Unit 5 CITR
Author
Setting (Time, place, conditions)
Salinger
1950s NYC, post-WW2 conservative culture
State the 6 MacCaig poems we've studied in class
Drop-out in Edinburgh
Heroes
Hotel Room 12th floor
Separate
Visiting Hour
Wild, drunken night
Cynicism
believing people are motivated by selfish reasons
had/hadn't + past participle
What should you do before writing your answers?
Annotate the question!
How is Salinger's life similar to Holden's?
Traumatised by war; PTSD; saw Hollywood as phoney; etc...
What's the difference between a Hero of History & Hero of Legend?
Myth vs Reality
Appearance vs Reality
Colloquial diction
Slang/informal
1) What is a run-on sentence?
2) How to fix one?
1) sentence w/ improper punctuation
2) use , FANBOYS / ; / . /
What can we do to increase word count if needed?
PEE,EEL - include a 2nd similar idea
How does the Edmont Hotel connect to theme of innocence?
Students' own responses
How does the darkness differ in 'Wild, drunken night' and CITR?
P: calm, accepting, comfortable being alone
C: scared of the dark, uncertain
Convalescing
recover health after injury
What is a comma splice?
Two independent clauses are joined only by a comma, which is incorrect.
Example: I love to read books, I could spend all day at the library.
State 5 compare/contrast sentence signals
While
Although
On one hand/On the other hand
However
Unlike
Similarly
etc...
Name 5 characters other than: Holden, Phoebe, Allie,
Stradlater, Ackley, Mr Antolini, Sunny, Jane, Sally, Mr Spencer, Luce,
In 'Drop-out in Edinburgh', state 3 things that are juxtaposed
Highs/lows
Light/Dark
Rich/Poor
assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.
She told me that she never saw such a beautiful sunset before that trip.
she had never seen
What's 3 ways to improve our analyses?
Alternative Interpretation
Tone
Symbol>Theme
Connotations of one word choice over another
Structure
What are 5 Stages of Grief?
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
How is a chair like Holden?
Use "Literally, X. Symbolically, Y" structure in your response
Students' own responses, e.g. students are trapped, unable to move freely just as Holden...
consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words.
Write the past participle of the following verbs:
go
run
speak
be
write
gone
run
spoken
been
written
Write a topic sentence comparing two movies/songs/teams of your choice
Students' own responses using grammatically correct structures