CST Boot Camp

1. 858 will make us great!!! CST Boot Camp Brought to you by Ms. Tran  GET READY TO BE EDUCATED!!!!

2. 1. ALLEGORY • SYMBOLIC STORY (characters/events/actions STAND for something) • ALLEGORY RHYMES WITH STORY!!! • “The Golden Kite, Silver Wind” (2 towns building walls represent 2 countries in an arms race)

3. 2. ALLITERATION • Think “LL” – L is a consonant – REPETITION OF consonant sounds • Live. Laugh. Love.

4. 3. ALLUSION • When I say “Hakunamata” –I am referencing…THE LION KING! • The makers of the Scream movie ALLUDED TO Munch’s work of art “The Scream” in order to instill fear.

5. 4. AMBIGUITY • Mysterious, unclear, up to interpretation • The end of “LADY OR THE TIGER?”

6. 5. ANALOGY • Comparing two things to show likeness • Ex: Climbing towards 842 to climbing towards the highest peak of the mountain.

7. 6. ANECDOTE • SHORT STORY • SAY IT WITH ME 5 TIMES!!!!!

8. 7. ASIDE • Character in a play is talking to another character on the side but audience hears and not others on stage. • Regina tells a secret to Kate. No other characters know but Kate and the audience.

9. 8.ASSONANCE • -A SOUND!!!! • If worse comes to worst, remember ALLITERATION has 2 L’s = consonant….so the other one, assonance, must be the VOWELS!!!

10. 9. AUTHOR • You know this. Don’t be silly.

11. 10. AUTOBIOGRAPHY • AUTO = CAR • YOU DRIVE THE CAR • YOU WRITE THE STORY If worse comes to worst, just remember you wrote one quarter 1…

12. 11. BALLAD • Think BALLAD – BABY • Rock-a-Bye Baby: • Hush-a-by baby, On the tree top, When the wind blows, The cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, The cradle will fall, And down will fall baby Cradle and all.

13. 12. BIOGRAPHY • BIO = LIFE • STORY ABOUT SOMEONE’S LIFE

14. 13. BLANK VERSE • NO RHYME NO RHYTHM. • Blank = nothing required

15. 14. CHARACTER • PERSON IN A STORY, POEM, OR PLAY • STATIC = doesn’t change, static on TV • DYNAMIC = Dynamite! Explosion! Changes! • FLAT = 1-2 traits, FLAT…NOT MUCH • ROUND = Like a REAL PERSON, has many traits

16. 15. CLIMAX • CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN!! (highest point in the story)

17. 16. COMEDY • NOT NECESSARILY FUNNY. • THINK about smiling after something funny, think smiling because you’re happy… HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

18. 17. COMIC RELIEF • FINDING NEMO = when things get serious, Dory makes a joke to provide COMIC RELIEF 

19. 18. CONFLICT • Conflict rhymes with convict • Imagine if a convict moved in with you…how would that cause CONFLICT. He steals your toothbrush! And your cereal?!?!?!? And dates your mom!?!?!? NOOOOOO!!!

20. 19. CONNOTATION • Connotation • Think nation • What do people think or feel about America?

21. 20. COUPLET • 2 Lines that Rhyme = a Couple  • So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

22. 21. DESCRIPTION • Author DESCRIBES as if you, the reader, were there!!!

23. 22. DIALECT • DIAL the telephone = hear people talking = people talking from different areas. • Huntington Beach: Hey dude, what’s up bro. • Southern: Ain’t your mama ever taught you nothin? • Louisiana: New Orleans = Nawlins

24. 23. DIALOGUE • Conversation between 2 + people • Ms. Tran: Will you guys please study for the CSTs? • Class: Of course! Whatever you wish, Ms. Tran! I appreciate all of your hard work and time put into helping us study so hard! You’re the best ever! • Ms. Tran: I love you, period __.

25. 24.DICTION • Think DICTIONary….what do you find? WORDS!!!! • Writer’s choice of WORDS!!!

26. 25. DRAMA • Story meant to be acted for an audience. • We are reading Romeo and Juliet, but it is supposed to be seen as a play.

