Novels+SSA

Share what each of you are reading and why
 * Andrew -The Hunger games--> He heard about it from friends. Appeals to him because it's about danger and it's an intense novel.
 * Seth - The life of Pie - read it because it sounded interesting. Chose the novel genre because he finds them exciting and the most interesting.
 * Simone - Eciplse- read the previous books and it made me want to continue reading the sequel. I chose a novel because those are the most common books that i read.


 * Review what you already know about the genre
 * Andrew - came from novellas. created in England.
 * Seth- Came in the 18th century. Extended short stories.
 * Simone - A lot of childrens books are novels. Sometimes they teach lessons.

Third of book done 1.Opening of genre? Authors tend to like opening with things already going on in it. They usually immediately raise questions and start giving background (characters, setting, etc.). Andrews and Simones in Medias Res Seths starts with long monologue and description 2.Repeating techniques? Foreshadowing.... Ex: She thinks their love is inevitable, she couldn't draw herself away. Dialouge... People talk about things in all three 3. We wanted to know what techniques authors used in novels and were they all different? All of the authors are using very similar techniques of writing.... mostly the ones in question 2
 * Decide what you want to know about the genre-
 * All of us- Trying to compare what types of master techniques the authors used. Comparing to see if there is a difference in the books that we all chose to read.
 * How does the author used different types of dialouge to help tell the story?
 * What kind of ways do authors use to end their stories.

Everyones theme: Simone: Be careful who you chose to fall in love with (werewolf and vampire) Andrew: Direct (extremely) characterization in the book like "He could be my brother: straight black hair, olive skin, we even have the same gray" Seth: My book has had indirect characterization (you can determine he's very smart and possibly arrogant because he talks about his accomplishments)

Section 3 How do authors end this genre? Reasearch / answer another question What are the most important master techniques in the genre ? What are the key differences within your genre ?
 * How does the middle of this genre work
 * Seth - still rising action not much else
 * Simone- still rising action
 * Andrew - Climax at the middle
 * During the middle of novels is a lot of rising action.
 * One thing we wanted to see is if we would see any repeating techniques
 * forshadowing
 * dialouge
 * Research
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 * technique used
 * dialoge - carry us through the story...
 * Seth- The dialogue in the beginning of the story sets up the character of PI and how he communicates with people usually, because he obviously doesn't speak with the tiger.
 * foreshadowing - giving up hints that are leading up to the turning point.
 * Characterization - tell us more about the character's personality
 * Both direct and indirect
 * lots of cool vivid words
 * The master teqniques that are most important are
 * Foreshadowing
 * Seth- There is lots of foreshadowing throughout especially the middle of the book, because the boy has the ominous knowing that the tiger is eventually going to get hungry or angry and he will have to deal with it.
 * Dialoge -
 * Simone - dialouge is very importat in my story because they whole book is about them talking. The Point of view is present, so they're talking as everything happens.
 * Plot structure
 * Conflict
 * Simone - the conflict is arising slowly and that's where foreshaddowing is playing a key role in my story . Stephanie Meyer is using foreshaddowing to make us think. She's not just coming out and telling us everything, but she's giving us small clues that is helping us move through the story - Movement is also very important.
 * Seth - The conflict is man vs. Self, as he is struggling with himself to find the right thing to do to save his own life. Although it could be man vs. nature, the tiger is represented as a sort of lifeless entity, simply a problem that the boy has to work his way around.
 * Andrew - Conflict and Foreshadowing are the big ones in my story because the author uses foreshadowing to predict who will die and who will live and he uses conflict a lot. And not just person vs. Person conflict like you would think because it is a book about fighting but he uses person vs. nature because the main character (Katniss) has to survive in the wilderness, also he uses person vs. self because Katniss has to make decisions that are for the good of others but not necessarily herself also he uses person vs. society a lot because it is society that is pressuring these children to kill each other in these games and Katniss rebels a little because she is disgusted with society, she rebels by doing things that she inst supposed to do in the games that embarrass the capital.
 * Andrew - Conflict and Foreshadowing are the big ones in my story because the author uses foreshadowing to predict who will die and who will live and he uses conflict a lot. And not just person vs. Person conflict like you would think because it is a book about fighting but he uses person vs. nature because the main character (Katniss) has to survive in the wilderness, also he uses person vs. self because Katniss has to make decisions that are for the good of others but not necessarily herself also he uses person vs. society a lot because it is society that is pressuring these children to kill each other in these games and Katniss rebels a little because she is disgusted with society, she rebels by doing things that she inst supposed to do in the games that embarrass the capital.
 * Authors end this genre by leaving the reader wondering or with an explanation.
 * dialouge prose and cliffhanging are all different ways that authors use to wrap up the end of a story.
 * **Movement** because this is what carries us through the story and if it doesn't have good movement, then the book wouldn't flow as well as they did.
 * **Plot Structure**
 * The way the author ends the story
 * THe way they begin the story : in medias ras
 * some have different plot structure than others.
 * Characterization and the way they describe thing. Some authors come out and tell you everything, and some make youthink for yourself to figure out the overall meaning of the book.

Does the Author round up loose ends at the end of the novel, or leave some open questions?
 * Andrew: my book didn't end clearing everything up, there were stil something that were going to be continued in the next book.
 * Seth: My author left my wondering which one of the stories were true because at the end the people didn't believe him so i didn't know which story was really true.
 * Simone: My book answered most of my questions, but it left you going into the next book of the sequal.