H.F.ENGLISH 2 FINAL1!

The earth of turtles back

FOLKTALE: Iroquois Myth Characters: turtle, chief, wife, muskrat, talking animals plot: wife had dream, chief throws her down in tree hole, talks to the animals, muskrat grabs earth and brings it to her, turtle carries earth

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Introduction, Citation, and Explanations

"Gulf War Journal" (from a Woman at war)

MEMOIR by Molly Moore characters: accounts of moore;s experience at the Gulf War setting: Middle east, during the Gulf war, embedded journalist SHOWING; smells, sights, noises lots of emotions; fear, stress, chaos

"Dust Tracks on a Dirt Road"

MEMOIR of Zora Neale Hurston characters: young, bold, strong willed Zora (like 4th grade) setting: at the end of the 19th century plot:tells the story of her being recognized by the Caucasians for her exceptional reading. This helped her find her career path as an author

"The Raven"

POEM by: Edgar Allen Poe characters: narrator, raven has rhythmical theme-internal rhyme, -ores, repeating words at end, ore at the end of the sentences plot: sitting in his home, sees raven, thinks it has something to do with lenore, goes insane

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QUOTEs and other examples

Tone vs. mood

TONE is the attitude towards something. MOOD is the atmosphere/feeling usually toward the reader

The Fall of the House of Usher

by: Edgar Allen Poe Characters: narrator, usher, lady madeline VIVID ATMOSPHERE plot: visits sick friend, lady madeline dies, buried her alive, comes from her tomb, usher and lady madeline die, narrator flees, house collapses

Of Mice and Men

by: John Steinbeck characters: George, Lennie, Candy, Curly's wife, Curly, Crooks, Slim, others plot: George and Lennie have big dream, Lennie's petting things, Candy comes in, almost could get to the dream, Lennie kills curly's wife, George kills Lennie

"House on Mango Street" vignettes

by: Sandra Cisneros character: Esperanza important: Esperanza is negatively expressing her view in life with her house, her name, the dreams of winning the lottery and the big houses, "bums" SHOWING

What is a thesis?

one/two sentence summary of the argument or explanation that is to follow. and answer to the question your essay explores. puts forward one central idea. stated as a fact.

theme

the subject of the literary work. lesson or moral ex: The death of the American Dream

How do authors express viewpoints?

-Viewpoints can be (and usually are) influenced by that author's background (life experiences, community, etc.) -expressed through they description and opinions that are shown in their work.

characteristics of folktales

-fantastic supernatural event -one dimensional flat characters -lesson or moral

symbolism

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parts of a plot

1. exposition 2. inciting incident 3. rising action 4. climax 5. falling action 6. resolution

Joy Luck Club: "Rules of the Game"

By: Amy Tan characters: Waverly Jong, Lindo setting: Chinatown, San Francisco around the 1950s important facts/plot: The art of invisible strength, Chinese immigrants, conflict between Waverly and Lindo, Waverly becomes a chess champion-important in their community because it shows how it is possible or them to gain success like Waverly

"To Walt Whitman"

By: Angela de Hoyos POEM, sarcastic in nature. referring to Walt Whitman's poems and his hope for integration..diversity...she explains how he has "forgotten" the other races in his poems. she feels that her race, and the other segregated ones are just as important. symbolism: chicana guitar, open road, Native Ameridian

"I, Too"

By: Langston Hughs POEM about being segregated and ashamed of because of his race. Trying to get people to realize he is an American citizen like everyone else and should have the same rights. not ashamed of his race. symbolism: the dinner table, darker brother

"I Hear America Singing"

By: Walt Whitman POEM about working Americans all "singing" to their own tune. The optimism and diversity of the respected hardworking American citizens. SHOWING symbolism: "singing" people

The Great Gatsby

by: Scott Fitzgerald characters: Nick, Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, Jordan, Myrtle, Wilson plot: Nick meets Gatsby-friends-big party successful charming guy, in love wit hDaisy, building stories, characters, obsession, Tom finds out, big argument, Daisy runs over Myrtle, Daisy stays with Tom and disappear, Gatsby is killed, no one comes to the funeral

"The Devil and Tom Walker"

by: Washington Irving characters: Tom, Wife, Devil (dark man with axe) plot: Legend of Kidd the Pirates treasure guarded in the swamp by the devil. Tom meets devil. Wife goes out. Tom looks for wife to find her red apron and body parts. Tom makes a deal with the Devil and becomes rich. He cheats and steals people from their money-"loan shark". Tom's soul gets taken away by the devil, and his money disappears

indirect and direct characterization

good adjectives. SHOWING not TELLING. Using indirect characterization (ex: revealing a girls personality by description of appearance, action. dialogue, etc.) vs. direct characterization (ex: amy is very shy).

good topic sentences...

share the main idea of the paragraph and relates back to the thesis

what is a single effect

the effect it has or shows to the reader

analysis is

the reasoning for your evidence and why it proves your thesis. "because, because, because..."