Hello class this week we will be reading the about the Johnstown Flood for the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. Here are some of the important literary terms and ideas that we will be working with.

Themes: Survival, destruction/ chaos,

Historical Narrative: a story about real events that happened in the past.

Chronological Order: Telling the events of a story in the order they occurred from first to last.

Mood: the emotion of a piece of text(not to be confused with tone)

Syntax: the order of words or phrases

Diction: the choice of words (diction create mood)

Important Reminder: "Prezintations" are due Friday after the the test!