Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird?
MOOD – the atmosphere or general feeling that you get when you read a passage of literature
-mood enhances the story’s action.
-mood is created through setting, actions, and words.
1. What is the mood of the death scene in Romeo and Juliet?
2. What elements in the story create that mood?
FORESHADOWING – when an author uses clues to tell the reader what is going to happen next
-foreshadowing is used in the character’s dialogue and actions to provide clues for the reader.
1. What is Shakespeare foreshadowing when Romeo speaks of the dream he had before the party at Capulet’s?
POINT OF VIEW – the perspective from which a story is told. Sometimes the main character is telling the story (1st person), and sometimes the narrator is not involved in the story (third person).
-first person limited is when the main character is telling the story, and does not know beyond his/her own thoughts.
-third person can be limited or omniscient. Omniscient means that the narrator knows the thoughts of all the characters.
