"A Rose for Emily" Vocabulary

Cabal - noun - secret political clique - clique, group.
Imperviousness - adjective - unable to be affected by - unaffected.
Tableau - noun - motionless figures - picture.
Temerity - noun - excessive confidence - audacity.
Encroached - verb - intrude on - trespass.
Cuckolded - noun - unfaithful wife or husband - adultery.
Pauper - noun - poor person - bankrupt.

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Literature Notes

• Literary Analysis
• Character - Person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.
• Round Character - Complex - shows many different qualities.
• Flat Character - One-dimensional, showing a single trait.
• Dynamic Character - Develops, changes, and learns something during the course of the story.
• Static Character - Remains the same.
• Character Growth - The change a character undergoes during the course of a story as a result of the conflict or conflicts that character encounters. The main character's development and growth are often central to a stories theme and plot.
• Reading Skill
• Author's Purpose - is their reason for writing. In fiction, the specific purpose is often expressed in the stories theme, message, or insight.
• PIE 
• Persuade the reader to think, act or feel a certain way.
• Inform the reader about specific topic.
• Entertain the reader.
• Literary Genre
• Tall-Tale - Form of storytelling featuring outlandish characters and events. The tall-tale generally aims to fool or impress the reader.
• Adventure - Key element of adventure is result of chance. Adventures usually include dangerous situations, narrow escapes, problems to be solve, exotic people and places, and brave deeds. 
• Southern Gothic - Focuses on the grotesque. elements of ear, horror, death, and gloom.
• Literary Terms
• Flashback - Moves audience from present to a scene of the past.
• Foreshadowing Gives audience a hint of something that may happen later in the story. 
• Hyperbole - Author purposefully exaggerates to an extreme.
• Irony - is when there are two contradicting meanings of the same situation, image, sentence, or phrase.  In many cases, this refers to the difference between expectations and reality.
• Imagery - Creates images in the readers mind.
• Symbolism - Use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
• Literary Devices
• Point of View - how the story is told. 
• Objective - Narrator remains an outside observer.
• Omniscient - All knowing.
• Omniscient Limited - All knowing limited to one character.
• First Person - Character tell the story from their point of view.
• Third - Story is told from point of view of someone outside the story. 
• Protagonist - Main character
• Antagonist - In opposition with main character.
• Theme - main idea of story.
• Plot - sequence of events that make up a story.
• Conflict - Any struggle between opposing forces.
• Man vs Man - Main character has a problem with another character.
• Man vs Self - Main character has problem with inner self.
• Man vs Nature - Main character at odds with some force of nature.
• Man vs Society - Main character struggles with rules and laws of society. 
• Man vs Supernatural - Main character struggles with ghost, monsters, aliens, spirits, etc.
• Man vs Fate - Main character fights for a choice or against destiny.
• Man vs Technology - Main character struggles with computers, machines, etc.
• Irony
• Situational Irony - Occurs when the exact opposite of what is meant to happen, happens. 
• Verbal Irony - Use of words to mean something different than what a person actually says; sarcasm.
• Dramatic Irony - Audience is aware of something that the characters in the story are not aware of. 

AEC Paragraph Planner

AEC Body Paragraph Planner

Assertion/Topic Sentence:

Evidence Back it up Quote from the text MLA Citation Supports topic sentence/main idea	Commentary Your own words Explains why the quotation proves the topic sentence
Example 1:	Comment 1: Comment 2:
Example 2:	Comment 1: Comment 2:
Example 3:	Commnet 1: Comment 2:

Concluding Sentence: Ties all the examples back to the main idea to show its importance.

Writing the AEC Paragraph

A - Assertion - What’s your answer? (Topic Sentence)

E - Evidence - Cite specific examples. (prove it/quotes)
C - Commentary - Explain why the evidence proves the assertion. (back it up)

Assertion A statement that tells one point from your prompt(thesis).
Everything in the paragraph will be used to prove your assertion.

Evidence
  Otherwise known as examples. These examples are the quotes or paraphrased
      information taken from the text to prove your assertion.
      They serve as your support.

Commentary Otherwise known as analysis. This should be where you elaborate/explain how your evidence is crucial in proving that your assertion is true. This is in your own words.
Quotation Sandwich

Recipe:       Top Slice: An Argumentative claim The Filling: Quotation(s)/Evidence that support claim The Bottom Slice: Commentary about quotation
The claim is your opinion on the material written as a statement of fact.
The quotation(s) provides concrete, textual support for the claim.
The commentary ties the quotation to the claim. You are explaining WHY this evidence is important and how it proves your claim.
      You should always have AT LEAST 2 sentences of commentary for every quote.  

Topic Sentence

A topic sentence explains or introduces one of the major points that support the thesis statement. Each body paragraph MUST contain a topic sentence. The topic sentence will usually be your assertion.