Structure
The story takes place in a small house in England, where the White family - Mr. White, his wife, and their adult son Herbert - are spending a cozy evening together.
This part of the plot is where the setting, characters, and background information is introduced. What is this called?
What is the exposition?
As I made my wish, it twisted in my hand like a snake!
Is an example of this type of figurative language
What is a simile?
the beating of the heart appeals to the reader's sense of hearing in tell tale heart, what is this an example of?
what is imagery?
What part of the plot?
What is falling action?
THE CONCLUSION OF A STORY
RESOLUTION
The narrator of the tell-tale heart becomes obsessed with the old man's "vulture eye"
What part of the plot structure is this?
What is the rising action?
Hold on, Herbert. Hold on!
when the author reuses the beginning sound over and over for effect
what is alliteration?
roger falling over when he attempts to steal the purse turns the story in a different direction-what is this called?
what is inciting incident?
repeated pattern, an image, or a sound that comes back again and again
motif?
THE PLOT
"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks!—here, here!—it is the beating of his hideous heart!"
The turning point of tell-tale heart, when the narrator confesses to the murder.
What is the climax?
The old man's eyes burned bright, and he regarded [the monkey's paw] curiously.
What type of figurative language is this?
What is a metaphor?
the popular cheerleader and the football player are homecoming king and queen is a popular ____________ or predictable characters in a story about high schoolers
what is stereotype?
vivid description that appeals to a reader's senses to create an image in their head
what is imagery?
MOST EXCITING PART OR CRITICAL PART OF THE STORY
WHAT IS CLIMAX
Mrs. Jones gives Roger the money to buy the blue suede shoes he wanted. Roger leaves Mrs. Jones's house with a feeling of hope and gratitude for the lesson that Mrs. Jones taught him.
What is the part of the story called?
What is the resolution?
The knocking has grown to a violent pounding.
What is this an example of?
what is personification?
"he was caught in the machinery" is an example of an exaggeration used in the monkey's paw for Herbert's death
what is this figurative language?
what is hyperbole?
comparing something without similar characteristics without using like or as
what is a metaphor?
AN INTRODUCTION OR BEGINNING OF A STORY
WHAT IS EXPOSITION?
The narrator lives with an old man with whom he has no problems. However, he becomes fixated on the old man's "vulture-like" eye, which he finds repulsive.
Over several nights, the narrator sneaks into the old man's bedroom and watches him sleep. On the eighth night, the narrator's fear and obsession with the old man's eye drive him to commit murder. After killing the old man, the narrator dismembers the body and hides it under the floorboards.
The police come to investigate after neighbors hear a shriek, and the narrator becomes increasingly paranoid, thinking that the police can hear the old man's heart beating beneath the floorboards. The narrator finally confesses to the murder, revealing his insanity to the reader.
Above are the events that make up a classic tale we read together in class:
1. name the word for "series of events that make up a story"
2. name the name of the story and author
What is Plot?
Tell Tale Heart and Edgar Allen Poe?
the monkey's paw is a __________ of bad luck
what is a symbol?
body of books, narratives, and other texts considered to be the most important and influential of a particular time
for example: Harry Potter, late 90s
Shakespeare (1600s)
what is literary canon?
symbol
NOVEL HAS TIMELESS, UNIVERSAL THEMSE
APPEALS ACROSS MANY CULTURES AND GENERATIONS
WHAT IS CLASSIC LITERATURE?