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City of the Beasts by: Isabel Allende

City of the Beasts by: Isabel Allende. About the Author – Isabel Allende. Nationality Career Family Awards Works. Setting – time, place, and conditions . The setting plays an vital part in the novel Keep track of the many settings California New York South America

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City of the Beasts by: Isabel Allende

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  1. City of the Beasts by: Isabel Allende

  2. About the Author – Isabel Allende • Nationality • Career • Family • Awards • Works

  3. Setting – time, place, and conditions • The setting plays an vital part in the novel • Keep track of the many settings • California • New York • South America • Yeti of the Amazon

  4. Characterization Characterization is the method used by a writer to develop character. Sometimes the author tells us directly and sometimes the reader must discover traits indirectly. • Speech -What does the character say? How does the character speak? • Thoughts -What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings? • Effect on others toward the character -What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character? • Actions -What does the character do? How does the character behave? • Looks - What does the character look like? How does the character dress?

  5. Use of Imagery and Figurative Language • Imagery is the use of vivid description, usually rich in sensory words, to create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind. •  Figurative language is the language that uses imagery and such figures of speech as similes, metaphors, and personification.

  6. Identify imagery and figurative language • Feelings • Use of senses • Use of emotions • Descriptive words • Figurative language – similes, metaphors, and personification • Precise word choice – vivid verbs

  7. What is home? • A physical place? Or feeling?

  8. What if……

  9. What do you know about the Amazon?

  10. Animals of the Amazon

  11. If this is a coming of age story… • Using the information from the PowerPoint and the cover of the book, make a prediction about this book.

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