Where the Red Fern Grows

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Where the Red Fern Grows

• Chapters 1-6

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Where the Red Fern Grows Ch. 1-6

• Chapter summaries
• Characters
• Themes
• Literary Devices

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Chapter 1

• "It's strange indeed how memories can lie
  dormant in a man's mind for so many years. Yet
  those memories can be awakened and brought forth
  fresh and new, just by something you've seen, or
  something you've heard, or the sight of an old
  familiar face."

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Chapter 1

• The narrator, Billy, is coming home from work
  when he notices a dog fight.
• A group of dogs are picking on a red bone hound.
• Billy saves it and takes care of it that night
  which causes him to reminisce about his
  childhood.
• This chapter establishes the tone of the novel.
• It will be a sentimental story.

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Flashback

• A method of narration in which present action is
  interrupted so that the reader can witness past
  events.
• Usually in the form of a characters memories,
  dreams, commentary, or narration.
• Young Billys adventures are told from the
  perspective of old Billy.

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Point of View

• 1st Person
• Narrator is a character (Billy)
• We see the story only through Billys eyes.
• We know only what he thinks.

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Cause and Effect

• If you do something, something will happen.
• Cause- a person, thing, or an event that makes
  something happen.
• Effect- the result, the thing that happens
• Words that show cause and effect
• Therefore, as a result, so, because, for that
  reason, since, etc.

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Vocabulary

• Synonyms- a word with the same, or similar,
  meaning as another word
• Ex. Excellent- superior
• Context Clues- Hints that you get from words
  that you understand-all the words around the ones
  you dont know.
• Synonyms, antonyms, examples, definition

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Alliteration

• the repetition of usually initial consonant
  sounds in two or more neighboring words or
  syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening
  throngs)

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Summary

• Describing a text briefly.
• Focus on the main idea.
• A generalization

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Chapter 2-3

• Conflict- Billy wants 2 coonhounds.
• Too poor.
• His papa gets him a trap.
• Finds a sportsman catalog and decides to save
  money to buy hounds.
• After 2 years Billy saves up enough money.
• Grandfather agrees to order the 2 hounds for him.

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Billy

• Protagonist
• Filled with Puppy Love
• 10 year old boy
• Determined
• Persistent
• Loves to hunt
• Intelligent
• Resourceful

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Vocabulary

• Multiple Meaning words
• Words that have different meanings
• Homonyms- words that are spelled the same but
  have different meaning, sometimes they are
  pronounced differently.
• Ex. Bass, content, present, tear, etc.

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Inference

• An educated guess based on the information that
  you have read.
• Respond only to information that you have read.
• Requires reading between the lines.
• Dont repeat what you have read

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Personification

• Figurative language
• The act of giving something that is not human
  like an animal or object human qualities.
• Ex. The beams of the floor groaned their protest.

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Conflict

• Main problem of a story
• Struggle
• 2 types
• Internal
• External

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Character

• People or animals in a story
• Their traits and interactions help us to
  understand them
• Things to be aware of
• How does the narrator describe the character
• How do other characters describe the character
• What appears to motivate the character
• How and why does a characters behavior change

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Chapters 4-6

• The dogs arrive.
• Billy leaves early to pick them up.
• He walks 20 miles to Tehlequah.
• He returns home after clashing with some bullies
  and encounters a mountain lion.
• He names his 2 pups Old Dan and Little Ann.

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Papa

• Billys father
• Farmer
• Hard worker
• Poor
• Tries to make Billy happy
• Proud of his son

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Mama

• Billys mother
• Billys teacher
• Worrisome
• Part-Cherokee
• Religious

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Grandpa

• Billys grandfather
• Owner of a general store
• Full of imagination
• Helpful

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Old Dan

• Bold
• Aggressive
• Redbone Hound
• Big
• Strong

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Little Ann

• Intelligent
• Female
• Redbone hound
• Smaller
• Beautiful

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Sequence

• Order in which things happen

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Vocabulary

• Antonym- The opposite meaning of a word
• Examples
• Cruel-kind
• Enter-Exit
• Spicy-Bland
• Trivial-Important

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Themes

• The Rewards of persistence
• Billy works for two years to save up money.
• Billy embodies the virtues of hard work and
  perseverance.
• He doesnt give up even when confronted by
  bullies.
• Relating to the natural world
• Mountain lion
• Billy respects nature