Plot is the sequence of events in a narrative.
What is plot?
Mood, or atmosphere, is the overall feeling that a literary work creates for the reader. The mood of a work might be serious, humorous, or sad. A variety of elements contribute to mood: -Words such as grumpy, images, such as starlit night-Setting, such as dark, shadowy room-Events, such as heavy storm clouds lifting
What is mood?
The author's purpose is his or her reason for writing. Learn to recognize details that indicate the author's purpose. Look for these types of details:-to inform, an author might use facts and technical language. NOTE: Read closely, Pause frequently, and take notes-to persuade, an author might include reasons that lead readers to agree with an opinion. NOTE: Read critically, question and evaluate the author's statements, and check facts-to entertain, an author might use facts that amuse, intrigue, horrify, or fascinate readers.NOTE: Read for enjoyment
What is the author's purpose?
Inferences are logical assumptions based on details in a story. To make inferences as you read, ask questions such as these about characters' feelings and behavior:-What the characters say about one another.-What the characters do and how they behave.
What is an inference?
Round characters are complex, showing many different character traits. Character traits are the personal qualities, attitudes, and values that make a character unique.
What are round characters?
Flat characters are one-sided, showing a single trait. Characters traits are the personal qualities, attitudes, and values that make a character unique.
What are flat characters?
Flashbacks are scenes related to events that happened in the past. Flashbacks often show what motivates a character or revel something important about a characters past. When authors play with time using devices like flashbacks, these changes affect the way readers get important information.
What is a flashback?
Foreshadowing is when the author provides clues that hint at events to come. This creates suspense by keeping readers guessing. When authors play with time using devices like foreshadowing, these changes affect the way readers get important information.
What is foreshadowing?
A comparison tells how two or more things are alike. A contrast tells how two or more things are different. Asking questions to compare and contrast helps you to notice similarities and differences in characters, setting, moods, and ideas. It also helps you to enrich your understanding of a work.
What is comparing and contrasting?
Character traits are the personal qualities, attitudes, and values that make a character unique. The characters in a story can be round or flat characters based on how many traits are stated.
What are character traits?
Theme is the central idea of a literary work.
What is theme?
Predictions are educated guesses about what is going to happen next in a story.
What are predictions?
In first person point of view, the narrator participates in the action of the story and can tell only what he or she feels. This kind of narrator uses the pronoun "I" when speaking about himself or herself.
What is first person point of view?
In third person point of view, the narrator is not a character in the story. He or she tells events from the "outside". This kind of narrator uses pronouns such as he, she, and they.
What is third person point of view?
Hamadi" is about a girl named Susan, whom family is Arab because of her father and American because of her mother. Hamadi is a friend of her father. Susan starts to become very interested in Hamadi's way of life and personality. She decides to invite Hamadi to go out Christmas caroling with her, her friends, and her family. While caroling, her friend Tracy breaks down in tears over the loss of a boy she has a crush on. Hamadi turns out to be an unexpected source of comfort and wisdom.
Give a short summery of "Hamadi".
Raymond's Run" is a story about a young girl whose has to take care of her older brother, Raymond, because he has a disability. The young girl, Squeaky, loves to run and takes it very seriously. She is also very disliked at her school, and is constantly being made fun of. Squeaky enters a race and realizes that winning isn't everything, and she sees that Raymond also has that passion for running. She wants to coach him now, so that he may have something fun to accomplish.
Give a short summery of "Raymond's Run".
The Tell-Tale Heart" is a story about a man who tries to prove his sanity in the wake of having murdered an old man. The narrator/murderer kills the old man because he hates the old man's eye. Once he does this, police come to the house to make sure everything is alright. The man starts to hear a sound that he just can't get out of his head. Guilt over killing the old man overwhelms him, and he tells the cops what he had done.
Give a short summery of "The Tell-Tale Heart".
The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is about a young woman named Helen stoner who contacts Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for aid in foiling the villainous plans of her stepfather, Grimesby Roylott. Grimesby Roylott ended up killing her sister, and trying to kill her to get the money that his diseased wife had saved for them.
