Terms 7 th Grade Honors Part B Click Mouse to Advance
Dec 17, 2015
ExpositionIntroduction or The part of the work that introduces the character, setting, and Basic situation
Extended MetaphorA subject
is spoken or
written
of as though
it were
something else
BatMy son is a bat.
His eyes blink when darkness comes.His body stirs with life.
His limbs gorge with blood as he sets out through the cave of
nighthis roof the stars
the moon a big white eye watching.Attracted by the false lights
he mingles with his batty friendsweaving in and out of nightclubs
endless partieseach other’s places
till sensing the sudden ebbof darkness
he flutters homea cloaked Dracula
to the hollow of his roomwhere he will sleep all day.
Prose writing
that tells
about
imaginary
characters
and events
Figurative Language
Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken
literally
I am hungry as a horse.
He is as sneaky as a
snake.
A scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past
Free VerseFree VersePoetry Poetry
not written not written
in a regular, in a regular,
rhythmical rhythmical pattern, pattern,
or meteror meter
I Dream'd in a Dreamby Walt Whitma
I DREAM'D in a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of thewhole of the rest of the earth, I dream'd that was the new city of Friends, Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love, it led the rest, It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city, And in all their looks and words.
GenreA division or type of
literature1. Poetry: lyric poetry,
concrete poetry, dramatic poetry, narrative poetry, epic poetry
2. Prose: fiction (novels and short stories) and nonfiction (biography, autobiography, letters, essays, and reports)
3. Drama: serious drama and tragedy, melodrama, and farce
Historical Fiction
In historical fiction,
real events, places,
or people are
incorporated into
a fictional,
or made-up story
Irony
A contradiction between what
happens and what is expected.
1. Situational irony occurs when something happens that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters or the audience.
2. Verbal irony is something contradictory that is said.
3. Dramatic irony is when the audience is aware of something that the character or speaker is not.
Birds getting singing lessons
JournalA daily, or periodic, account of events and the writer’s thoughts and feelings about those events
LimerickA humorous,
rhyming,
five-line poem
with a specific
meter and
rhyme scheme
There once was a fellow named Tim.
whose dad never taught him to swim.
He fell off a dock.and sunk like a rock.
And that was the end of him.
Reports, explanations,opinions, or descriptions written for television, radio,newspapers, and magazines
MetaphorA figure of speech in which something is described as though it
were something
else
I am a rainbow