QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT A
WORK OF LITERATURE
such as a story or
novel...
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Who are the most important characters?
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What is the setting (where AND when) in
which most of it takes place?
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What is the conflict (problem) of it?
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What event(s) caused this conflict?
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What event(s) helped solve this problem?
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Word Meanings &
Recognitions
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Consonant
: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z
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Vowel
: a, e, i, o, u
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Word
: something said or written
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Root
: the origin or source
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Root Word
: the original word
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Compound Word
: a word made up of two or more words
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Affix
: 1 or more letters at the begining or ending of a word or root that
change/clarify its meaning
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Prefix
: an affix that is at the beginning of a word
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Suffix
: an affix that is at the end of a word
PREFIXES
:
Re-
: to do again [rewrite], Mis- : to it wrong or badly
[misbehave], Pre-: .at the begining, prior to, before, or early
[pretest] , De/Dis- : Do the opposite, [debone, disagree]
Over-: surpass, accross a barrior, to go beyond, or to exceed
[overcome], Extra-: .more, beyond, outside, etc [extraordinary],
Anti-: opposite in kind of a position or action, not [anti-abortion],
Fore-: at the begining or at the front, [forewarn] Mid-:
.halfway or inbetween [midpoint], Non-: not, absense of
something, [nonrenewed] Sub-: under or beneath [submarine],
Bi- :being of two or in two parts [bicentenial] & Un-, In-,
Im-, Il-: .not or opposite of [unemploy, incapable, impair, illegal]
co-
: .together [cowrite,
cohabitate]...., inter- : .between or amung [interstate] ,
post-: .after [post pone, postdate]., trans- : .across,
beyond, through [transport, transpose], -a-/an-: .without
[amoral, asexual], auto-: .same, self [autobigraphy, automatic],
-- : [], --: [], -- : [], --:
.[], --: .[], -- : ..[], --: .[],
-- : [], --
: .[], --: [],
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..[], --: .[], --: [], --: .[] ,
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: [], --: [], --: [], -- : [],
--: [], --: [], --: [], & --:
[]
SUFFIXES
-able
: capable of, fit for, or worthy
of. , -ment: object, or means of a (specific) action OR the
result or act of a (specific) action, -er: EITHER
when added to adjective (word that describes a noun) it means more of when
being compared, OR when added to a noun [such as law, doct, or New
York] it is a PERSON that's occupation is related to that, -ful:
.to be full of [eventful], to be charactorized by [beautiful], having
qualities of, given or liable of [masterful], # or amount that would fill
[roomful], -less: being without, not having, or being unable to
, -ed: .EITHER past tense of a verb (action)
[scan/scanned] OR used to change a noun [bigot] to an adjective
(describing word) [bigoted], -y & -ey: .
to be charactorized by [muddy], being like or similary to [wintery], to be in
a condition of [beggery], -ness: .the condition, quality
or state of something [nervousness], & -ly: .to have
charactoristics of or to be like in apearance, charactor, or nature [kingly],
in a certain manner or way [easily], from a certain point of view [logically],
(-ly usually changes nouns to adverbs)
-ation
: ..makes nouns from verbs
[creation, information], -fy/-ify-: .turns words into verbs that
mean to make or cause to become [purify, humidify], -ty/-ity-:
.turns adjectives into nouns [certanty, cruelty, technicality],
-- :
[], --: [], -- : [], --: .[],
--: .[], -- : ..[], --: .[], -- :
[], --
: .[], --: [],
--: [], -- : .[], --: .[], --:
..[], --: .[], --: [], --: .[] ,
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: [], --: [], --: [], -- : [],
--: [], --: [], --: [], & --:
[]
ROOTS
cent
: 100 [century] , marine
: water [submarine], -dict-: .to say [dictate] , -duc-
: .to lead, bring, or take [deduce, produce, reduce], -ject-:
.to throw [eject, reject, subject] , -pel-: .to drive to
[compel, repel], -pend- : to hang [depend, pendant], -port-
: .to carry [portable, export, portion], -scrip-/script-: to
write[describe, description, prescribe],
-tract-:
to pull, drag, or draw [attract, contract, protrator], -vert- :
to turn [convert, divert, revert], -anthrop-: .human
[philanthropology], -chron-: .time [chronic, chronological],
-morph-: from [metamorphic], -path-: .feeling, suffering
[empathy, sympathy, psychopathic], -pedo-/ped-: .child
[pediatrician, pedophile] ], -phon-: .sound [telephone,
microphone, phonics], -habit- : .live [habitate, habitat],
--
: [], --: [],
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..[], --: .[], -- : [],
--:
.[], --: [], --: [], -- : .[],
--: .[], --: ..[], --: .[], --:
[], --: .[] , --: [], --: ..[],
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[], --: [], --: [], --: [], --
: [], --: [], --: [], -- : .[],
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[], --: [], --: [], --: [], --
: [], --: [], --: [], --: [],
-- : [], --: [], --: [], --:
[], & --: []
For more information check out:
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0907017.html
or
www.m-w.com
ELEMENTS OF
LITERATURE
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Plot:
The series of related events that make up a story
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Character:
a person or animal that takes part in the action of a story, novel, poem, play
etc.
