Honors English 9 Independent Reading Project (IRP)

Quarter 1: Literary Analysis Project

Your first quarter independent reading selection should be a fiction novelwhich is at or above ninth grade reading level.

Novel Approval

Your novel must be approved by me and your parents. Fill out the Novel Approval form and turn it in by ______.

Part I: Definitions and Examples of Terms

As a class, we will go over the definitions and look at examples of each term below. You will be responsible for keeping an Elements of Literature Dictionary of the information in order to study for the quiz over the terms. Each entry should be modeled like the example entry below.

Example Entry:

Characterization

Definition: The method by whichcharactersare established in astory, using description,dialogue,dialect, andaction.

Example: “So Jem received most of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford, a neighborhood scold, who said she knew the whole thing” (13).

Explanation: This is an example of characterization because the author uses the world “scold” to describe Miss Stephanie. This means she is a gossip. The reader can imply that her accounts of people/events might not be accurate since she is not necessarily relying on facts.

There will be a quiz over these terms on Friday, August 7th.

Term List
“Easy” Terms / “More Difficult” Terms
allusion / anaphora
archetype / antithesis
denotation / apostrophe (not the grammar term!)
foil / connotation
hyperbole / epiphany
imagery / loose sentence
metaphor / metonymy
oxymoron / paradox
personification / periodic sentence
pun / repetition
simile / rhetorical shift
symbolism / synecdoche
tone shift

Part 2:Term Analysis in IRP Novel

Choose 10 of the terms, 5 from the “Easy” Terms list and 5 from the “More Difficult” Terms list, and find an example of each one in your independent reading novel. For each of the terms, write a ½ page typed, double-spaced, MLA formatted analysis and submit it to turnitin.com. Your ½ page analysis should not only explain the meaning of the figurative language, but should also describe why that particular example of figurative language is important to the novel as a whole. An example has been provided for you on the back of this sheet.

*Note: It is best to look for ALL the terms within your book and see which ones are used rather than preselecting 10 terms which may or may not be used in the book.

Due Dates

First 5 literary analyses are due FRIDAY, AUGUST 21stby midnight to turnitin.com

Last 5 literary analyses are due FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18thby midnight to turnitin.com

Iman Honorsudent

Skufca

Honors English 9 – Period 2

22 August 2014

Literary Analysis #1

“He had the most beautiful face she had ever seen. Tangled black hair and eyes like blue glass. Elegant cheekbones, a full mouth, and long, thick lashes. Even the curve of his throat was perfect. He looked like every fictional hero she’d ever conjured up in her head” (Clare 36).

This example from The Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare is a simile because the heroine, Theresa, or Tessa for short, is comparing Will Herondale to “every fictional hero she’d ever conjured up in her head” with the word “like”. This simile is significant to the novel, for it helps readers visualize what one of the obvious main protagonists, Will, looks like and enhances the story and the character overall. It may serve as some foreshadowing as well if this storyline is compared to almost any other. Tessa was kidnapped by two women known as the Dark Sisters and has been in captivity, forced to do their bidding, for six weeks. When there is a damsel in distress, and the heroic prince comes to save her, they usually end up falling in love. Since Tessa already seems to be intrigued with Will’s unique perfection, one can predict that a romantic relationship will most likely form between the two characters. Overall, this simile compares Will to a hero, showing that he is a protagonist, and guides readers to the conclusion that he and Tessa will eventually fall for each other.