27. 26. DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE • Poem “From Mother to Son” • Mother speaks to son through the poem • Poem is directed to the son • The son = silent listener (never says anything)

28. 27. EPIC • EPIC!!! WOW!!! LONG STORY!!! (about great deeds of a hero) • ODYSSEY = GREEK HERO ODYSSEUS’ QUEST

29. 28. EPITHET • Think Epithet – het- HAT • Abraham Lincoln wore a top HAT • “Honest Abe” –descriptive phrase for him.

30. 29. ESSAY • YOU WRITE THESE IN CLASS! • PERSONAL = free write, informal • FORMAL = serious, academic language

31. 30.EXPOSITION • EXPO = EXPLAIN = Writing in which you explain Example: a cook book recipe tells you how to cook something • Exposition in plot = Basic Situation

32. 31. FABLE • A SHORT STORY THAT TEACHES A MORAL OR PRACTICAL LESSON ABOUT LIFE • The boy who cried wolf fibbed (lied). • Think FIB – FAB. FABLE!!

33. 32. FIGURE OF $PEECH • Language that is not meant to be understood on a literal level • “Go figure!”  don’t literally go and figure out the issue and solve problems. • “It cost me an arm and a leg…” $$$$ • Worse comes to worst…

34. 33. FLASHBACK • A camera FLASHES. • Its pictures bring us BACK to past memories.

35. 34. FLASH-FORWARD • Forward = FUTURE!

36. 35. FOIL • Foil shines. • A foil character helps to make the main character SHINE. • Batman = dark, mysterious, silent, strong • Robin = small, obnoxious, funny

37. 36. FOLK TALE • Tale = told • Stories that are passed down through word-of-mouth

38. 37. FORESHADOWING • CLUES • HINTS

39. 38. FREE VERSE • You’re FREE to do what you want. WRITE what you want. You still have natural rhythm, but no rules are applied.

40. 39. GENRE • A category of literature • Just remember this…

41. 40. HAIKU • Japanese verse consisting of 3 lines. • HAIKU has 5 letters. It starts with 5 syllables. • KU rhymes with two. Add two, the next line has 7 syllables. • End back at 5 syllables.

42. 41.. HYPERBOLE • He was as HYPER as the Tasmanian Devil. • This bowl is SO hyper!!!! • Think exaggeration for comic effect.

43. 42. IAMBIC PENTAMETER • A line of poetry that contains 5 iambs. • An iamb is a unit of measure for specific poetry. • When you read a line of this poetry, the syllables are UNSTRESSED then STRESSED. but SOFT! what LIGHT through YON der WIN dow BREAKS. U / U / U / U / U / Unstressed STRESSED pattern 5 times in a line = iambic pentameter

44. 43. IDIOM • Think IDIOM = IDIOT • “That idiot was as dumb as a door knob.” • Expressions that are peculiar…

45. 44. IMAGERY • Language that appeals to the 5 senses. • CREATES IMAGES IN YOUR MIND.

46. 45. INVERSION • A VERSION of the writer’s word order. • They write however they want for THEIR purpose or to create a certain effect. • THINK YODA! • Hungry I am. • Wonderful Ms. Tran is. • Scholars you are. 

47. 46. IRONY • Contrast between expectations and reality. There are 3 kinds. • VERBAL IRONY: VERBAL = SPOKEN WORDS • SITUATIONAL IRONY: You’re in situations that you wouldn’t expect would happen. • DRAMATIC IRONY: You’re sitting in a theater watching a dramatic movie and you know what happens when the characters don’t.

48. 47. LYRIC POETRY • Think lyrics from a song. This poetry is musical and emotional. • The writer of a lyric poem uses words that express his state of mind, his perceptions, or his feelings.    • Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.

49. 48. METAPHOR • A comparison FOR 2 unlike things without the words like, than, as, or resembles. • THINK ABOUT THIS MATH EQUATION: METAPHOR (4) TWO (2) = 2 unlike things being compared

50. 49. METER • Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. • Ways people read poetry –they emphasize certain syllables • Think meter …measure…way to measure syllables.