1. Agenda: 1.Bell Ringer 2.Discuss Independent Reading 3.Introduce Literary Terms

2.  Grab Bell Ringer from table and begin work.  You have 15 minutes to complete it!  Once you identify the nouns, write an “A” for abstract or “C” for concrete above the word.  We will not have SSR today. However, when you are done you may read a book from the class library quietly.

3.  Synopsis Handout  You have a week to get the book. This will be outside of class reading. Independent work will be assigned for you to complete as you read the book.  In six weeks, you will stop reading this book and choose another.

4. First, create your foldable. 1.Take a two bright green papers. 2.Staple them together 3 times on the across the long edges. 3.Cut 1 of the pages in half. Make sure the cut is in the middle. 4.Then make 5 cuts of equal distance a long each flap. (Do not cut all the way to the edge of the paper.) 5.Make sure you have a total of 12 flaps. It should look like this:

5. Archetypes: A model image, personage, or theme that recurs in stories and myths throughout history and literature. Ex: ‘The Fall’ of Adam and Eve in Genesis

6. Antagonist- the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work. Example: Iago is the antagonist of Othello

7.  Connotation: The emotional implications and associations that a word may carry.  Ex: home= family, love, happiness

8.  Conflict: In literature, conflict is the opposition of persons or forces that brings about dramatic action central to the plot of a story; conflict maybe internal, as psychological conflict or external  Ex: home= family, love, happiness

9.  Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word; the literal or cognitive meaning.  Example: Home is the building structure where one resides.

10. Foil- A secondary character who contrasts with the protagonist in order to highlight aspects of the main character’s personality. Example: Foils may be sidekicks (e.g., Han Solo to Luke Skywalker) or enemies (e.g. The Joker to Batman).

11. Foreshadowing- A literary device to tease readers about plot turns that will occur later in the story.

12. Epiphany- The point in a work of literature where a character has a sudden insight or realization that changes his or her understanding. Example: In the movie Sweeny Todd, the main character realizes that humans are cruel, two-faced creatures. He believes they all deserve to die.

13. Imagery- the use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions. Imagery can be used for emotional effect and to intensify the impact on the reader. Example: such sweet sorrow

14. Mood- The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage. Mood can be expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme. Example: The mood evoked in Edgar Allen Poe’s work is gloomy and dark.

15. Idiom: An expression that has a different meaning from the literal meaning of its individual words. Idioms are particular to a given language and usually cannot be translated literally. For example: have the upper hand or under the weather “Back seat driver”

16. Protagonist: the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.