1. English 8
November 2, 2011

2. Do Now
 Complete Wednesday’s DLR. When you are finished, give
your paper to your shoulder buddy to correct.
 Your DLR is due on Friday. It must be corrected and graded
by your buddy.
 Your name and your buddy’s name must be on it, in order
to receive credit.

3. GUM
Cornell Notes:
Left Side: What is a participle? What is a participial phrase?
Participles and Participial Phrases are examples of verbals. A
verbal is a verb that DOES not act like a verb in a sentence.
It is, instead, another part of speech.
Present Participles end in –ing
Past Participles end in -ed

4. Participles/Participial Phrases
 Cornell Notes:
 Left Side: Examples of present participle:
 Right Side: traveling, talking, eating
 Left Side: Examples of past participles:
 Right Side: identified, possessed, haunted
 Left Side: What is a participial phrase?
 Right Side: A participial phrase is comprised of a participle and other
words that complete its meaning. A participial phrase can act as an adj.
 Homework tonight: GUM 8 Parts 1, 2, 3

5. Edgar Allan Poe
“The Tell-Tale Heart,” 1843
The story of man, an eye and a heart . . . Thump. Thump.
American Romantic poets and writers of this period were:
DRAMATIC! OBSESSED! EMOTIONAL!

6. Vocabulary from “The Tell-Tale
Heart”
 Remember, you are responsible for creating flash cards for
all vocabulary words.
 You are also responsible for creating a vocabulary window
for the following words, which you should highlight or
circle on your vocabulary handout.
 Profound, sagacity, stifled, audacity, mockery

7. Literary Elements
Cornell Notes:
Left Side: What literary elements does Edgar Allan Poe utilize
in “The Tell-Tale Heart” story?
Left Side: What is imagery?
Right Side: Imagery is language that appeals to the senses
(sight, sound, taste, touch, smell). Example: “the hinges
creaked”.

8. More Literary Elements
that Edgar Allan Poe Utilizes
Cornell Notes:
Left Side: What is figurative language?
Right Side: Whenever you describe something by comparing
it with something else, you are using figurative language.
The most common figures of speech are
simile, metaphor, and alliteration.

9. Figurative Language Defined
Cornell Notes:
Left Side: What is a simile?
Right Side: A simile is a comparison of two unlike
things, typically, marked by use of “like” or “as”. For
example: “much such a sound as a watch makes when
enveloped in cotton”.

10. Figurative Language Defined
Cornell Notes:
Left Side: What is a metaphor?
Right Side: A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things
using the verb “to be” and not using “like” or “as”, like a
simile does. Example: “He is a pig”.

11. Literary Terms Defined
Cornell Notes:
Left Side: What is alliteration?
Right Side: Alliteration is repeated consonant sounds
occurring at the beginning of words or within words.
Alliteration is used to create melody, establish mood, call
attention to important words, and point out similarities
and contrasts. Example: “hideous heart”.

12. Literary Elements Continued
Cornell Notes:
Left Side: What is repetition?
Right Side: Repetition is when words or certain phrases are
repeated for a stronger emphasis by the author. Example:
“louder, louder”.

13. Literary Elements Continued
Cornell Notes:
Left Side: What is grim humor?
Right Side: Grim humor is humor that involves topics and
events that are usually treated seriously—death, mass
murder, sickness, madness, terror, war—that are instead
treated as humorous. Another word for this is satire.
Example: “I was never kinder to the old man than during
the whole week before I killed him.”

14. Literary Elements Continued
Cornell Notes:
Left Side: What are supernatural and horror subjects?
Right Side: Supernatural and horror subjects are intended to
scare, unsettle or horrify the audience. Historically, the
cause of the “horror” experience has been the intrusion of
an evil or misunderstood supernatural element into
everyday human experience. Example: “Death, in
approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow . . .”.

15. Writing Assignment
In a minimum of 200 words, tell somebody off !
Don’t say who. Just give the person a piece of your
mind, in writing, in a letter you will never send.
Express yourself with strong, but not foul
language. VENT! VENT! VENT!
Use at least 5 different literary elements to get your
point across to this person, who has infuriated
you.
Imagery, Simile
Metaphor, Alliteration, Repetition
(Grim Humor, Horror and Supernatural)

16. Our guidelines for scholarly
behavior and respect
1. Respect your classmates in your words and actions.
2. Listen when somebody else is talking.
3. Class time is for class activities.
4. Come to class prepared.
5. Follow the teacher’s directions.
6. Sit in your seat as a scholar sits in his/her seat.
7. Use your 2” voice, which is a whisper.