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Exam Review

Exam Review. Thalia Rodriguez. Part 1: Active Reading Notes. Part 2: Human Nature Prompt. Theme- This story says that people are generally…. Part 3: Literary Elements. Be able to recognize examples of these elements. Allusion. Reference to a statement, person, a place, or events from:

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Exam Review

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  1. Exam Review Thalia Rodriguez

  2. Part 1: Active Reading Notes

  3. Part 2: Human Nature Prompt • Theme- This story says that people are generally…

  4. Part 3: Literary Elements • Be able to recognize examples of these elements

  5. Allusion • Reference to a statement, person, a place, or events from: -Literature -History -Religion -Mythology -Politics -Sports

  6. Characterization • Antagonist- A major character who opposes the protagonist (does not change)-types of antagonist(-people-nature-society) • Dynamic- Changes as a result of the story’s events • Foil- • Static- Does not change

  7. Foreshadowing • Clues the writer puts in the story to give the reader a hint of what is to come.

  8. Hyperbole • Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

  9. Imagery/ Sensory Image • Language that appeals to the senses • Touch • Taste • Sight • Sound • Smell Example: Creating a picture in the readers mind through description

  10. Metaphor • A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

  11. Onomatopoeia • Sound word Crash Quack Boom Zoom

  12. Oxymoron • A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).

  13. Personification

  14. Point of View • Vantage point from which the writer tells the story. • First person: One of the characters is telling the story using the pronoun “I” • Third person: Centers on one character’s thoughts and actions • Omniscient: All knowing narrator. Can center on the thoughts and actions of any and all charecters

  15. Pun • A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

  16. Simile • A comparison using like or as

  17. Theme • The central message or insight into life revieled through literary work

  18. Part 4: Reading Comprehension

  19. Part 5: Reading for Information • Works I have read include: - Romiette and Julio • Night (Part 6 will be multiple-choice based on this text) • Short stories • To Kill a Mockingbird • Of Mice and Men

  20. Pictures from- • http://tenured-radical.blogspot.com/2010/12/what-time-is-it-its-exam-time-ladies.html • Clip art • http://carlsonenglish.wikispaces.com/Foreshadowing • http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZiPiXEv_Q_g/SWTyR46ff0I/AAAAAAAACHE/tK3GKXz0Zg0/s400/oxymoron-799173.jpg • http://www.posterenvy.com/servlet/the-1051/personification-reading-writing-language/Detail • http://www.virtualspeechcoach.com/tag/similes-in-presentations/ • http://blog.hichamaged.net/common-grounds-in-human-nature/ • http://www.zazzle.com/good_guy_bad_guy_sticker-217694681595672906 • http://artjunction.org/blog/?p=1365 • http://www.chatham.lib.il.us/drupal/content/kids-events

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