Monday, March 2, 2015

E2: Final push on the novels and vocabulary for the 3/16 quiz

Finish 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Life of Pi this week. I'm hoping to start the book-related essays Wednesday.

Vocabulary for the March 16, 2015
  • Irony: the meaning implied differs dramatically from the meaning expressed (literary term, figurative language)
  • Metrical Verse: a structure of lines, rhythmic energy, and repetitive sound; meant to be read aloud (poetry, duh)
  • Memoir: the mostly true story of what the author has learned through life (how is this different from an autobiography?)
  • Mentor: teaches and protects the hero; Gives the hero magical gifts to help complete the quest; Often tied to nature or religion; could be a failed hero who is trying to help the next generation (another archetype)
  • Myth: stories told in pre-literate cultures to explain the universe, mankind’s existence, and how to live in community; a culture's sacred stories
  • Objective: the author presents the information or story with a detached tone (type of pov)
  • Pathos: passions, sufferings, or feelings of an individual; in rhetoric it is the emotional manipulation used in an argument (related to ethos and logos in rhetoric)
  • Plot: events and actions in a story and the order they are set to achieve a particular emotional or artistic effect (literary device)
  • Point of View: the way a story gets told; the way an author presents characters, dialogue, action, setting, and events (literary device)

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