“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

By Ambrose Bierce

COPY THE WORDS and DEFINITIONS

Other new words:

1. Deference respect

2. Malign harmful; evil

3. Sentinel guard; sentry

4. Chafed became impatient

5. Appalling dismaying

6. Oscillation regular back-and-forth movement

7. Abrasion a scrape

8. Pivotal central

9. Perilous dangerous

10. Gyration circular movement

Today you will

*Read “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce

Page 374

*Understand Points of View

  • First person (uses I; the character tells his own story)
  • Third Person Limited (limited to the MIND of one character; his thoughts and dreams)
  • Third Person Omniscient (a narrator sees all, knows all, and tells everything)
  • Third Person Objective (Told objectively from the outside looking in like a movie)

*Make predictions by using the evidence given

*Determine meanings of new words

Homework:

Read the story and answer the Study Guide questions. 30 points

The test is Friday. 100 points

Today we will

·  Enjoy English class

·  Prepare for the Reading portion of the ACT by reading “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”

·  Learn about dangling and misplaced modifiers.

·  Learn new vocabulary

·  And enjoy English class some more!

Now let’s begin!!!!!

Dangling and misplaced modifiers

What is a modifier?

A modifier is a word or group of words that describe something.

What makes a dangling modifier?

When the words that immediately follow the modifier is not logical or sensible,

the sentence contains a dangling modifier.

Exercise 8

Directions: Highlight and move the modifying phrase so that it is in the correct place.

1.  Rosa Parks calmly refused to move to the back of the bus with quiet dignity.

With quiet dignity, Rosa Parks calmly refused to move to the back of the bus.

2.  I found a huge boulder, taking a shortcut through the woods.

3.  Mr. Tate noticed some caterpillars, pruning his fruit trees.

5.  Missy saw a heron driving over the bridge.

Ex. 10 Find the modifying phrase.

1.  I gave my friend four olives that I had stabbed with my fork.

2.  The plane that had the engine trouble landed safely on the runway.

3.  The picture that we bought in Canada was hanging on the wall.

Misplaced Modifier

Bob mentioned the surgery he had had on the school bus.

JUST MOVE IT!

On the school bus Bob mentioned the surgery he had had.