Paraphrasing
Define paraphrasing.
restate the entire passage in your own words while retaining the meaning and the order of the original text
What are the three points of view?
Double points - Explain the difference between them.
Triple points - Explain the two branches of the third person POV.
first, second, and third person POV
What is a universal theme?
Who are the two main characters? What are their personalities? What's their relationship like?
Mathilde and Monsieur Loisel. They're married and, while Monsieur Loisel loves his wife, she is not at all satisfied with their lives and wishes to be rich.
rudeness; illustrating a lack of respect
Double points - Explain the difference between them.
situational, dramatic, verbal
What is the difference between topic and theme?
The topic is the subject, the theme is the lesson about the subject. A topic is one word, theme is a full sentence.
Where is this story set? What's the time period?
1800s Paris, France
Define chagrin as it is used in The Necklace.
a feeling of disappointment or humiliation
What are the 4 strategies used to paraphrase content?
1. replace unfamiliar words with words you know and understand
2. replace figurative language with a more literal interpretation
3. add an article to make the phrasing sound more familiar
4. keep any clearly worded and understandable original text
The following scenario is an example of which kind of irony:
Your friend finds out that they're moving out of state, their boyfriend broke up with them, and they failed their math test. In response to this, they say, "I'm literally having the best day of my life. There's no way today could get any better."
verbal
We watched a short video showing a baby turtle who eventually makes it to the ocean after many setbacks. The topic of this video was hope. What could be the potential theme?
Answers will vary but something like:
Hope is necessary for survival.
Why is Madame Loisel so unsatisfied with her life in the beginning of the story?
She believes she was born to be rich, but was born middle class.
Define rapture as it is used in The Necklace
great happiness; overwhelming emotion
Summarize the Necklace
Mathilde Loisel, a woman who dreams of being rich, borrows a diamond necklace to wear to a party. She loses it and spends years working to pay for a replacement, only to find out at the end that the necklace was a fake.
Give an example of situational irony.
Answers will vary.
What is the universal theme of The Necklace?
Be content with what you have, because you can lose it very easily.
What type of irony is used to create the plot twist in the ending?
Situational
Which word could replace chagrin in paragraph 85 without changing the meaning of the sentence?
Then they went from jeweler to jeweler, searching for a necklace like the other, trying to recall it, both sick with chagrin and grief.
embarrassment
Paraphrase this section of The Necklace:
Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries. She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling, at the bareness of the walls, at the shabby chairs, the ugliness of the curtains.
Mathilde was always miserable, feeling herself born to be rich and live in luxury. She was upset with the poor state of her home, the bareness of the walls, the shabby chairs, the ugliness of the curtains.
Give an example of dramatic irony.
Answers will vary.
What are the 4 steps to identifying and analyzing theme?
1. Identifying the central idea
2. Think about what the characters say and do in relation to the central idea (where does this show up in the text?)
3. Think about how the character changes over time. What do they learn?
4. Apply it to the central idea.
What happens to Mathilde in the end? What lesson might she have learned from this?
She loses her home, her servant, and her beauty. She knows what it's like to be actually poor.
Chasing wealth ultimately leads to a life worse than the one you had.
Which word could replace crossly in paragraph 11 without changing the meaning of the sentence?
Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she threw the invitation on the table crossly… (p.11)
Bitterly, madly, indignantly...