Literary Terms

Literary Terms: For each term, give either a definition or description and provide an example and the title of the poem which provides an example. Use your notes from class and the Literature textbook. Do this on your own paper and include it in your scrapbook.

1. Alliteration
2. Allusion
3. Analogy
4. Assonance
5. Blank Verse
6. Connotation
7. Couplet
8. Denotation
9. Diction
10. Epic
11. Euphony
12. Imagery
13. Lyric Poem
14. Metaphor
15. Meter
16. Narrative Poetry
17. Onomatopoeia
18. Personification
19. Poetic License
20. Repetition
21. Rhyme Scheme
22. Rhythym
23. Free verse
24. Simile
25. Sonnet
26. Stanza
27. Symbol
28. Tone

Imagery

Imagery: Language that appeals to the senses.  

Remember that imagery is the use of language to put us "in the situation" to either taste, touch, smell, hear, or see something that is being described in literature.  

UNIT 3 LEARNING GOALS

Students will be required to know and be able to apply the below skills at the end of this unit:

Imagery
Figures of Speech
Rhythm and Meter
Sound Effects
Irony and Tone
Simile
Personification
Paradox
Alliteration
Consonance
Assonance
Repetition
Onomatopeoia

Semester Two 1/5/10: Poetry Unit Intro and Concrete Poem

We are starting a poetry unit today that will last through the end of january.  Students will be doing a concrete poem today in class.  They will probably not finish by the end of the class and it will be due at the beginning of the next class period.  It is worth 20 pts.

Final Exam Review

Section One: The Odyssey (55 Questions)
Homer Ithaca Land of the Sirens
Epic Poem Circe Poseidon
Suitors Epic Hero Trojan War
Athena Epic Scylla
Antinous Calypso Island Charybdis
Cyclops The Iliad Helios
In media res Penelope Zeus
Aeolus Polyphemus 12 Axe Handles
Telemachus Land of the Dead Archetype

Section Two: Literary Elements
Unit One: Character Irony Symbolism
Plot Elements Theme Comparing Setting Allegory
Fiction/Non-Fiction Nouns and Pronouns Characterization Cause and Effect
Narrative Unit Two: Diologue
Voice Conflict Dialect

Odyssey Project Supplies Due Monday 12/7!!!

Supply lists were past out today in class for the big Odyssey project that we will be doing in class next week. Students were assigned a supply or two that they need to bring in on monday. These supplies are vital to their success on this project. Please check with your student over the weekend to get information on what needs to be brought in. Thanks.

Exposition: Cause and Effect Essay

Due Date: 11/17/09
Point Total: 75 pts.

Defining the Form: Whether the subject is human nature, historical trends, or weather patterns, cause-and-effect reasoning explains why things happen. A cause-and-effect essay examines the relationship between or among two or more events, explaining how one causes another. You may use elements of this type of writing in science reports, history papers, and health ariticles, for example.

Assignment: Write a cause and effect essay to explain an event or a condition in a subject area that interests you, such as business, the arts, technology, history, sports, or music. Include these elements:

• A clear identification of a cause-and-effect relationship
• An analysis of specific aspects of the cause or causes that produce the effects
• facts, details, examples, and reasons that support the assertions and anticipate readers' questions
• a logical organization clarified by smooth transitions
• error-free grammar, including correct subject-verb agreement