English Lesson 4   --- Repetition

Activity 1

Review the following words:

fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, fairy tales, folktales, fables, myths,  rhyme, alliteration

Make a new word card with the word repetition.

Repetition means repeating words, phrases, and/or sentences. It is used to make a point.

Activity 2

Read the words to Grizelda's Story below.

#8 (Chapter 8)

Once I was a peasant
As normal as can be
I had a little house
Beneath an old oak tree
I had a kind old husband
We had a lovely son,
But then one day my man was gone
And it seemed like life was done.

Twas the king who took my husband.
He lead him off to war
I sat up nights and cried and cried
As I never had before.
And when the war was over
My man did not back
My life that once seemed so full
Was like an empty sack.

But the war did more than that Dear.
It took all that I still had
For the soldiers came with sword and flame
And that's when I went bad.
They burned my little cottage
While I was in my field.
I lost my man, my house, my son
And though it seemed like life was done
And now I was the only one
I stayed alive for just one of thing-

Revenge

 Revenge can be sweet
Can be fine - Can be fun
Revenge is what's left when all else has been done.
Revenge is the thing that has kept me alive
And hatred is the food on which revenge can thrive.

Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge,
Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge

When you have been hurt
And your heart is filled with pain
Revenge is the word that keeps burning in your brain.
Revenge is a dragon that can set the world aflame.
Revenge is what you want on whoever is to blame.

Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge,
Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge
Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge,
Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge

Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge,
Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge
Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge

Revenge can be sweet
Can be fine - Can be fun.
Revenge is what's left when all else has been done.
Revenge is the thing that has kept me alive.
Revenge is the food on which revenge can thrive.

--  Grizelda

Activity 3

Why did Bruce Coville use repetition in each of the following excerpts from The Dragonslayers?

  1. page 30
    Back to the chair: "Yes, but that was different."
    Back to the bed: "Why?"
    Back to the chair: "Because I was a boy!"

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  2. Page 31
    "I've been waiting [bounce] for a chance [bounce] to prove [bounce] what I can do.  [Bounce, bounce.] I'm not [bounce] hoping to let [bounce] it get past [bounce] me now!"

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