Be sure to take your novel home for the weekend as you need to read and post-it note to the end of chapter 17 (page 178). If you think you'll be busy next week, please read ahead.
Next week we will go through the grade 10 provincial exam so that you will be able to get all your questions asked. If you would like to practice, there are several exams on line. Visit: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/searchResults.php and search through the samples.
One great idea is to copy down any words from the mulitiple choice section that you do not understand. Words that describe tone can sometimes be confusing. For example: nostalgic, wistful, genial, etc. These words are often repeated. Make sure that your vocabulary is up to date.
Here are the examinable terms:
Examinable Terms and Devices in Literature
A
Alliteration
Allusion
Antagonist
Aside
Atmosphere
Audience
B
Ballad
Bias
Blank verse
C
Character
Chronological order
Cliché
Climax
Colloquial
Comedy
Compare
Conflict (internal, external)
Connotation
Contrast
D
Denotation
Description
Dialogue
Direct presentation
Drama
Dynamic character
E
Exposition; expository
F
Falling action
Figurative language
First person point of view
Flashback
Flat character
Foil
Foreshadowing
Free verse
G
Genre
H
Hyperbole
I
Image
Imagery
Indirect presentation
Irony
J
Jargon
L
Limited omniscient
point of view
Lyric
M
Metaphor
Mood
N
Narration
Narrative
Narrator
O
Objective point of view
Omniscient point of view
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
P
Paradox
Personification
Persuasion; persuasive
Plot
Point of view
Propaganda
Protagonist
R
Refrain
Resolution
Rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Rhythm
Rising action
Round character
S
Sarcasm
Satire
Setting
Simile
Slang
Sonnet
Speaker
Stanza
Static character
Stereotyped character
Style
Suspense
Symbol; symbolism
T
Theme
Tone
Tragedy
U
Understatement
