Theme
Which of the following most accurately describes "theme" of a literary text?
1. The author's message about the topic
2. What the story is about
3. A general lesson about life
1. The author's message about the topic
#2 is Topic
#3 is Moral
Give 3 examples of character traits
Answers vary:
Funny, traditional, eccentric, quiet, etc.
What are the six elements of a one-sentence summary?
Who, what, when, where, why, and how.
What is the difference between citing text evidence and paraphrasing text evidence?
Citing: "word for word from the text" (citation).
Paraphrase: Rephrasing what happened in the text (citation).
What is the outcome of "The Search Party's Find?"
The narrator successfully swaps the arsenic with the quinine without Lemarchant's knowledge, killing him.
Which of the following represents a theme?
1. Love and acceptance are more important than tradition
2. Love
3. Unconditional Love
4. All is fair in love and war
5. Love is great
1. Love and acceptance are more important than tradition
Describe the difference between direct and indirect characterization.
Direct: stated traits and characteristics.
Indirect: traits and characteristics that are inferred through character dialogue, interactions, and motivations.
What is missing from this summary:
In late 2022, Aneesa and Treasure planned the homecoming dance at Tech Prep.
How: What was the approach to the "what?"
Roughly one line or fewer of text evidence, with an analysis that is twice as long as the selected evidence.
What was the primary conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game?"
Person vs. Person
OR
Person vs. Nature
Direct or indirect?
Tyree was ambitious and determined - he spent hours writing up commentary for the game so that he could make a name for himself in sports reporting.
Direct
What should a summary not include?
1. Main characters
2. The central claim or purpose
3. Specific details
4. The conflict
5. The setting
3. Specific details
Correct the citation:
This is evident when the narrator states "then I knew that I was really a murder".
This is evident when the narrator states, "then I knew that I was really a murder."
What was the foil in "An Hour with Abuelo?"
Abuelo & Arturo
Attitudes of "asi es la vida" vs. self-determination
Construct a theme statement about:
- Family
Answers vary; must be a theme statement
Direct: Appearance, name, etc.
Indirect: Habits, hobbies, dispositions
Summarize the following in the who/what/when/where/why/how style:
- The Necklace
Answers vary, must include all points
Which citation is properly cited?
1. Jack is horrified to realize that he had seen "a face from the grave." (Kipling, 10).
2. 1. Jack is horrified to realize that he had seen "a face from the grave" (Kipling, 10).
3. Jack is horrified to realize that he had seen "a face from the grave (Kipling, 10)."
4. (Kipling, 10), Jack is horrified to realize that he had seen "a face from the grave."
2. 1. Jack is horrified to realize that he had seen "a face from the grave" (Kipling, 10).
How does "The Phantom Rickshaw" build tension?
The author builds an order of events that drive the reader to understand that Jack is seeing a ghost:
- Hearing his name
- Seeing a phantom rickshaw
- Kitty does not see the rickshaw
- Seeing the ghost of his wife
- Reflecting on the sight of his wife
Construct a theme statement for one of the stories we've read so far:
- The Most Dangerous Game
- An Hour with Abuelo
- The Necklace
- The Search Party's Find
- The Phantom Rickshaw
Answers vary; must be a theme statement
Identify 3 ways that Charity is characterized in this excerpt, and delineate if it is direct or indirect:
Charity spent every weekend volunteering at the animal shelter. She much preferred spending time with the soft, tiny kittens than her human peers. After her shift, Charity would spend hours reading in the cat room, dreaming of when she could leave high school behind and attend veterinary school in Atlanta.
Kind, Selfless (Indirect)
Animal Lover (Direct)
Idealistic (Indirect)
Ambitious (Indirect)
Summarize the following in the who/what/when/where/why/how style:
- The Phantom Rickshaw
Answers vary, must include all points
Select the strongest citation to describe Madame Loisel's characterization as naive and relieved:
[34] Madame Forestier had stopped.
[35] "You say that you bought a necklace of diamonds to replace mine?"
[36] "Yes. You never noticed it, then! They were very similar."
[37] And she smiled with a joy that was at once proud and ingenuous.
[39] Madame Forestier, deeply moved, took her hands.
[40] "Oh, my poor Mathilde! Why, my necklace was paste! It was worth at most only five hundred francs!"
[37] she smiled with a joy that was at once proud and ingenuous.
Begins with fast pacing to build tension, slows the pace in the middle to ease tension, speeds up in the climactic ending to build tension to the resolution.