CHARACTERIZATION: The author’s means of conveying to the reader a character’s personality, life history, values, physical attributes, etc. Also refers directly to a description thereof.
MAJOR CHARACTERS
They are almost always round or three-dimensional characters. They have good and bad qualities. Their goals, ambitions, and values change. A round character changes as a result of what happens to him or her.
A character who changes inside as a result of what happens to him is referred to in literature as a DYNAMIC character. A dynamic character grows or progresses to a higher level of understanding in the course of the story.
Protagonist: The main character in the story
Antagonist: The character or force that opposes the protagonist.
Foil: A character who provides a contrast to the protagonist.
MINOR CHARACTERS
They are almost always flat or two-dimensional characters. They have only one or two striking qualities. Their predominant quality is not balanced by an opposite quality. They are usually all good or all bad. Such characters can be interesting or amusing in their own right, but they lack depth. Flat characters are sometimes referred to as STATIC characters because they do not change in the course of the story.
POINT OF VIEW: The identity of the narrative voice; the person or entity through whom the reader experiences the story. May be third-person (no narrator; abstract narrative voice, omniscient or limited) or first-person (narrated by a character in the story or a direct observer). Point-of-view is a commonly misused term; it does not refer to the author’s or characters’ feelings, opinions, perspectives, biases, etc.
THESE ARE POINTS OF VIEW:
First Person
The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can’t tell us thoughts of other characters.
Third-Person Objective
The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears. This narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can’t tell us the thoughts of the characters.
Third-Person Limited
The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters.
Omniscient
The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Homework due tomorrow
ELA:
Study for your WWW quiz
On your quiz, you will have to know the meaning of your words and how to spell them correctly.
You will need to know the following:
The four points of view: first person, omniscient, third person limited, and third person objective
The five stages of a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Subject/Predicate
Subject/Verb Agreement
Context Clues
Parts of Speech
Math:
Do your math worksheet
Announcement:
Tomorrow, you will be taking a standardized math test. You all will do WELL! Get sufficient rest.
Study for your WWW quiz
On your quiz, you will have to know the meaning of your words and how to spell them correctly.
You will need to know the following:
The four points of view: first person, omniscient, third person limited, and third person objective
The five stages of a story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Subject/Predicate
Subject/Verb Agreement
Context Clues
Parts of Speech
Math:
Do your math worksheet
Announcement:
Tomorrow, you will be taking a standardized math test. You all will do WELL! Get sufficient rest.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Independent and Dependent Events
| There are 3 red candies left in a bag of multicolored candies with a total of 20 candies left in it. The probability that you will get a red one when you reach in is: 3/20. But what are your chances of getting a red one if you reach in again? There are now 19 candies in the bag, and only two are red. The probability is 2/19. Taking the first candy affected the outcome of the next attempt. The two events are dependent. | |
| Now you know that the probability of heads landing up when you flip a coin is 1/2. What is the probability of getting tails if you flip it again? It is still 1/2. The two events do not affect each other. They are independent. | |
Homework due 12/05
ELA:
Do WWW test corrections
Wrtite sentences using your WWW words
Write a two-page essay where you discuss the following: Why do you come to school each day? What do you get out of coming to school?
Math:
Do your math worksheet
Do WWW test corrections
Wrtite sentences using your WWW words
Write a two-page essay where you discuss the following: Why do you come to school each day? What do you get out of coming to school?
Math:
Do your math worksheet
Monday, December 3, 2007
Subject/Verb Agreement
Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
1. When the subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by and, use a plural verb.
She and her friends are at the fair.
2. When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by or or nor, use a singular verb.
The book or the pen is in the drawer.
3. When a compound subject contains both a singular and a plural noun or pronoun joined by or or nor, the verb should agree with the part of the subject that is nearer the verb.
The boy or his friends run every day.
His friends or the boy runs every day.
4. Doesn't is a contraction of does not and should be used only with a singular subject. Don't is a contraction of do not and should be used only with a plural subject.
The exception to this rule appears in the case of the first person and second person pronouns I and you. With these pronouns, the contraction don't should be used.
He doesn't like it.
They don't like it.
5. Do not be misled by a phrase that comes between the subject and the verb. The verb agrees with the subject, not with a noun or pronoun in the phrase.
One of the boxes is open.
The people who listen to that music are few.
The team captain, as well as his players, is anxious.
The book, including all the chapters in the first section, is boring.
The woman with all the dogs walks down my street.
6. The words each, each one, either, neither, everyone, everybody, anybody, anyone, nobody, somebody, someone, and no one are singular and require a singular verb.
Each of these hot dogs is juicy.
Everybody knows Mr. Jones.
Either is correct.
7. Nouns such as civics, mathematics, dollars, measles, and news require singular verbs.
The news is on at six.
