Study Guide Literature PDF

**Study Guide Literature** ***Short Story*** - It's a fictional text - Written in prose - Short in lenght (1,000 - 20,000 words) - Developos a treme Edgar Allan Poe says it should be read in one sitting \* [Focuses on]: - One plot \- One muin character \- One central thame....

**Study Guide Literature** ***Short Story*** - It's a fictional text - Written in prose - Short in lenght (1,000 - 20,000 words) - Developos a treme Edgar Allan Poe says it should be read in one sitting \* [Focuses on]: - One plot \- One muin character \- One central thame. [\* Elements of a novel or short story: ] \- Setting: The time, place, and environment in which the story takes place \- Plot: The series of events in the story that reveal the conflict, crisis, and conclusion. \- Character: The people or things who take part in the story \- Point of view: The perspective from which the story is told - Theme: What the author is trying to tell us about the subject of the story ***The Vietnam Wall -- Alberto Rios*** Alberto Rios: - Born on September 184h, 1952 - From Nogales - Arizona US. Author - He studied Creative Writing on University of Arizona - "Not go away is my name" in his most recent \*[POEM]: - A piece of writing that can be speech and song \- 
It's written in verse, that are ordered in stanzas \- They have chyme and rhythm \*[PHOTO ESSAY]: Composition of several photographs designed to create a series of emotions \- They can explore a theme or tell a story *The Vietnam Wall is a [Picture Poem]* → The way in which the lines are written and spaced the poems appearance bears resemblance to the shape of the wall - ARTISTIC MEDIUM: Is the method or material used to tell a story or develop a theme → Paintings, plays, songs, poetry, photographs, etc. - METAPHOR: Figurative language or a figure of speech in which one thing is retarred
to as another to suggest a comparison. - RHYME: The correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words especially when there are used at the end of verses of poetry - RHYTM: The sound pattern of the words and syllables of a poem
 It is the musicality in the verses - VERSE: The writing arranged in a metrical rhythm
 It is composed of one line - STANZA: Similar to paragraphs in prose
 Is a group of 4 or more phrases
 They have a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme. - CENTRAL IDEA: Subject or main idea that the author wants to get across to the reader.
 ***Photo Essay*** What's a Photo Essay? \- Collection of photographs or images → Used to narrate a story Evoke emotion from the person (looking at the photo essay → This person the *[VIEWER]* In a photo essay... You can express your creativity as you explore on idea. It focuses on visuals and not in words Practice a new way to connect with your audience A photo essay\... Should stand alone It should not depend on a written article It should make sense to the viewer - It should include a large range of photos - The order is relevant, so it must be kept in a logical order - Characteristics of images: Provide information Provoke on emotion Captions: Description of the actions or what is happening \*Types of Photo Essay: \- Narrative: Tells a sequential story \- Thematic: Focuses on a central theme ***I Have a Dream -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.*** Speech has 1667 words and lasted 17 minutes - Central Claim: \"The negro is still not free\" - Structure of the speech: - Topic sentences followed by evidence that provides examples of the statement - All the evidence supports his claim and his argument. - Allusion: King makes on allusion to the declaration of Independence in line 20, alludes to it talks about \"unalienable rights\", as also quates from it → The nation failing to keep the promise - Extended Metaphor: King develops this metaphor by relating common ideas of everyday banking to the more abstract ideas of "sacred obligation", \"justice\", "opportunity" and "freedom" - Parallelism: "This is the time\...\" Now in the time to\...\" Examples of this structure Stress the concept of time The urgency of the situation - Repetition: Only is Paragraph 3, it is repeated many times (4). → African American have on to be patient, but can no longer continue waiting. - Alliteration: Repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables, 5 score years ago - Anaphora: Repetition of a word of the beginning of successive phrases - **Critical Vocabulary** - Default: Failed to fulfill on obligation - Desolote: Empty - Degenerate: Deteriorate in quality or morality - Inextricady: Imposible to separate - Redemptive: Act to save someone of something ***Cairo: My City, Our Revolution Ahdaf Soueif*** Ahdaf Soueif → Burn on March 23rd, 1950 in Egypt Resides both in Cairo and London - In 2010 a movement Kron as \"Arab Spring occued in Egypt and people forced - Hasni Mubarak\'s long- ruling regime out of power and the personal account of Andaf Soueit\'s represents the revolution (3rd day of [mass protest] in Cairo) **\* What is a diary entry?** \- Is a personal text, an autobiographical narrative where the writer shares an important port of his/ her life. \- Feelings and opinions **\* Time Order Words** \- Words that signal sequence. \- They refer to time. → (First, second, next, finally) **\* Imagery → Sensory language** \- Use of language that appeals to the senses **\* Chronological Order** \- Listing, describing, or discussing when events happened as they relate to time \- Time line **\* Format of a Diary** \- Date: Day of the week, month, Number of the Day, Year \* What is Personification? → Give human traits to animals or non-living things **\* What is connotation?** → Attitude or feeling that is attached to a word (positive/negative) **\* What is tone?** \- Word choice allows the author to create a tone \- Attitude the author has towards the subject → Anxious, jealous, etc.