Retelling

RETELLING

• lOT'S OF WAYS TO RETELL

• MAKING A-PURPOSEFUL CHOICE ON HOW TO RETELL WILL MAKE US MORE POWERFUL READER 

METHOD 1) Sequential =First,second third,last,and then.

METHOD 2) Developing a big idea= theory,author,intent,traits,mystery.

METHOD 3) Retelling rope= setting,characters,beginning,middle,end,solution

Read Alertly

READ ALERTLY!

• we are active in the story.

• Use what we know about stories

1. Character     4. Problem worsens  
2. Problem       5. Solution
3. Setting    

• Notice the nuances-  

Small details that the author includes. 

     Example text:   

    " Thank you m'am" 

                        Langston Hughes

The m'am you don't mess with her.

           The boy has no parents.

Literary Devices

LITERARY  DEVICES

metaphor- Comparing two unlike things 

                   without using the words "like" or  

                    "as".

simile- Comparing two unlike things with the

                 words "like" or "as".

personification- Gives a non-human thing human

                                  qualities.

allusion-   referencing or hinting at another:

                  story,person, or history-- hoping 

                    you'll notice

foreshadowing-  provides clues/hints 

                                                          in the text about is to come.


flashback- a character takes the reader back in 
                     time and shares a memory as a 
                   device for explaining something.
                   Then the character returns the reader 
                     to the present to conclude the story.