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5H Literature

4H Literature
Goals:
Preparation for test week 3
Learn more about the most important components of a novel
Learn new literary terms
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4H Literature
Goals:
Preparation for test week 3
Learn more about the most important components of a novel
Learn new literary terms

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

How to read a novel
Characterisation: a character is determined by:

  • What he/she looks like (appearance)
  • What he/she does (actions)
  • What he/she says or thinks (language)

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

How to read a novel
Setting: includes the entire physical and emotional backdrop of where and when a story takes place
  • Where? (urban or rural, one place or multiple places, home or abroad.
  • When? (present, past or future; always pay attention to how much time passes between the beginning and the end)
  • When?  (seasons, weather conditions etc. all add to the emotional backdrop )

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

How to read a novel
Point of view: through whose eyes do you see the story?
Both:
- First-person narrator: you get to hear the thoughts of the narrator and see the world depicted through his/her eyes.

- Third-person narrator: (point-of-view of an outsider)
  • Omniscient (all-knowing)
  • limited narration   

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

How to read a novel
Theme: the central idea or point of a story
- ask yourself:
  1.  What is the text about?
  2. What is the author's message?

The answer is often an abstract idea: love, betrayal, social class, survival, ambition, coming-of-age.   

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Finish the sentence: 'setting' refers to both ... and ...

Slide 6 - Open vraag

point-of-view: through whose eyes do we see the story?
A
first-person narrator only
B
first- and third-person narrator
C
the author
D
the reader

Slide 7 - Quizvraag

Group assignment
In groups of four, prepare a short 90-120 second presentation regarding the following components in 'the catcher in the rye':

characterization (protagonist + antagonist)
plot and point-of-view
setting
theme 1  coming-of-age                                         you are allowed to look things up
theme 2 religion

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Literary Terms pt. 1
Literary terms are words and concepts used to understand and analyze literature.
  • Simile
  • Metaphor
  • Personification
  • Hyperbole
  • Onomatopoeia

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Simile
A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

  • I ran like the wind
  • You are as brave as a lion
  • As cold as ice
  • As light as a feather                        Do you know any other ones?

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Metaphor
A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

  • His heart was 
  • The exam was a piece of cake
  • You are an open book

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Personification
Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things.
(like: emotions, characteristics or behaviour).

  • The flowers begged for water
  • The wind whispered softly in the night
  • The camera loved her

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Hyperbole
Hyperbole is an exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

  • He is taking ages...
  • My head is spinning
  • My shoes are killing me!

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate the sound they describe.

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

comparison between two unlike things
A comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.
Giving human qualities to non-human things
An exaggeration for emphasis or effect
the use of words that imitate the sound they describe
simile
Metaphor
personification
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia

Slide 15 - Sleepvraag

what is the following example:

Crash!
A
Simile
B
Hyperbole
C
Onomatopoeia
D
Metaphor

Slide 16 - Quizvraag

what is the following example:

Your laughter is like music to my ears
A
Simile
B
Hyperbole
C
Onomatopoeia
D
Metaphor

Slide 17 - Quizvraag

what is the following example:

The trees danced in the wind
A
Simile
B
Personification
C
Onomatopoeia
D
Metaphor

Slide 18 - Quizvraag

what is the following example:

I died of laughter
A
Hyperbole
B
Personification
C
Simile
D
Metaphor

Slide 19 - Quizvraag

Name a few things that you have learned today:

Slide 20 - Open vraag

What have you not understood yet?

Slide 21 - Open vraag

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