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Literary Analysis Resources and Assignments
Literary Analysis #1: Figurative Language
ASSIGNMENT DATE: Thursday, September 25, 2014
If you do not complete this assignment during class, it will be due on Friday, September 26 at the beginning of class. Please work dilligently and independently to complete your work on time.
DIRECTIONS:
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Based on this video, take C-notes on the topic of "figurative language." Keep these notes in the c-notes section of your binder. (If you do NOT have headphones to use during class, please view the video in silence during class by silencing the volume on your computer.) Video: Notes on Figurative Language.
HOWEVER, you can also view the PowerPoint slides to scroll through these presentation notes manually. Note Slides: Figurative Language.
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After taking notes on figurative language, complete the handout entitled, "Figurative Language Identification."
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Then, complete the handout entitled, "Analyzing Literature: Figurative Language." Use the Hunger Games novel to find textual examples. If you do not have your novel with you today, you can click on Class Texts and Resources to log in and view chapters 1 and 2 to find information that you need for this assignment.
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If you finish steps 1-3 and have time left at the end of class, you can work on your vocabulary homework or study your vocabulary words (LEVEL C) by going to the following website and clicking on the links for LEVEL C: Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop.
Literary Analysis #2: Allegory, Paradox, Parable, and Parody
ASSIGNMENT DATE: Friday, September 26, 2014
If you do not complete this assignment during class, it will be due on Monday, September 29 at the beginning of class. Please work dilligently and independently to complete your work on time.
DIRECTIONS:
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Based on this video, take C-notes on the topic of "Allegory, Paradox, Parable, and Parody." Keep these notes in the c-notes section of your binder. (If you do NOT have headphones to use during class, please view the video in silence during class by silencing the volume on your computer.) Video: Notes on Figurative Language.
HOWEVER, you can also view the PowerPoint slides to scroll through these presentation notes manually. Note Slides.
2. Next, complete the answers on this worksheet on your own sheet of notebook paper: Literary Analysis: Breaking Down the Text
3. Don't forget to turn in Literary Analysis #1. If you do not have this figurative language assignment finished today to turn in, please email your work to Mrs. Schmidt or turn in for late credit on Monday.
4. Please organize your binder so that your c-notes from today and yesterday are filed in the c-notes section of your binder.
