• registers of language
  • colloquial  language: language that does not conform to proper usage, is spoken between friends, and can include slang or popular expressions
  • standard  language: language that conforms to proper usage and is used in daily life
  • formal language: refined or literary language
  • examples:
    colloquial: “Ché pas où est ton bouquin.”
    standard: “Je ne sais pas où est ton livre.”
    formal: “Je ne sais point où est placé votre ouvrage.”
• speaking to an audience
  intention, organization, etc.
• clarification
• explanation

• characteristics of the novel
  modes of narration, function of characters, points of view, plot elements, setting, time period, etc.
• characteristics of the fable
  moral, literal meaning, figurative meaning, manners and customs, etc.
• stylistic elements
  personification, metaphor, alliteration, comparison, hyperbole, etc.

text organization:

• narrative structure
  setting, inciting incident, rising action, falling action and  resolution
• character portrayal
  • psychological portrait: character’s feelings and moral values
  • physical portrait: physical characteristics of the character
• descriptive sequences
  introduction, development, central subject with aspects and sub-aspects, and conclusion

• agreement of past tenses
  present perfect (“passé compose”), imperfect (“imparfait”) and pluperfect (“plus-que-parfait”) tenses
• hypothetical sentences
• pronouns used as direct
  me, te, se, le, la, les, etc.
  and indirect
  me, te, nous, vous, lui, leur, y and en
  object  complements
• verb moods and tenses
  using the pluperfect (“plus-que-parfait”) tense and recognizing the simple past (“passé simple”) tense
  associated with the genres being studied

• varied vocabulary
• types of sentences