2012-2013
Literary Terms and Goals for English 9
2nd Semester

Literary Terms

Goals

Consonance Autobiography Biography Anecdote Character Sketch Fable Novel Analogy Foil Rhetorical Question Understatement Dialect Connotation Denotation Mood Diction  Scene Aside Comedy Drama Iamb Iambic Pentameter Monologue Soliloquy Tragedy Sonnet Pun Stanza Couplet Meter Oxymoron Assonance

Oral Strand -Understand verbal techniques include tone, delivery, rate of delivery -Understand nonverbal techniques: eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, stance -Cite information sources   Reading Strand -Understand relationships between elements of literature -Understand relationship between author’s style and literary effect -Understand figurative language to create images, sounds, effects -Understand techniques used to convey info about a character -Understand a character’s development throughout a text -Use before -, during-, and after-reading strategies -Identify a position in an informational text   Writing Strand -Understand a writing process -Plan and develop written products -Use prewriting strategies to organize writing -Write varied sentences      Simple      Compound -Arrange paragraphs into logical progression -Revise writing for clarity -Proofread materials -Apply rules for sentence development, including:      Subject/Verb -Link ideas with correlative conjunctions:      both…and      either…or      neither…nor      not only…but also -Subject-Verb Agreement -Modifiers -Punctuation and Capitalization -Analytic Writing (1 per semester) -Argumentative Writing (1 per semester) -Research-based Writing (1 per semester) -Creative Writing (1 per semester) -Reflective Writing (1 per quarter) -Timed Writing (1 per quarter) -Commas Research Strand -Definition and consequences of plagiarism -Quote/Paraphrase/Summarize -Format for citing sources (style sheet, MLA) -Use electronic databases and online research      Electronic database      Search engine      Electronic Mail      World Wide Web      Web Browser      Online services      Hotlinks -Evaluate reliable resources