Unit 5 Self-esteem

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Unit 5 Self-esteem

• Vocabulary

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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 ones self-image or view of
  themselves
• Oppression-the use of power in an unjust or cruel
  manner

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Authors Purpose

• Authors Write for many different reasons. Some of
  the most common reasons are
• To persuade
• To entertain
• To inform
• To express

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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.

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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.

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Some common topics are

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

• Friendship
• Courage
• Hope
• Trust
• Justice
• Violence
• Love

Can you think of any others?
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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

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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.

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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

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Irony

• There are three main types
• Situational
• Dramatic
• Verbal

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Situational Irony
When there is a contrast (difference) between
what you expect to happen and what actually
happens.
EXAMPLE
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 neighbors
flower bed.
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VERBAL IRONY
When a character says one thing but actually
means another.
EXAMPLE
Im so excited to take my science test! when I
really havent studied.
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Dramatic Irony
When the reader knows some important piece of
information that a character does not know.
EXAMPLE
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.
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Vocabulary

• Foreshadowing 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 work
• Example In Romeo and Juliet when Romeos 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 Mercutios death.