PART 1: BIG RED (pp.350-352 and the glossary)
Directions: Define and answer the following on a separate POP. Write the word you are defining, so you can use this POP as your study guide.
1. Define STYLE.
2. Describe Dr. Suess's style and E.E. Cummings' style.
3. Do writer's purposely try to come up with a style? Why or why not?
4. Some examples of style include writing with long words or short words; simple sentences or long, complex sentences; a sarcastic and biting tone or one that is passionately sincere. Every writer has a style. Think about your own writing. ALL of you have a unique style. What is one example of your unique style as a writer?
5. What does it mean to take something LITERALLY? Ex: That desk is very heavy.
6. What does it mean to take something FIGURATIVELY? Ex: That desk weighs a ton!
7. Define FIGURE OF SPEECH.
8. Write 3 examples of figures of speech from your textbook.
9. Describe how the expression “Faster than a speeding bullet” is a figure of speech.
10. Define SIMILE.
11. Write 3 similes.
12. Define METAPHOR.
13. Write 3 metaphors.
14. Define PERSONIFICATION.
15. Write 3 personifications.
16. Define SYMBOL.
17. What does Charlie Gordon's rabbit's foot symbolize?
18. Write 3 public symbols.
19. Define CLICHE.
20. Rewrite these two cliches in a clever way: A) Her hands were as cold as ice. & B) It's raining cats and dogs.
21. Define IDIOM (p.817).
22. Write 3 idioms.
23. Define IRONY.
24. Define VERBAL IRONY.
25. Define SITUATIONAL IRONY.
26. Define DRAMATIC IRONY.
27. Define IMAGERY.
28. Write 1 example of imagery.
29. Define DIALECT.
30. Write 2 examples of dialect.
PART 2: INTERACTIVE READER (pp.190-197)
Directions: Read “The Overhead Man” and complete parts A, B, and C on your POP.
PART A: Answer the 12 SIDENOTES as you read the story.
p.190: Charting Literary Devices & Word Knowledge (2)
p.191: Word Knowledge, Predict, & Predict (3)
p.192: Evaluate, Predict, & Word Knowledge (3)
p.193: Word Knowledge (1)
p.194: Style Indicator (1)
p.195: Predict & Word Knowledge (2)
PART B: Give 1-2 examples of each of the following from "The Overhead Man"
Repetition:
Figurative Language:
Imagery:
Dialect:
Irony:
PART C: Answer the following question after you finish the story.
How would you interpret the story? Is this a story about sinister events that can't be explained, or is Maggs simply an old con man? Write a few sentences in which you interpret what happens in this story. Before you write, use the chart you filled in from PART B. Do any details from the chart help you interpret the story? Explain.
Directions: Define and answer the following on a separate POP. Write the word you are defining, so you can use this POP as your study guide.
1. Define STYLE.
2. Describe Dr. Suess's style and E.E. Cummings' style.
3. Do writer's purposely try to come up with a style? Why or why not?
4. Some examples of style include writing with long words or short words; simple sentences or long, complex sentences; a sarcastic and biting tone or one that is passionately sincere. Every writer has a style. Think about your own writing. ALL of you have a unique style. What is one example of your unique style as a writer?
5. What does it mean to take something LITERALLY? Ex: That desk is very heavy.
6. What does it mean to take something FIGURATIVELY? Ex: That desk weighs a ton!
7. Define FIGURE OF SPEECH.
8. Write 3 examples of figures of speech from your textbook.
9. Describe how the expression “Faster than a speeding bullet” is a figure of speech.
10. Define SIMILE.
11. Write 3 similes.
12. Define METAPHOR.
13. Write 3 metaphors.
14. Define PERSONIFICATION.
15. Write 3 personifications.
16. Define SYMBOL.
17. What does Charlie Gordon's rabbit's foot symbolize?
18. Write 3 public symbols.
19. Define CLICHE.
20. Rewrite these two cliches in a clever way: A) Her hands were as cold as ice. & B) It's raining cats and dogs.
21. Define IDIOM (p.817).
22. Write 3 idioms.
23. Define IRONY.
24. Define VERBAL IRONY.
25. Define SITUATIONAL IRONY.
26. Define DRAMATIC IRONY.
27. Define IMAGERY.
28. Write 1 example of imagery.
29. Define DIALECT.
30. Write 2 examples of dialect.
PART 2: INTERACTIVE READER (pp.190-197)
Directions: Read “The Overhead Man” and complete parts A, B, and C on your POP.
PART A: Answer the 12 SIDENOTES as you read the story.
p.190: Charting Literary Devices & Word Knowledge (2)
p.191: Word Knowledge, Predict, & Predict (3)
p.192: Evaluate, Predict, & Word Knowledge (3)
p.193: Word Knowledge (1)
p.194: Style Indicator (1)
p.195: Predict & Word Knowledge (2)
PART B: Give 1-2 examples of each of the following from "The Overhead Man"
Repetition:
Figurative Language:
Imagery:
Dialect:
Irony:
PART C: Answer the following question after you finish the story.
How would you interpret the story? Is this a story about sinister events that can't be explained, or is Maggs simply an old con man? Write a few sentences in which you interpret what happens in this story. Before you write, use the chart you filled in from PART B. Do any details from the chart help you interpret the story? Explain.