Ascension School

          Chesterfield, MO

Literature 

                    GOALS: 

The students of Ascension School will: 

·                    Analyze and identify literary terms:  plot, theme, setting, style, mood, etc.

·                    Define and understand motivation, suspense, climax, character traits, point of view, descriptive details, flashback and tone

·                    Name and recognize types of fiction

·                    Examine conflict, sequence of events, logical reasoning, predictions, allusions, inferences, figurative language, atmosphere and attitudes of a short story

·                    Understand elements of a biography, autobiography, memoir and note the author’s purpose in these writings

·                    Distinguish types of essays: narrative, reflective, descriptive, expository and persuasive

·                    Explore types of poetry

·                    Define and appreciate myths, legends, folklore, tales, yarns and the elements of each

·                    Identify and recognize literary elements of novels

·                    Differentiate between a diary and journal entry

CONTENT: 

·                    literary terms

·                    motivation, character traits, descriptive details

·                    types of fiction

·                    conflict, sequence of events, reasoning, predictions, allusions, inferences, figurative language

·                    biography, autobiography, memoir

·                    types of essays

·                    types of poetry

·                    myths, legends, folklore

·                    literary elements of novels

·                    diaries and journals