Unit 5 Self-esteemVocabulary

Self-esteem Gender= a kind, sort or class Gender equality= means that women

and men, and girls and boys, enjoy the same rights, resources, opportunities and protections.

Self-esteem= one’s self-image or view of themselves

Author’s Purpose: Authors Write for many different reasons.

Some of the most common reasons are To persuade To entertain To inform To express

Theme or Topic/Subject? Theme: A theme is a statement or message

about a subject that the author is trying to make.

Topic/Subject: These are general one word main ideas.

Some common themes are: Hard work pays off. Friends will help you get through the good

times and the bad. Patience is a virtue. Honesty is the best policy.

Some common topics are: Friendship Courage Hope Trust Justice Violence Love

•Freedom•Childhood•Survival•Growing Up•Family•Jealousy/Envy

Can you think of any others?

Vocabulary Point of view= the way in which a story

is told Different Points of View

1st person 2nd person 3rd person 3rd person omniscient

Poetry Rhyme= The repetition of the same or similar

sounds, usually in stressed syllables at the ends of lines.

Rhythm= Musical quality created by a pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry.

End rhyme= Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines.

Stanzas= A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines.

Free Verse= Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.

Poetry Lyric poem= Short poem that directly expresses

the poets thoughts and emotions in a musical way. Narrative poem= Poem that tells a story. Rhyme scheme= The sequence in which the

rhyme occurs. The first end sound is represented as the letter a, the second b, etc.

Poetry= A form of writing that uses not only words, but also form, patterns of sound, imagery, and figurative language to convey its message.

Prose= the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing

Irony There are three main types: Situational Dramatic Verbal

Situational IronyWhen there is a contrast (difference) between what you expect to happen and what actually happens.A clumsy boy is learning to ride a bike. Finally, he has overcome all obstacles. Nothing can stop him now! Then, a bump in the sidewalk flings him off his bike, and he lands in the neighbor’s flower bed.

VERBAL IRONYWhen a character says one thing but actually means another.

“I’m so excited to take my science test!” when I really haven’t studied.

Dramatic IronyWhen the reader knows some important piece of information that a character does not know.

In a horror story, the reader knows there is a murderer hiding in the closet. The character is unaware and is talking on the phone about having to pick out an outfit for the dance. She is walking towards the closet.

VocabularyForeshadowing: is the presentation in a work

of literature of hints and clues that tip the reader off as to what is to come later in the workExample: In Romeo and Juliet when Romeo’s best friend, Mercutio, is stabbed he tells Romeo not to worry, “For tomorrow you will find me a grave man.” Shakespeare uses the word “grave” to foreshadow Mercutio’s death.