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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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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For more information check out:
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0907017.html
or
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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 consonent 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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alliteration: repetition of
the same or similar vowel sound
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Refrain: the "chorus" of a
poem--multiple lines that repeat
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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