Note: the word dollars is a special case. When talking about an amount of money, it requires a singular verb, but when referring to the dollars themselves, a plural verb is required.
Five dollars is a lot of money.
Dollars are often used instead of rubles in Russia.
8. Nouns such as scissors, tweezers, trousers, and shears require plural verbs. (There are two parts to these things.)
These scissors are dull.
Those trousers are made of wool.
9. In sentences beginning with there is or there are, the subject follows the verb. Since there is not the subject, the verb agrees with what follows.
There are many questions.
There is a question.
10. Collective nouns are words that imply more than one person but that are considered singular and take a singular verb, such as: group, team, committee, class, and family.
In very few cases, the plural verb is used if the individuals in the group are thought of and specifically referred to.
The team runs during practice.
The committee decides how to proceed.
The family has a long history.
My family have never been able to agree.
11. Expressions such as with, together with, including, accompanied by, in addition to, or as well do not change the number of the subject. If the subject is singular, the verb is too.
The President, accompanied by his wife, is traveling to India.
All of the books, including yours, are in that box.
1. When the subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by and, use a plural verb.
She and her friends are at the fair.
2. When two or more singular nouns or pronouns are connected by or or nor, use a singular verb.
The book or the pen is in the drawer.
3. When a compound subject contains both a singular and a plural noun or pronoun joined by or or nor, the verb should agree with the part of the subject that is nearer the verb.
The boy or his friends run every day.
His friends or the boy runs every day.
4. Doesn't is a contraction of does not and should be used only with a singular subject. Don't is a contraction of do not and should be used only with a plural subject.
The exception to this rule appears in the case of the first person and second person pronouns I and you. With these pronouns, the contraction don't should be used.
He doesn't like it.
They don't like it.
5. Do not be misled by a phrase that comes between the subject and the verb. The verb agrees with the subject, not with a noun or pronoun in the phrase.
One of the boxes is open.
The people who listen to that music are few.
The team captain, as well as his players, is anxious.
The book, including all the chapters in the first section, is boring.
The woman with all the dogs walks down my street.
6. The words each, each one, either, neither, everyone, everybody, anybody, anyone, nobody, somebody, someone, and no one are singular and require a singular verb.
Each of these hot dogs is juicy.
Everybody knows Mr. Jones.
Either is correct.
7. Nouns such as civics, mathematics, dollars, measles, and news require singular verbs.
The news is on at six.
Note: the word dollars is a special case. When talking about an amount of money, it requires a singular verb, but when referring to the dollars themselves, a plural verb is required.
Five dollars is a lot of money.
Dollars are often used instead of rubles in Russia.
8. Nouns such as scissors, tweezers, trousers, and shears require plural verbs. (There are two parts to these things.)
These scissors are dull.
Those trousers are made of wool.
9. In sentences beginning with there is or there are, the subject follows the verb. Since there is not the subject, the verb agrees with what follows.
There are many questions.
There is a question.
10. Collective nouns are words that imply more than one person but that are considered singular and take a singular verb, such as: group, team, committee, class, and family.
In very few cases, the plural verb is used if the individuals in the group are thought of and specifically referred to.
The team runs during practice.
The committee decides how to proceed.
The family has a long history.
My family have never been able to agree.
11. Expressions such as with, together with, including, accompanied by, in addition to, or as well do not change the number of the subject. If the subject is singular, the verb is too.
The President, accompanied by his wife, is traveling to India.
All of the books, including yours, are in that box.
Homework due 12/03
ELA:
Study your worksheet on Subject/Verb agreement
Study your WWW's
Write your WWW's 10X
Find definitions using your WWW's
Finish Type 5 Essays
Math:
Write a 2-page essay about some topics with which you have the most difficulty in math.
If you feel you do not have any difficulties in math, what do you like most about math this year?
SKIP LINES
Study your worksheet on Subject/Verb agreement
Study your WWW's
Write your WWW's 10X
Find definitions using your WWW's
Finish Type 5 Essays
Math:
Write a 2-page essay about some topics with which you have the most difficulty in math.
If you feel you do not have any difficulties in math, what do you like most about math this year?
SKIP LINES
Word Wall Words #11
Significance: (noun) importance
Conceited: (adjective) having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance: being into one’s self
Knowledgeable: (adjective) intelligent, well-informed
Extensive: (adjective): broad, thorough, comprehensive, big
Suspenseful: (adjective): exciting, engaging, cliff-hanging
Conceited: (adjective) having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance: being into one’s self
Knowledgeable: (adjective) intelligent, well-informed
Extensive: (adjective): broad, thorough, comprehensive, big
Suspenseful: (adjective): exciting, engaging, cliff-hanging
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