How to write Summaries

Summaries are a short version of a story or event. They do not include all the details and less important events. They are only mainly composed of important facts that are believed to be relevant to the main idea or goal of the story. Summaries are brief. They do not take a lot of sentences or words to explain everything. Although they are not explicit, they still need to include the settings and information about the character or main character in the beginning. 

Hunger Games Series Opinion

     So my friends told me to read the hunger games and I did. All the books were great and exciting. My opinion of the book was that the first book was the best. For the second book, I could't comprehend all the information that came in all at once. The third book was a little difficult to imagine. Fortunately, the first book was written well enough to get me excited about the movie coming out for the next movie. The movie was as good as the book and better. The movie was true to the book. It helped explain the book better. The movie flowed well from one event to another. I'm waiting for the movie Catching Fire to come out next. If any of you want, you could comment, like, message, or lecture me about any of my posts.


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Theme

Definition:
Theme: the main idea of the story or novel that may or may nor be repeated. 


Example:
Do not talk to strangers
Always use the restroom before sleeping
Always listen to your parents
Always finish your food


Significance:
A story would be meaningless if there was not theme or moral in a story. The theme teaches something to everyone that they would not usually think of. 

Antagonist and Protagonist

Definition:
Antagonist: someone who opposes someone or something. Usually the enemy or opposer
Protagonist: someone who is the main character of a story or novel


Example:
Antagonist: I pulled out a knife and killed the mayor.
Protagonist: He saved the mayor's life by helping him to the hospital. 


Significance:
The significance of the antagonist and protagonist is to have someone to make the story complicated with more problems. Every story needs to have a protagonist or main character to focus on. 

Extra Insight: 
Pro(for)tago(struggle)ist(one who)
Ant(against)tago(struggle) ist(one who) 

Meter

Definition:
Meter- meter is a way of measuring the line or lines of poems by using the rhythm of the words. They are also the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. 


Example:
Shall I compare thee to a summer day
[shall-I]-[com-PARE]-[thee-TO]-[a-SUM]-[mer's-DAY]

-Shakespeare 

Significance:

The significance of meter is to add importance and stress to the syllables to "highlight" the important terms.

Rhyme

Definition:
Rhyme- rhymes or rhyming words end with a sound or noise that corresponds to each other. They may have have the same amount of syllables or the same suffixes. 


Example:
The little boy is walking. 
The little girl is talking.
The young boy is fishing.
The little snake is hissing.


Significance:
The significance of rhymes help the word flow. Rhyming also helps the poem become more lively. 

Rhythm

Definition:
Rhythm-rhythm is a repeating pattern of sound, beat, or movement. 


Example:
Play the music low 
And say to the music of love
Yea, sway to the music of love
-Plain White T's


Significance:
Rhythm appears a lot in songs to hook the person into the song.
Rhythm helps give the song a beat and get the "listener" dancing.