E3 Literature & Writing 2023: November 2023

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Books in our Repertoire

Here is a list of the books we have already read.

1. © Aesop's Fables (anthology)

2. © Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Newbery Honor 1936)

3. © Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne (1873)

4. © Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (1877 - the 6th best seller in the English language & the first English story to feature animal characters)

5. © Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett (anthology)

6. © Call of the Wild by Jack London (Newbery Honor)

7. © Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1948)

8. © Cricket in Times Square by George Selden (Newbery Honor 1961)

9. © From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (Newbery Winner)

10. © Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton (novella/1934)

11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (contemporary)

12. © Heidi by Johanna Spyri (Newbery Honor 1963)

13. © Holes by Louis Sachar (Newbery Winner)

14. © Hounds of Baskerville by Arthur Conan Doyle (Newberry Honor 1962)

15. © Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes (LH/Newbery Winner)

16. © Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (LH/Newbery Honor 1933)

17. © Madeleine Takes Command by Ethel C. Brill (LH/published in 1946)

18. © Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes (published 1943)

19. © Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (LH/Newbery Honor 1986)

20. © Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (LH/Newbery Honor)

21. © The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (LH/Newbery Honor)

22. © The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh (LH/Newbery Honor)

23. © The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes (Newbery Honor & Caldecott Medalist)

24. © The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter (LH/ Revolutionary War) (published 1953)

25. © The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Newberry Winner)

26. © The Pearl by John Steinbeck (LH/Parable Format/novella) (published 1947)

27. © The Small War of Sergeant Donkey by Maureen Daly (LH/WWII Italy) (published 1966)

28. © The Twenty-one Balloons by William Pène du Bois (Newbery Honor/Winner 1948)

29. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser (contemporary)

30. © The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (Newbery Honor 1953)

31. © The Winged Watchman by Hilda van Stockum (LH/WWII Denmark/Newbery Honor 1962)

OPENERs

(S) Subject Opener

(1) Because

(2) Prepositional (prep)

(3) ly adverb (ly)

(4) ing

(5) www asia

(6) very short sentence (vss)

(7) ed

(8) Abstract Noun

Examples

(S) The door is locked.

(1) Because the forecast called for rain, I took my umbrella.

(2) Under the leafy branches of an old oak tree, we found the perfect place for our picnic.

(3) Silently, the cat stalks its prey.

(4) Embracing his mom, the boy told her he was happy she was home.

(5) When the clock struck twelve, the carriage turned back into a pumpkin.

(5) While the teacher taught the lesson, the students remained attentive.

(5) Where there is smoke, there is fire.

(5) As the campfire was lit, the children ran to find the marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers.

(5) Since the last rehearsal, the understudy has been perfecting his lines just in case he has to take the stage.

(5) If anyone knocks on the door, be sure to call a parent to answer it.

(5) Although the Bible was the more difficult King James version, the little boy read it every day.

(6) Never swim alone.

(7) Excited about attending Mass, the child bounded out of bed on Sunday morning.

(8) "Faith and Reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth..." (JPJII)

What is an M3?

(M3-adj) Repeating adjectives

(M3-ing) Repeating ing(s)

(M3-ly) Repeating ly(s) adverbs

(M3-vb) Repeating verbs

(M3-n) Repeating nouns

(M3 intj) Repeating interjections

(M3 vss) Short staccato sentence

Examples:

(M3-adj) The rolling, tumbling, cascading river took him, and he worked hard to stay afloat. (This could also be indicated as M3-ing)

(M3-adj) The sky was a beautiful, bright, blue dome dotted with fluffy white clouds.

(This could also be indicated as an ALLIT)

(M3-ing) Standing, balancing, and grinning, my ten month old brother gleefully reached for my outstretched hands.

(M3-ly) My dance teacher told me to move gracefully, confidently, and joyfully.

(M3-vb) He walked across the bridge, looked out over the edge, and smiled with happiness.

(M3-n) The boys visited shelters, orphanages, and retirement homes in their mission to bring Christmas joy to those who might be lonely.

(M3-n) She won the accolades of her peers, the admiration of her siblings, and the approval of her parents when her book hit the bestseller list. (noun phrases)

(M3 intj) And just like that . . . pow, zap, bang, she disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

(M3 vss) Rain pounded on the windows. Thunder violently boomed and crashed. Lightning streaked the sky.

OWLs

• Anaphora: Repeats a word or phrase at the start of every line or passage. (I Have a Dream - MLK)

• Anthimeria: Uses one part of speech in place of another. BEWARE! It can easily become silly and is often overused.

• Antiphrasis: uses a word with an opposite meaning for ironic or humorous effect. "We named our chihuahua Goliath."

• Appositive: places a noun or noun phrase next to another noun for descriptive purposes.

• Chiasmus: reverses of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases or sentences. A chiasmus reverses grammatical structure, not necessarily w/ the exact same words.

* Antimetabole: reverses the EXACT SAME words in the sentence

• Epanalepsis: repeats a similar grouping of words at the beginning of a sentence and at the end. The repeated words act as "bookends.

• Epistrophe (AKA: Epiphora): repeats ending words (Gettysburg Address)

• Epizeuxis: repeats one word for emphasis

• Hyperbole: greatly exaggerates something for emphasis

• Metanoia: corrects or qualifies a statement to strengthen it or soften it in some way.

• Personification: is figurative.

It projects characteristics that normally belong only to humans onto inanimate objects, animals, deities, or forces of nature. Personification is figurative.

• Anthropomorphism is literal.

With anthropomorphism the non-human entities actually do human things. (Thomas the Tank Engine, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Rabbit)