Determining The Information Map Used by an Author in Essays

Determine the information map used by an author in essays.

Concept mapping is developed by Joseph D. Norak and his research team at Cornell University in the 1970s. It is a technique for visualizing the relationships among different concepts. It is often in the form of circles and bubbles.
A concept map is a diagram showing the relationship among concepts. Concepts are connected with the labeled arrows.

Source: English IV Textbook Expressway

Types of maps used by the some authors:

1.)Problem-Solution Map
2.)Process Development Map
3.)Persuasive Argument
4.)Characteristics
5.)Research Topic
6.)Narrative Story Line

See in this website for more information:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jmargeru/conceptmap/types.htm

Activity

Form in a groups of four, make a concept map in any stories or paragraphs you wish.

Determining how the plot of the story develops

The term plot refers to the series of events in the story. It deals with what happens in the story. The action of the plot progresses because of a conflict, or the struggle between two opposing forces. The conflict usually builds up to the emotional peak or climax, and a denouement follows when the conflict is resolved in some way. The complications that build the climax, known as the crisis, or the turning point, are described as the rising action. The events that take place after the climax are called the falling action.

Source: English IV Textbook Expressway

Truce in the forest
Fritz Vincken

It was toward the end of World War II in Europe. The Allied Armies had just crossed the boarder between Germany and Belgium, and Germany Field Marshall von Rundstedt had thrown his last reserves into the battle to keep the Allies from advancing. A lone woman and her twelve-year-old son were hiding in a little cottage in the forest near the German-Belgian boarder. It was Christmas Eve, and suddenly there was a knock on the door.......... Read the story to find out what quiet miracle took place.

Source: English IV Textbook Expressway

Read the whole story " Truce in the Forest " by Fritz Vincken in this website:

http://www.areavoices.com/mnmusing/?blog=17824

Questions after reading:

1.)What could be considered a miracle happen in the story? Explain your answer.
2.)Describe the characters involved in the story?
3.)What are the lessons the author wanted to convey to the readers?
4.)If you are the mother, would you do the same?Think of a particular quote that can be dedicated to the mother in the story?
5.)Go back to the story. Identify the events that fall under each part of the plot.

Poetry

Poetry is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. It is a short piece of imaginative writing, of a personal nature and laid out in lines. Poetry was a responsible attempt to understand the world in human terms through literary composition. It can be defined as ‘literature in a metrical form’ or ‘a composition forming rhythmic lines. Compared to prose, where there is no such restriction, and the content of the piece flows according to story, a poem may or may not have a story, but definitely has a structured method of writing.

Elements of Poetry

1.) Rhythm
2.) Meter
3.) Rhyme
4.) Alliteration
5.) Simile
6.) Metaphor
8.) Theme
9.) Symbolism
10.)Conclusion

See this website for more information and description about elements of poetry.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/basic-elements-of-poetry.html

Activity:

See this site for a short quiz:

http://www.quia.com/quiz/741084.html