Name ______Period ______Date ______

EWU 170 LITERARY TERMS

BOOK PROJECT

THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT EWU HAS CREATED A LIST OF TERMS THEY EXPECT YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THE COURSE. THESE TERMS WILL BE DISCUSSED, USED AND ASSESSED IN UNIT QUIZZES. TO BETTER PREPARE YOU FOR SPRING QUARTER, I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN “BOOK” OF THESE TERMS. I WILL ALSO QUIZ YOU ON THE TERMS AND THEY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL LITERARY TERMS QUIZZES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

INSTRUCTIONS (FOR EACH WORD):

1.  Look up the definition of the word and write it out.

2.  Find a literary excerpt of this word (online, in the Norton’s Anthology, or in another literature book).

3.  Explain the function of the excerpt.

4.  Draw a picture that will help you to remember the meaning or function of the word (these do not need to be great masterpieces).

5.  Extra Credit: Create your own example of the word.

6.  You may work together or with a partner BUT everyone must complete each word in the above manner and put it into a separate book.

7.  The book needs a cover (EWU 170 KEY LITERARY TERMS), must be put together in alphabetical order and MUST be typed (Times New Roman, 12 point font).

8.  Each of the excerpts requires MLA citation.

9.  Each of you will then present one word to the class.

EVALUATION

Definition – 2

Visual – 2

Excerpt – 4

Function – 2

20 words x 10 = 100 points TOTAL

Cover – 4

Format – 6

Works Cited - 20

Presentation – 10

Total for the BOOK PROJECT = 140 POINTS

DUE DATE: You will have two (possibly three) days to work on this. Presentation of the word will be on ______. The quiz will be given at the end of the period on presentation day.

LIST OF KEY TERMS

Allegory

Allusion

Archetype

Comedy

Epic

Image

Irony

Lyric

Metaphor

Meter/rhythm

Narrator/persona

Paradox

Personification

Point of view

Rhyme

Satire

Simile

Structure

Symbol

Tragedy

* This is by no means a complete or exhaustive list of literary terms. There are many more that we will discuss and use throughout the year; however, these are the key terms that EWU expects you to have mastered by the end of the unit.