2017-2018 IBMYP English 9 Presumed Knowledge
Hi Rising IBMYP Ninth Graders!
I look forward to meeting you this fall. Here are just some basic literary terms, parts of speech, and parts of a sentence to review before we start the new school year. Feel free to look up any that you do not know.
I have enclosed the book list of the texts that we will be reading and analyzing during the upcoming school year. I do not allow e-books or other electronic texts to be used in class, so please purchase, borrow, or check a copy out from a library. They also have specific ISBN numbers, so while it is not required to have the same version, it is helpful to have the edition listed below.
Also, check the supply list for more information about what you will need in IBMYP English 9.
Have a great summer!
Ms. Gay
Literary Terms
1) Alliteration
2) Allusion
3) Aside
4) Autobiography
5) Climax
6) Comic Relief
7) Coming of Age Novel
8) Conflict
9) Connotation
10) Denotation
11) Dialect
12) Dialogue
13) Diction
14) Direct Characterization
15) Drama
16) Dynamic Character
17) Exposition
18) Falling Action
19) Flashback
20) Flat Character
21) Foreshadowing
22) Free Verse
23) Hyperbole
24) Iambic Pentameter
25) Idiom
26) Imagery
27) Indirect Characterization
28) Irony (Dramatic, Situational, and Verbal)
29) Metaphor
30) Monologue
31) Mood
32) Onomatopoeia
33) Personification
34) Plot
35) Point of View (First Person, Third Person Limited, and Third Person Omniscient)
36) Prose
37) Repetition
38) Resolution
39) Rhyme Scheme
40) Rising Action
41) Round Character
42) Setting
43) Simile
44) Static Character
45) Stereotype
46) Style
47) Symbolism
48) Theme
49) Tone
50) Verse
Parts of Speech
1) Adjectives
2) Adverbs
3) Articles and Types – Definite and Indefinite
4) Conjunctions and Types – Coordinating, Correlative, and Subordinate
5) Interjections
6) Nouns and Types– Abstract, Collective, Common, Compound, Concrete, and Proper
7) Pronouns and Types – Demonstrative, Intensive, Interrogative, Personal, Reflexive, and Relative
8) Verbs and Types – Action, Helping, and Linking
Parts of a Sentence
1) Direct Object
2) Indirect Object
3) Predicate Adjective
4) Predicate Nominative
5) Subject and Simple Subject
6) Predicate and Simple Predicate
You should also review basics for MLA Citations.
Supply List: The items listed below are required. There may be additional items needed throughout the year, but notice will be given prior to needing those item.
-2 composition notebooks (not a spiral notebook) for journals, notes, and homework
-In a binder dividers for: Vocabulary Terms, Graded Work, Past Assignments
-1 folder (for homework assignments)
-Red pens for editing purposes
-Pencils/ pens
-Colorful pens/highlighters for annotations
-Colorful sticky notes
-A box of tissues, a roll of paper towels, or hand sanitizer to donate for classroom use
Book List- We will read the books in the following order:
-The Odyssey by Homer Translation by Samuel Butler (Prestwick House) (isbn-9781580493895)- We will begin this text sometime during the second week of school.
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (isbn-9780446310789)- We will be reading this during the third quarter
-Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare- Signet Classic Series from Penguin Publishing (isbn-9780451526861) or Folgers Classics (isbn-9780743477116) - We will be reading this during the fourth quarter