TTO3 - w36 - lesson 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Food for Thought

Discuss:

What makes a novel a good novel?

Plot/characters/language/literary devices

Food for Thought

Literary devices are specific techniques that allow a writer to convey a deeper meaning that goes beyond what's on the page. Literary devices work alongside plot and characters to elevate a story and prompt reflection on life, society, and what it means to be human.

Examples of literary devices: 

• verbal irony (meaning the opposite of what is said); 
• dramatic irony (audience knows what is about to happen; character doesn't know)
• foreshadowing/flashback
• metaphor (a comparison without "as" or "like" - an object etc. has a deeper meaning, i.e. Bob is a couch potato; He's the black sheep in the family; You're on fire.)
• personification (attributing human traits to inhuman things - i.e. Chaos rules in here. The wind howled at night. That chocolate is calling my name)

Today's class

Grammar - Adverbs/Adjectives 

Personal choice 

(reading/group work presenations/game review)

Adverbs/Adjectives

Review ex. 1-7 - grammar booklet p. 7 & 8

HW Tuesday Sept. 14th:

ex. 8 & 9 (p. 9)

Study p. 6 & 7 (adj./adv.)

Special adjectives/adverbs

hard (difficult)

hardly (barely -> any time left)

high (measurement)

highly (very much -> respected)

late (not in time)

lately (recently -> she's been a bit down)

very (extremely)

verily (certainly, truly)

good/well

fast/fast

early/early

Spelling adverbs

You form adverbs by adding -LY to the adjective

Special spelling rules for adjectives ending in:

le -> ly

y -> ily

ic -> ically

ful-> fully

true -> truly

bad -> badly.    / shy -> shyly

Comparative/superlative of adverbs

You form the comparative/superlative of adverbs by adding more/most

She sings beautifully.

She sings more beautifully.

He sings most beautifully.

Verbs of senses / to be / seem

These verbs take an adjective instead of an adverb:

To feel

To look

To taste

To smell

To sound

To be

To seem

Today's class - second half

Choices:

1. Read your novel
2. Work on your presentation movie/pop star (info somtoday/ex. H)
3. Work on the game review (info in Studiewijzer)

Game Review & Novel - period 1

• Game Review - hand in September 21st

• Novel 1 - finished & assignment by December 2nd