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8th Grade Language Arts
Assignments:
-Rough Draft of Poem (T)
Agenda:
-Vocabulary Packet (F)
1. Independent Reading
-Spelling Post Test (F)
2. Literary Terms/Devices
-Comment on 2 students'
responses (F)
3. Poetry
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2. Literary Terms You Should be Able to Spell
Lit Elements 11­5­13.notebook
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Protagonist
Exposition
Antagonist
Resolution
Characterization
Denouement
Dialect
Perspective
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Flashback
Atmosphere
Omniscient
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Elements of a Story
Grade: 8th
Subject: Language Arts
Date: 11­5­13
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1 The time and place of a story or play
A Scene Design
B Climax
C Setting
D All of the Above
E
None of the Above
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A writer's or speaker's choice of words.
A Diction
B Speaking
C Word Choice
D Both A and B
E Both A and C
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Scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative
poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to
flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier
time
A Foreshadowing
B
Foretelling
C Flashforward
D Forward
E Flashback
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4 Series of related events that make up a story or a
drama
A exposition
B
rising action
C climax
D plot
E resolution
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5 The voice telling the story
A Narrator
B Character
C Actor
D Writer
E
None of the Above
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6 A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes
A Setting
B
Feeling
C Mood
D Tone
E All of the Above
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7 Central idea of a work of literature
A Style
B
Mood
C Tone
D Theme
E
Title
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8 Person in a story, poem, or play
A Actor
B Character
C Stage Hand
D Author
E
None of the Above
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9 Author gives us clues about the character, so that we
can make our own judgement
A Characterization
B
Indirect Characterization
C Direct Characterization
D Both A and B
E Both A and C
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10 Struggle or clash within a person
A Internal Conflict
B Extrenal Conflict
C Struggle
D Problem
E
None of the Above
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11 Vantage point from which the story is being told. Three
kinds: omniscient, first person, and third person
limited.
A Narrator
B
Point of View
C Speaker
D Actor
E
Seat
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12 The category that a work of literature is classified
under. Five major ______ are nonfiction, fiction, poetry,
drama, and myth.
A Filing Systems
B Generations
C Areas
D Types
E Genres
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13 Main character in fiction or drama
A Leading Actor
B Subordinate Character
C Protagonist
D Anti­hero
E
Static Character
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14 The moment in a plot full of great emotional intensity or
suspense, when we learn what the outcome of the
conflict is going to be.
A Exposition
B Rising Action
C Climax
D Falling Action
E
Resolution
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15 The character or force that blocks the protagonist
A Foil
B Antitrust
C Antigony
D Antagonist
E
None of the Above
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16 The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in
the plot
A Flashback
B
Foreshadowing
C Foretelling
D Throw Back
E Prediction
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17 The story's basic situation
A Expostiion
B Rising Action
C Climax
D Falling Action
E
Resolution
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18 The author tells us directly what to think about the
character
A Characterization
B
Indirect Characterization
C Direct Characterization
D A and B
E A and C
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Literary Elements
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Literary elements are what make stories & text interesting.
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Author's
Purpose
Author's
Purpose
Author's
Purpose
Author's
Purpose
Author's
Purpose
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Pull each book to reveal authors'
purposes.
to entertain ­ to keep amused or interested
to persuade ­ to convince
to inform ­ to share knowledge or facts
to explain ­ to give reasons or make clear
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Match.
Provide examples.
Pull
An author may write simply
to please his audience. The
story might be humorous,
silly, creative,unrealistic,
mysterious, or even
believable.
entertain
inform
Authors often like to share
information such as true life
stories, history, data,
and research results.
Sometimes an author
writes an explanation or
reason for something. Other
times he may write
directions like "how­ to"
make bread.
explain
persuade
When a writer wants to
convince his audience to agree
with him, he provides reasons
to support his position.
(Do you think homework
should be assigned?)
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Drag the phrase into the correct category.
Location
Time
at Disney World
on a space ship
in galaxy far away
along an African river
during a snow storm
a dark, stormy night
once upon a time
in a kingdom
on a cruise ship
in the summer
before sunrise
long, long ago
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Pt. of
View
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The point of view usually refers
to the one who is telling the story.
She rode her bike
as fast as she could.
I rode my bike
as fast as I could.
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Pt. of
View
Pt. of
View
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Pull each book to learn about each
point of view.
1st person ­ This is a character in the story
who uses "I" and "me".
Pt. of
View
Pt. of
View
2nd person ­ You are in the story.
3rd person ­ A narrator tells the story.
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I looked up from my
paper and saw the teacher
staring at me. My brother
said that she
was nice, but I
wasn't so sure.
At first, the batter hits
the ball. Then he runs to
first base. When
he makes it back
home, it is called
a home run.
1st person
3rd person
1st person
3rd person
She looked out the
window and saw the
dark clouds. It was then
that she decided to take
an umbrella with
her.
Finally, the guests
arrived. It seemed like I
had been waiting for such
a long time. I hope they
all have a good
time here.
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Characterization
Hightlight clues in
the text that help to
describe Chance's
character. Explain
how it helps to
understand why
he acts the way he
does.
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The protagonist
is usually the main
character.
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The antagonist is
the character who goes
against or opposes the
protagonist.
Can you complete the chart?
Protagonists
Antagonists
Three Pigs
Big Bad Wolf
Cinderella
Stepmother
Simba
Scar
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Protagonists
Antagonists
Peter Pan
Captain Hook
Mowgli
Shere Khan
Pongo/Perdita
Cruella de Ville
Belle/Beast
Gaston
Road Runner
Wiley Coyote
Bugs Bunny
Elmer Fudd
Jerry
Tom
Woody/Buzz Light Year
Lotso
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