This document discusses the theme, types of conflicts, and examples of figurative language in literature. It then presents a student's tentative thesis on Ray Bradbury's novel Dandelion Wine, which is about a boy coming of age over one summer. The thesis is supported in three sentences: 1) The theme is about a boy becoming a man during a summer of his youth. 2) Bradbury uses poetic figurative language. 3) The symbols reflect the life of the boy and his town. The document provides homework instructions to further develop the thesis in a journal entry.

2. Quiz

3. 1. The theme of a work is the
particular _________ the text
delivers about a
subject, character, a
relationship, an event, or a
place.

4. 2. Name three types of
conflicts that could be a book.

5. 3. Give me two examples of
figurative language.

6. A bitterness crept into her face
A crop of disappointments
Pressing cares absorbed him
A blind rage like a fire swept
over him
A face as pale as wax
A face tempered like steel

8. My tentative thesis
Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine is one of
my favorites because the theme
concerns a “coming-of-age” story for the
main character, the language that
Bradbury uses in the book is almost
poetic, and the symbols in the story
reflect the life of not only the boy, but the
town he lives in.

9. 1. The theme of the book is about
a young boy who becomes a
man during one summer of his
young life.

10. 2. Ray Bradbury uses such
wonderful figurative language
throughout the book that it’s
almost poetic.

11. 3. The symbols used by
Bradbury reflect the life of not
only the boy, but the town he
lives in.

13. 1. The theme of a work is the
particular _________ the text
delivers about a
subject, character, a
relationship, an event, or a
place.

14. 1. The theme of a work is the
particular message the text
delivers about a
subject, character, a
relationship, an event, or a
place.

15. 2. Name three types of
conflicts that could be a book.

16. 2. Name three types of
conflicts that could be a book.
Man vs. Man
Man vs. the Environment
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Himself

17. 3. Give me two examples of
figurative language.

18. A bitterness crept into her face
A crop of disappointments
Pressing cares absorbed him
A blind rage like a fire swept
over him
A face as pale as wax
A face tempered like steel

19. Homework for 12/7
• First, post your
tentative thesis in your
online journal
• Next, come up with full
sentences for the three
points in your thesis