h4 09-06 Literature recap

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Today

Short recap of literature

Literary terms

Your smile is like a breath of spring

Your voice is soft like summer rain

And I cannot compete with you

Jolene

You could have your choice of men

But I could never love again

He's the only one for me

Jolene

The storms are raging on the rolling sea

And on the highway of regret

The winds of change are blowing wild and free

You ain't seen nothing like me yet

personification

simile

metaphor

hyperbole

understatement

alliteration

"Ah, William, we're weary of weather,’ said the sunflowers, shining with dew. ‘Our traveling habits have tired us. Can you give us a room with a view?’ 

"O my Luve is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melodyThat's sweetly played in tune."

Though why should I whine,

Whine that the crime was other than mine?–

Since anyhow you are dead.

personification

simile

metaphor

consonance

assonance

alliteration

Where I want to start telling is the day I left Pencey Prep. Pencey Prep is this school that's in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. You probably heard of it. You've probably seen the ads, anyway. They advertise in about a thousand magazines, always showing some hotshot guy on a horse jumping over a fence.

You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them of late. Your soul is as disheveled as your apartment, and until you can clean it up a little you don't want to invite anyone inside.

first person narrator

second person narrator

third person narrator

omnicient narrator

Write a couple of sentences in third person narrator. Make clear that it is third person narration

Describe the setting of this English class

Now

CITO Reading

Louis CK

“‘I was expecting to be disappointed’” (paragraph 2)
Why did Louis C.K. say this?

1. He feared the character in his show had turned out to be an embarrassing person.
2. He knew his show had been given bad reviews in many of the mainstream papers.
3. He realised that the show he had created caused a lot of public indignation.
4. He thought his show would be considered too outspoken to be nominated for an award.

What is the main point made in paragraph 3?

1. Despite his problems, Louis C.K. has created a commercial success.
2. Network FX gave Louis C.K. the artistic independence needed to succeed.
3. The average viewer dislikes being told by critics which shows to like.
4. Unlike many of its rivals, network FX is a financially sound company.

“C.K. figures he and network FX have already won” (alinea 4)
In welke zin uit alinea 3 of 4 wordt duidelijk waarom Louis C.K. dit vindt?
Citeer de eerste twee woorden van die zin.

How do you feel about the reading test
(in the testweek) ?

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