Foreign Soil

Characterisation

• the creation or construction of a fictional character in film

• the creation or construction of a fictional character in poetry

• the creation or construction of a fictional character.

• the creation or construction of a language using imagery

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Foreshadowing

• the use of imagery to suggest what will happen later in a plot

• the use of hints and clues to suggest what a metaphor might mean

• the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later to a protagonist

• the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Imagery

• Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• Description that appeals to sight

• Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) using 'as' or 'like'

• Description that appeals to the bias of a reader

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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Idiom

• A common, often used expression that refers to repetition of consonants

• A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

• A common, often used expression that first appeared in the ancient writing

• A common, often used expression that makes sense if you take it literally.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Motif

• A recurring use of imagery in short stories

• A recurring symbol, subject or idea

• A recurring theme, subject or idea

• A recurring theme, subject or idea in horror writing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Point of view

• the perspective from which a story is told

• figurative language as told by the protagonist

• relates to the role of setting in evoking imagery

• refers to telling a story only from the perspective of a minor character

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Personification

• A figure of speech in which an object or human is given animal feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• A figure of speech using 'as' or 'like'

• A figure of speech in which an object creates an image in the readers mind

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Parallel narrative

• The telling of two separate stories that always compliment each other in some way

• The telling of two separate stories that always end with the protagonist dying

• The telling of four separate stories that either converge or compliment each other in some way

• The telling of two separate stories that either converge or compliment each other in some way

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Simile

• A comparison of two like things using like or as

• A comparison of two unlike things using he or she

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A comparison of three unlike things using like or as

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Metaphor

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• a figure of speech in which a phrase is applied to an animal to which it is not literally applicable.

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase refers to religious ideas

• a figure of speech in a paragraph which is applied to an object to which it is literally applicable.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3