Final exam Flashcards
1
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Flying and Birds Motif
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- Blakckbirds
- Mina
- Icarus
- Streetnames (crow road, etc)
- Owls
SEE PAST WHAT IS ASSUMED TO BE TRUE
2
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Marvels Motif in Skellig
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- Mina is free-spirit, daring, creative
- Mina and Skellig are “extraordinary” to Michael
- find owl pellet, hoot like owls
- Skellig starts transforming
3
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Contemporary Realistic Fiction
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- Feels like it is set today (in present)
- can be picture books, chapter, novels
- emphasis on acute detail
- emphasis on contemporary problems
- happy endings optional
- designed to help readers through problems
4
Q
Didacticism
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Designed to teach; conveys instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment
5
Q
Bibliotherapy
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- books for teens, often deal with several different issues
- many of the issues dealt with in this genre are also dealt with in other genres, especially Literary Animal Tales and Non-Fiction
6
Q
Implicit vs Explicit
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Implicit: under the surface
Explicit: straight forward
7
Q
Issues about Divorce
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-is it my fault?
-will they get back together?
-will my parents still love me?
-whose side should I be on?
Long Term Effects:
•feeling like a traitor •parents dating
•starting new family •low livin standard
8
Q
Issues about Death
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- it’s okay to cry -alive in memory
- cycle of nature -value of rituals
- it’s okay to be sad
- religious implications
9
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Wordless Story Characteristics
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- empowers children
- plot sequencing
- teaches interpretation
- used as writing prompts
10
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Skellig: Michael’s Dreams
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- used as foreshadowing, symbolic
- pg112: liminal: was it a dream?
- pg118: miraculous, Skellig and evolutionary being?, making Skellig eat and act like an owl instead of an angel
- Shake up the way we see the world
11
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Skellig (himself)
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- gets stronger from Michael and Mina
- helping others helps you (theme)
- Michael tries to see the science
- could have been a fallen angel
- relates to myth of Persephone
12
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Fantasy Literature
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- Heroic or High fantasy
- Swords and Sorcery
- Horror (supernatural, psychological)
- Religious Fantasy -Sci Fi
- Rural Fantasy -Urban Fantasy
- Animal Fantasy -Humorous
13
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Sex Education Approaches
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Younger kids: -good touch bad touch -basic animal reproduction (birds/bees) Older kids: -Abstinence -Informational -Self-esteem (girls) -Responsibility (boys)
14
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Science Books
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- Why Science Matters
- Factual Accuracy, up to date
- religious conflicts
- avoid oversimplifying
- use scientific method
- use diagrams and exploded views
15
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Geography Books
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- Why geography matters
- factual accuracy, up to date
- freedom from prejudice
- possible racial/cultural/ethnic connections with children
- use maps, glossary, specialized illustrations, charts and tables
- other countries are different but same
