Study guide: Fables, Poems and Story Perspective
Apply recognize a genre feature, recognize narrator person, notice a setting effect, notice a repeated sound using supplied texts and original responses.
Ideas to explain in your own words
- A fable often uses animal characters and a lesson. A poem arranges language in lines; a play script identifies speakers and stage action; realistic fiction uses possible invented events.
- First-person narration uses I, we or my for the teller’s own experience. Third-person narration describes characters using names or pronouns such as she and they.
- A setting can affect what a character needs to do. A dark room may require light; rain may lead to shelter. Use an explicit condition and action relationship.
- Alliteration repeats beginning sounds in nearby words. It can make a poem or sentence musical; rhyme instead usually repeats ending vowel and consonant sounds.
Useful vocabulary
- Recognize a genre feature
- A fable often uses animal characters and a lesson. A poem arranges language in lines; a play script identifies speakers and stage action; realistic fiction uses possible invented events.
- Recognize narrator person
- First-person narration uses I, we or my for the teller’s own experience. Third-person narration describes characters using names or pronouns such as she and they.
- Notice a setting effect
- A setting can affect what a character needs to do. A dark room may require light; rain may lead to shelter. Use an explicit condition and action relationship.
- Notice a repeated sound
- Alliteration repeats beginning sounds in nearby words. It can make a poem or sentence musical; rhyme instead usually repeats ending vowel and consonant sounds.
Watch your reasoning
- Every animal story is not necessarily a fable.
- A character saying I does not make the whole narration first person.
- Do not assume an unstated weather condition.
- Repeated endings are rhyme rather than alliteration.
A worked review example
Form: fox and crow learn not to boast, a fable. Narration sample: I lit a candle because it was dark. Sound phrase: big brown bear. Recognize a genre feature: The relevant input states: Form: fox and crow learn not to boast, a fable. Narration sample: I lit a candle because it was dark. Sound phrase: big brown bear. This fits fable. A fable often uses animal characters and a lesson. A poem arranges language in lines; a play script identifies speakers and stage action; realistic fiction uses possible invented events. Every animal story is not necessarily a fable. Recognize narrator person: The relevant input states: Form: fox and crow learn not to boast, a fable. Narration sample: I lit a candle because it was dark. Sound phrase: big brown bear. This fits I. First-person narration uses I, we or my for the teller’s own experience. Third-person narration describes characters using names or pronouns such as she and they. A character saying I does not make the whole narration first person. Notice a setting effect: The relevant input states: Form: fox and crow learn not to boast, a fable. Narration sample: I lit a candle because it was dark. Sound phrase: big brown bear. This fits darkness. A setting can affect what a character needs to do. A dark room may require light; rain may lead to shelter. Use an explicit condition and action relationship. Do not assume an unstated weather condition. Notice a repeated sound: The relevant input states: Form: fox and crow learn not to boast, a fable. Narration sample: I lit a candle because it was dark. Sound phrase: big brown bear. This fits /b/. Alliteration repeats beginning sounds in nearby words. It can make a poem or sentence musical; rhyme instead usually repeats ending vowel and consonant sounds. Repeated endings are rhyme rather than alliteration.
Make a practice plan
- Practice recognize a genre feature: Use the form and supplied features, not merely the text’s topic, to choose its genre.
- Practice recognize narrator person: Find whether the narrator includes themself. Quote the actual word used rather than a character’s separate speech.
- Practice notice a setting effect: Find the condition in the narration, then connect it to the action the passage actually describes.
- Practice notice a repeated sound: Say the phrase aloud and compare the beginnings of its repeated words. Name the sound, not just the first letter.
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