Chart Strategies
When you are asked to think about the development of the THEME, what must you focus on?
The beginning, middle and end of the story
What is "theme" and why is it important for readers to understand?
the message/lesson of the story meant to be taught to readers/relate to readers or the real world
In what ways does the plot of "The Pedestrian" contribute to (develop) the theme?
A. Mr. Mead walks which is unusual
B. Mr. Mead does not conform with society
C. The police voice arrests Mr. Mead
D.The police voice does not give up his interrogation
B
What is an example of personification? Create your own sentence with personification.
Answers will vary
If you are stuck with identifying the theme of the story, what strategies can you use?
1. think about what message the author is trying to tell readers
2. think about the BIG IDEAS of the story and turn them into theme statements
How does the PLOT contribute to the theme of a story?
Plot is a the series of events that makeup a story. The way a story progresses. The rising action, climax, falling action...These events create the action of the story which leads readers to learn about characters/lessons
A central theme of "Harrison Bergeron" is that individuality is not celebrated but rather punished in a Dystopian society. Which sentence from the story best illustrates this theme?
A. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.
B. Hazel saw him wince. Having no mental handicap herself, she had to ask George what the latest sound had been.
C. And she had to apologize at once for her voice, which was a very unfair voice for a woman to use. Her voice was a warm, luminous, timeless melody. "Excuse me-" she said, and she began again, making her voice absolutely uncompetitive.
D.And to offset his good looks, the H-G men required that he wear at all times a red rubber ball for a nose, keep his eyebrows shaved off, and cover his even white teeth with black caps at snaggle-tooth random.
A
"Their cries filled the air" is an example of which craft?
personification
What is figurative language? What are the three types that we have focused on and what are their definitions?
When something is not meant to be taken literally
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
What is descriptive language? What is the purpose of it?
To paint an image in readers mind of the scenario, to describe an important scene
Which of the school children's traits in "All Summer in a Day" best helps to convey the theme of the story?
A. The happiness they show when they experience the sun
B. The regret they feel for locking Margot in the closet
C. The jealousy they feel because Margot has more experience with the sun
D. The disgust they feel about the rain
C
The theme of a story can be developed through these two ways, what are they?
the theme can be developed through CRAFTS
or through STORY ELEMENTS such as the conflict, character actions, how the character develops, the setting, etc
What connotation does the following scene portray and why?
"it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows. Sudden gray phantoms seemed to manifest upon inner room walls where a curtain was still undrawn against the night, or there were whisperings and murmurs where a window in a tomblike building was still open."
Negative connotation because of words like "grave yeard" "phantoms" "tomblike" which creates an eerie/creepy mood.
Which detail from the beginning of "Ponies" help determine Barbara's feelings?
A. You and your Pony ___[and Sunny’s name is handwritten here, in puffy letters]___ are invited to a cutting-out party with TheOtherGirls! If we like you, and if your Pony does okay, we’ll let you hang out with us.
B.Barbara says, “Do you know what you want to keep?”
C. Sunny says, “I can’t wait to have friends!” She reads over Barbara’s shoulder, rose-scented breath woofling through Barbara’s hair. They are in the backyard next to Sunny’s pink stable.
D. The Ponies are no taller than the girls, bright as butterflies, fat, with short round-tipped unicorn horns and small fluffy wings. At the bottom of the card, newly caught Ponies mill about in a corral.
B