Give a short summery of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band".
Fox Hunt" is about an Asian American boy named Andy Liang who wants to excel on the PSAT to uphold his families ancestors reputation. He meets a pretty girl at the bus stop. He eventually finds out that his ancestor was coached by a fox spirit and that's how he was so good in school. He also discovers that Lee is a fox spirit and he is part fox himself.
Give a short summary of "Fox Hunt".
Old Ben" is a story about a boy who finds a big, black, bull snake while walking in a clover field. The boy realizes how gentle, friendly, and sweet the snake is. The boy brings the snake home to his father and mother. Both the boy's mother father learn to appreciate and love Old Ben because of what he did to keep care of the farm. However at the end of the story, Old Ben died.
Give a short summary of "Old Ben".
Tears of Autumn" takes place in Japan, the Pacific Ocean, and in California and tells the story of Hana Omiya, a girl from Japan. Hana wants to escape her village because of the stranglehold her family has on her and so she can fully experience life. Hana is being pushed to marry a man whom she has no interest in. This story covers her time in the village, as well as her journey on a boat to the United States in search of a new life.
Give a short summary of "Tears of Autumn".
Flowers for Algernon" is a story about a character study of one man, Charlie Gordon. Charlie is a 32-year-old developmentally disabled man who has the opportunity to undergo a surgical procedure that will dramatically increase his mental capabilities. The operation goes wrong and once Charlie starts to get smart, he starts to digress into how he once was at the beginning.
Give a short summary of "Flowers for Algernon".
The Outsiders" is a story about a teen gang in rural Oklahoma. The Greasers are perpetually at odds with the Socials, a rival group. When Greasers Ponyboy and Johnny get into a brawl that ends in the death of a Social member. The boys are forced to go into hiding (Dallas, one of the Greasers, helps them). Johnny ends up dying shortly after saving children from a burning Church. Dally then steals and then dies from a police shooting him. Ponyboy is then left to continue on with his young life while trying to stay golden.
Give a short summary of "The Outsiders".
Ceased means stopped.Ex. Jacob CEASED to work for John.
What does ceased mean?
Artificial means not real or natural.Ex. The two angry sisters put on an ARTIFICIAL display of politeness.
What does artificial mean?
Acute means sensitive; sharp.Ex. I knew I needed to go to the doctor when the ACUTE pain in my chest did not respond to my heart medicine.
What does acute mean?
Fascinating means very interesting.Ex. I recommend this FASCINATING book about animals of the rain forest.
What does fascinating mean?
Melancholy means sad; depressed.Ex. He was cold, MELANCHOLY, and dull.
What does melancholy mean?
Aghast means shocked; horrified; terrified.Ex. Mary was AGHAST to see who had shown up.
What does aghast mean?
Qualifications are conditions that must be met. Ex. Few candidates for the job met its tough QUALIFICATIONS.
What are qualifications?
Tantalized means tormented by something just out of reach.Ex. She TANTALIZED the puppy with treats.
What does tantalized mean?
Hue is color, especially a tint or shade.Ex. The HUE of the curtains is very pretty against the blue rug.
What is a hue?
A charmer is someone who pleases. Ex. The baby was such a CHARMER that people often stopped to look at her.
What is a charmer?
Manslaughter is unlawfully killing another without planning in advance.Ex. The court found the man guilty for MANSLAUGHTER.
What is manslaughter?
A prodigy is a person with great talent; a young genius.Ex. Ryan was a PRODIGY to the teacher.
What is a prodigy?
Refute means to give evidence to prove an argument or statement false.Ex. We can easily REFUTE his argument.
What does refute mean?
Occurred means something has happened.Ex. A lunar eclipse OCCURRED last night, and I witnessed the whole event.
What does occurred mean?
Radiate means to send out rays; to beam or shine.Ex. The Sun RADIATED the park with light.
What does radiate mean?