Tuesday, 1/12

1. Copy the following roots in your Sem2 Roots notes (there will be 40, and you will not be tested on the roots from last semester); complete the grammar exercises in your Grammar notes--

crit	separate, choose	critical, criterion, hypocrite The critics say the film was a good adaptation of the book's characters, but its plot lacked substance.
cur, curs	run	current, concurrent, concur, incur, recur, occur, courier, precursor, cursive The strong ocean current swept him off his feet.

Homophones: there/there/their; identify the correct word for the blank--

1. Where is Ted? He is over __________ (there/their/they're). 

2. Ted is with Alex; both _____________ eyes look red (there/their/they're).

3. ___________ snarling at us. I think ____________ angry (there/their/they're).

2. What makes up a strong story, and what makes it whole? 
Take notes on the Key Terms  in your Reading Notes:

• Episodic Elaboration - plot, event, character construction
• en media res - Opening a story in the middle of the action, requiring filling in past details by exposition or flashback.
• Plot Structure
• Specificity of Detail - concrete detail, imagery, vivid description
• Figurative Language and imagery - Sensory details in a work; the use of figurative language (such as metaphor, simile, symbolism, hyperbole) to evoke a feeling, call to mind an idea, or describe an object. Imagery involves any or all of the five senses.
• Style - Word choice, syntax, sensitivity to reader/audience
• Tone - the way the author expresses his/her attitude in his/her writing*
• Irony - A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant. Irony is frequently humorous, and can be sarcastic when using words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean.
• Syntax - The way words are put together to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. It is sentence structure and how it influences the way a reader perceives a piece of writing.
• Narrative Voice - The way the author writes as opposed to how he/she writes. It is the quality that makes his or her writing unique, and which conveys the author's attitude, personality, and character. 

(Both can be found on the Short Narratives page.)

3. Read "The Most Dangerous Game"  out loud (make sure to download into notability)--keep an eye out for the sorts of things we took notes on, and think about what makes a good story whole.

HW--Finish Part 2 of Journal #16 (read "Good Reader/Bad Reader")