Transcript Semester Exam Review PowerPoint (pptx)

Topics You Proposed
0 Critical Lenses
0 Inference
0 Symbolism
0 Structure of a Paragraph
0 Writing: Revision
0 Photo Essays and Visual Literacy
0 For vocabulary review, go to Quizlet link on my
teacher website.
Photo Essays
0 Structure and components
0 Visual Literacy
Visual Literacy
0 Long shot—shows complete body of subject and
surroundings
0 Medium shot—waist up
0 High angle—camera is up high looking down on subject
0 Low angle—camera is down low looking up at subject
0 When looking at types of shots, think about what is being
communicated about the subject by the photographer.
0 Examples
What angle?
Photo Essay: Structure and
Components
0 Thesis
0 Captions
0 Photos
0 Organized to build an argument, just like an essay
Writing: Revision
0 Showing vs. Telling
0 Diction: Strong Nouns and Verbs
0 Effective Introductions
Effective Introductions
0 Should NOT start with: “In this essay….”
0 Instead, they use some strategies like this:
0 Begin with a quotation
0 Begin in the middle of action/in character’s thought
0 Begin with a vivid sensory description
0 Begin with a thought-provoking question
Diction: Strong Nouns and
Verbs
0 The man walked over to the table.
0 The nouns above are general and the verb is weak and
boring. When revising a piece of writing, make sure
you use words that paint a picture for your reader.
0 What could you replace these words with?
Showing vs. Telling
0 Describes the action and the scene instead of directly
stating the emotion of the character. Often, these
sentences avoid using a form of the verb “to be” (am,
is, are, etc.)
0 Revise this sentence so that it shows anger instead of
tells:
Mr. Vasko was angry.
Structure of a Paragraph
0 Topic Sentence (makes an argument)
0 Specific, Relevant Examples
0 Explanation of the examples
0 Practice
Paragraph Revision
0 Which of the following sentences would logically come after this
topic sentence:
The Christ figure is a common archetype found throughout
literature and cinema.
a.
b.
c.
d.
In The Dark Knight Rises, the devil figure, Bane, holds Gotham
hostage, inciting riots and mayhem throughout the city that
once clung to order.
The White Witch, in Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch,
and the Wardrobe, takes Edmond prisoner to symbolically pay
for his sins of betrayal.
This figure appears in contemporary and ancient texts alike.
For example, Jaws utilizes this archetype through the character
of the shark.
Batman’s struggles to rise from the pit is the archetypal death
and resurrection. In fact, he even succeeds on his third try.
Symbolism
0 When an object, color, name, etc. represents
something other than what it literally is.
0 In a text, you can determine what something may
symbolize by how it’s described, what it’s associated
with, and the role it plays in the story.
0 Examples from semester: Aslan symbolizing a Christ
figure, Pygmalion symbols (pipe cleaners and coins
activity), etc.
Inference
0 Definition: determining what a text implies, but
doesn’t tell you outright.
0 For example, what can you infer about my mood in the
following paragraph:
My knuckles turned white as I gripped the steering
wheel and swerved to miss the deer.
(P.S. this is also and example of showing your reader
what you mean instead of telling them. It all connects).
Critical Lenses
0 Reader Response
0 Cultural Criticism
0 Archetypal Criticism
0 Marxist Criticism
0 Feminist Criticism
0 Practice: Differentiating among different lenses in one
text.
Reader Response
0 The reader brings their experience and background to
understand a text.
0 The reader and the text work together to create meaning.
0 This lens suggests there is no “right” way to interpret a
text.
0 Examples from Semester: “The Curse,” by Josh Ritter (the
song about the mummy who comes back to life). Also
pretty much everything else you’ve done in your English
classes up until now.
Cultural Criticism
0 Examines how culture shapes identity
0 Examines how culture works to include certain
groups and exclude others
0 Examines marginalized groups in a text
0 Example from semester: Indiana Jones and the Raiders
of the Lost Ark
Archetypal Criticism
0 Examines different patterns (characters, images,
themes, symbols) that repeat across texts.
0 Examples from semester: Hero’s journey, Jaws,
Chronicles of Narnia, and Pygmalion
Marxist Criticism
0 Examines how the economic struggles and differences
between the classes create conflict.
0 Questions what perspective (upper, middle, lower) a
text is written from
0 Questions what values are represented for each class.
0 Examples from semester: Nine to Five, Chapman’s
“Fast Car,” your song lyrics, and Pygmalion.
Feminist Criticism
0 Examines the power dynamic between the genders.
0 Examines how people within a gender group interact
0 Examines how people between gender groups
interact.
0 Examples from semester: The Imitation Game
Applying Different Lenses to
One Text
While watching the clip,
consider the interpretation
each lens would make:
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Archetypal
Cultural Criticism
Marxist
Feminist
How is Archetypal Criticism
applied to Pygmalion?
0 Remember, the play Pygmalion (which has the
characters of Higgins and Eliza) is based on the myth
“Pygmalion and the Statue”
0 Higgins is the creator archetype, who seeks to
transform a flawed object into something more
perfect
0 Eliza is the archetype of the transformed subject,
whose changes bring about various conflicts