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Setting:
the time & place in which the events of a story, nevel, poem, etc take place.
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Conflict:
A struggle or clash between opposing characters or between a character &
himself.
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Resolution:
the solution of the problem/conflict
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Climax:
The point in the story that creates the greates suspense (usu before the
resolution.)
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Foreshadowing:
The use of clues to suggest events that have yet to happen in an work of
literature
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Flashback:
An interuption in the action of the plot to tell what has happened at an
earlier time.
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Audience:
An assembled group that listen to (or read or watch) a work of literature.
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Purpose:
the intended meaning
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Voice:
The author's
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Tone:
The attitude a writier takes towards an audience, object, setting, or
charactor.
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Point of View:
the vantage point from whic a story is told; 1st person Pt of view:
written from charactor's pt of view, uses I, we, us, me, etc. 3rd person pt
of view: written from narrator's pt of view--uses names, they, them,
those, etc--one charactor's thoughts & feelings are known. 3rd person
pt of view-omniscient--ALL charactor's thoughts, feelings, etc are known.
Uses names, them, they, those, etc.
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Theme:
An idea about life that is rervealed in a work of literature
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Genre:
a distinctive type of literature
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LITERARY
TERMS--FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Figurative Language:
words or phrases that are not intended to mean their literal definition, but
something different
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Simile:
a comparision between two dissimilar things using like or as
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Metaphore:
a comparison between two dissimilar things saying one IS the other.
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Personification:
a figure of speach in which a nonhuman (usually inanimate object) is given
human charactoristics.
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Idiom-
-An expression specific to a culture in which what is meant IS NOT the literal
meaning of the words.
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Irony:
a general contrast between expectation & reality
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Hyperbole:
an extravagant exageration
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Imagry:
Language that appeals to the senses--taste, touch, smell, hear, etc
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Symbolism:
A person, polace, thing, or event that has a meaning seperate from its
original meaning
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onomotopia:
words that echo their sound
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alliteration:
repetition of the same or similar sound
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oxymoron:
a phrase made of a combination of contradictory words that do not literaly
have the same meaning as the phrase.
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WRITING
RUBRIC
Composition--
CLEAR main idea:
(4pts of 12 on LEAP) (~32% in class)
~~Did you stick to the main TOPIC
?
~~Include enough SUPPORTING
DETAILS/information
~~Did you STAY FOCUSSED and
not stray from the topic?
~~Did you make sure that everything
is in an ORDER that makes sense?
Audience
awareness & style:
(4 pts of 12 on
LEAP) (~32% in class)
~~Is your VOCABULARY
interesting? vivid? precise? exact?
~~Does the style of your
SENTENCES VARY? or are they all simple & boring?
~~Are you writing in a TONE
that is OK for the AUDIENCE? Did you use inappropriate slang?
~~Does your voice, your
PERSONALITY show through? Do you use humor or personal examples/stories?
Conventions of
Language: Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, etc
(4 pts of 12 on LEAP) (~36% in class)
~~Did you write in COMPLETE
SENTENCES?
~~Is your WORD USAGE (verb
tenses, subject/verb agreement, pronouns, homophones, etc.)
correct?
~~Are your MECHANICS
(indentions, capitilization, punctuation, paragraphs, etc )correct?
~~Is your SPELLING grade
level appropriate?
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