This document contains a review of various literary concepts and writing elements covered in class, including the four types of irony, common idioms, analogies, tone and mood, parts of a book, narrative, argumentative and expository writing, primary and secondary sources, quoting vs paraphrasing, headings, and organizing written work through introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs. It ends with examples of puns.

1. Common Core Review
You will need your reading journal
for this assignment.

2. What are the four types of irony
discussed in class? Define them briefly
or give a correct example.
• 1. _____ irony =
• 2. _____ irony =
• 3. _____ irony =
• 4. _____ irony =

3. Idioms
• Idioms - ordinary expressions made of words
that have meanings other than their literal
definitions. What might the following
examples mean?
Ex: “Break a Leg!”
Ex: “A piece of cake.”
Ex: “Add fuel to the fire.”
Ex: “It’s all Greek to me.”

4. Analogies
• Analogies - comparing things that are NOT
similar in order to clarify meaning of the less
familiar thing.
Ex. Human is to oxygen as plant is to carbon
dioxide = What might this analogy mean?
*Turn to page 535 of your textbook for examples
and complete #1-10.

5. Tone and Mood
• Review – Tone and Mood
What is the difference between the two?
Tone:
Mood:

6. Claim and Support
• Think back to your second PBL:
Ex. A claim states the opinion of the
author/speaker
“Students should be required to wear school
uniforms.”
Support – facts, statistics, examples, anecdotes
(brief story), opinions from experts, and
definitions.
Ex. Sixty percent of students and parents
support wearing school uniforms.

7. Parts of a book and…
• Yes, this is part of the Common Core
Standards. I know that you know this but let’s
just verify, shall we?
• What is a glossary?
• What is an index?
• What is a table of contents?
*Oh and what about a Thesaurus?

8. Oh so important to review!
• What is a narrative? What does it contain?
• What is argumentative writing? Think PBL.
• What is expository writing?
• Give an example of informational reading
from class and explain why it’s informational.

9. Primary vs. Secondary
You learned this in History.
• What is a primary source?
• What is a secondary source?

10. Review
• What is the difference between quoting and
paraphrasing?
• What is the purpose of a heading in a written
document of any type?

11. Organizing Written Work: Part One
• Explain the elements of a first paragraph
• Global Statement?
• Bridge?
• Thesis? What must a thesis contain?
Is this where the central or main idea of the
entire written work be found?

12. Organizing Written Work Part Two
• Explain the elements of the body paragraph(s)
• Topic Sentence
• Lead in
• Quote/Paraphrase/Proof from text
• Commentary
• Concluding Sentence
*Where can the main or central idea be found?

13. Organizing Written Work Part Three
• What is a concluding paragraph?
• What elements might it contain?

14. To end (for now) on a fun note: Puns
• Puns are a humorous play on words or a bad
joke. Examples – explain them.
• “I’ve always pictured myself taking selfies.”
• “Did you hear about the guy whose left arm
was badly broken? He’s all right now.”
• “I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over
them.”
• “There was once a cross-eyed teacher who
couldn’t control his pupils.”