tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17247366245186621842024-02-20T01:57:54.228-05:00The GiverMrs. O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147950822157652599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724736624518662184.post-58491673584397433882011-01-04T15:35:00.000-05:002011-01-04T15:35:17.062-05:00Post #1 Literary Devices<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learning Goal:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Understand the use of imagery, figurative language, and symbolism in fiction.</span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Identify a literary device used in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Copy the line and page number.</span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Explain how the device helped to make meaning clear.</span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What effect did the device have on the mood, tone, or message?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Refer to pages 538-539 of the blue Holt Elements of Literature textbook for detailed descriptions of literary devices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main literary devices include imagery, figurative language, and symbolism. According to our textbook they can be defined as:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Imagery </u></b>is language that creates pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagery can reach our other senses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can help us not only to see something but also to smell or taste it, hear it, and feel its texture and temperature. (Example: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The first stroke of the young violinist’s bow produced a piercing whine, so unintended that the artist’s eyes rolled in sympathy with his audience.” )</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Figurative language</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> includes similes, metaphors, and personification.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>simile</u></b>, a writer compares two unlike things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ or ‘than’ or ‘resembles.’<br />
(Example:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The sea was as smooth as glass.” </i>)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>metaphor</u></b> a writer compares two things directly, without using the words like, as, than, or resembles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Example:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The sea was a sheet of glass.”)</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>personification</u></b> something nonhuman is given human characteristics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Example:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The sea sang a song of peace.”)</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In literature a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>symbol </u></b>is a person, place, or thing that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well. For example, a red rose might stand for or symbolize love.</span></div>Mrs. O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147950822157652599noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724736624518662184.post-43622161865662076402011-01-04T15:34:00.001-05:002011-01-04T15:34:31.555-05:00Post #2 Character Development<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learning Goal:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recognize that the lesson a character learns can often be stated as a theme. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Often, understanding how a character develops will help the reader understand the theme.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As is written in our red Reader’s Handbook… As you read you’ll want to be aware of the differences between static and dynamic characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Static characters stay the same throughout the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They hardly change at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In contrast, dynamic characters change from beginning to end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They often learn something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That change is something the author expects you as a reader to recognize and interpret.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ask yourself what the author is suggesting by those changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since change may be a real clue to the theme of a novel, describe here one change you see in the main character so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Find one passage that shows a change in the character. </span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Copy it down. </span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tell us the page number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then, explain how this passage shows a change in the character. </span></div>Mrs. O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147950822157652599noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724736624518662184.post-35096025007281286962011-01-04T15:33:00.002-05:002011-01-04T15:33:49.481-05:00Post #3 Theme<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learning Goal:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Understand theme as conveyed through characters, actions, and images. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please read pages 220-221 of our blue Holt Elements of Literature textbook for more information about theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to our textbook:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> plot</u></b> of a story is only what happens in it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>theme </u></b>is what the story reveals about life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What happens in a story may help readers infer the theme, but the theme goes beyond the specific story to state a truth about real life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A life lesson.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To discover the theme of a story, the reader will have to ‘read between the lines.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors don’t usually come right out and state the theme word for word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authors want us to infer the theme based on what the character discovers or how they change.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The lesson a character learns can be stated as a theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Always state the theme as a complete sentence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Remember that plot is what happens in a story and theme is what the story reveals about life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is one major theme of the novel?</span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Support your answer by referring to a significant part of the plot.</span></div>Mrs. O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147950822157652599noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724736624518662184.post-63476971060536992712011-01-04T15:33:00.000-05:002011-01-04T15:33:08.746-05:00Post #4 Conflict and Resolution<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learning Goal:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To identify the main conflict of the plot and the way it is resolved. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please read pages 2-3 of our blue Holt Elements of Literature textbook for more information about conflict.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to our textbook:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>conflict</u></b> is a struggle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a problem the character is trying to deal with or a goal the character is trying to reach. The author tells us about the conflict at the beginning of the story in the exposition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rising action <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>plot events</u></b> are events in the story where the character takes action to solve the conflict.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u> climax</u></b> of a story is the most exciting moment of the story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the point where you find out how the conflict will soon be resolved. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the final part of the plot, the character’s problems are solved one way or another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We say that the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>conflict is resolved.</u></b></span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Describe the main conflict of the story. </span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Describe the climax of the story. Include page numbers or chapter numbers.</span></div><div class="ListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Describe where the conflict is resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Include page numbers or chapter numbers. </span></div>Mrs. O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147950822157652599noreply@blogger.com0