How to Respond with some Intelligence?

1. QUESTION - what is the meaning of a word? - Make a comment on why you think this text is interesting - Why this character?

2. COMMENT - Did you like it? Why? How did it make you feel?
3. CONNECT - Connect this work to something else youve read, or observed in life - Perhaps look up a little on background info of the text

Listen to This Literature Review

1. Introduction Why people read chick lit Why is it a genre of its own Books hes going to review
2. Body Gives a summary of the books How the characters are relatable Relates to current issues Finds themes

Analysing Poetry
Visualize the images by paying close attention to strong verbs, and comparisons in poem. Do the images remind you of anything? Let the comparisons paint a picture in your head. Clarify words and phrases by allowing yourself to find the meaning of words or phrases that stand out, are repeated, or you do not understand the meaning. Use dictionary, context clues, teacher or peer. Evaluate the poems theme by asking what message is the poet trying to send or help you understand? Does it relate to your life in any way?

Ozymandias

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
-Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Second Coming

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand.

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Theme for English B

Whats the significance of place in the poem? What are some characteristics typically associated with Harlem?

What can we infer about the race topic in this poem?

What does being American mean to the speaker of this poem?

PLOT
The action or sequence of events in a story.

Suspense FORESHADOWING

Flashbacks

In Medias Res

Red Herring

Flashforward

Structure

CONFLICT
The struggle between opposing forces

IRONY
An incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning

Graduation in Stamps
Stony the road we trod Bitter the chastening rod Felt in the days when hope, unborn, had died. Yet with a steady beat Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? . We were on top again. As always, again. We survived.I was no longer simply a member of the proud graduating class of 1940; I was a proud member of the wonder beautiful Negro race.

WHAT IS THE CONFLICT IN THIS SHORT STORY? HOW DOES IT RESOLVE?

Characters

Character Analysis
A strong character analysis will: Identify the type of character it is dealing with. (A single character could be two or three types. Describe the character. Discuss the conflict in the story, particularly in regards to the characters place in it.

Types of Characters
The PROTAGONIST is the hero of the story. The main story revolves around him or her

The ANTAGONIST is the major character with whom the protagonist is in conflict with. He/she is usually the evil one.

ROUND CHARACTER

vs. Flat Character Round characters are well developed and have many characteristics.

STEREOTYPICAL This is the absent minded professor, the

jolly fat person, the clueless blonde.

P-O-V
Whos Speaking?

The Narrator
The narrator is the voice in the story. There are a few types of narrators: 1. Omniscient (allknowing) moves freely into the minds of all the characters 2. Limited Omniscient only sees the mine of one character As readers, we must consider if the narrator is reliable or unreliable. We must find out if the narrator is hiding information, is he/she objective and keep in mind that a persons p-ov is often biased.

The author is NOT the narrator/speaker. The narrator is the persona which the author creates to describe and tell the story.

3. First Person - can only report whats on his/her mind

EXERCISE
Before the shipwreck, Piscine Molitor Pi Patel was a carefree boy who lived in a zoo. When the ship crashes and he survives by being in a life boat, Pi starts his journey of self-discovery. This is where he turns from a carefree boy to a man who understands that the world is a tough place. In order to survive, one must be strong and determined.

EXERCISE Graduation in Stamps

1. Who is the narrator in the story? 2. Imagine if the story was told from a different point of view. Say, from Mr. Donleavys point of view. How does that change the story?