Storytelling
Read the following cited passage. Is this is a quoted or paraphrased passage? Who is the author?
Greg Ruth argues that modern day publishers have made a big mistake by not publishing more books for children that explore scarier topics. He blames his generation for taking away these types of stories from the younger generation, and that these mistakes have caused the failure of the publishing industry and made kids generally less interested in reading.
30 seconds.
Paraphrased
Greg Ruth
Why are college campuses a good place for urban legends to flourish?
Gave me 2 reasons
30 seconds.
High stress and anxiety
Lack of control
Lots of unknowns
New environment
Students feel pressure
In "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Gloria Anzaldua, who tells her "we are going to need to control your tongue" when she was a little girl?
30 seconds.
The Dentist
What is the iceberg theory?
30 seconds.
90% of the story is implied rather then directly stated.
Why are modern fairytales so different from the original stories that the fairytales are based?
30 seconds
The originals were written for adults
What are four themes that are common in college urban legends? Consider the themes we discussed in class and the themes you wrote about for Essay 2.
45 seconds.
Any 4 themes
Two friends are walking down the street when it begins to rain and a big gust of wind forces them to seek shelter in a coffee shop.
"How do you like living in new york?" one of the friends asks
"I don't know why you like LA so much" the other replies, "who would want to give up this wonderful weather?"
What type of irony are they using?
Verbal irony
What are 2 details from "The Lottery" that tells us that women are not respected in the community
45 seconds.
They wear old and worn house dresses
They have no important responsibilities in the community
The children do not listen to them
They gossip
The tradition gives more power to men then women in choosing the slips
In “The Babysitter” who is the intended audience of the story?
Answer the question and provide 2 details from the story that support your answer.
1 minute
The intended audience is children, preteens
The characters are all children, and the fears it represents are childhood fears (fears of being alone, strangers, phone calls, dark, night time)
Answer the following two questions about "College Fear Factor"
1. What was the conversation that Jenn had with her mom after her first day of classes?
2. What was her mom's solution?
1 minute.
She felt overwhelmed. There were too many assignments and she felt like she couldn't do it.
Her mom told her to take it one day/assignment/class at a time
You are watching a scary movie where the hero is in a dark room with the camera facing them. As they stare at their phone, trying to make a call, we see the monster come up behind them.
What type of irony is this?
45 seconds.
Dramatic
In Unit 4 we looked at dystopias from all over the world.
What are 2 universal fears that were shared in several of the dystopias from different countries?
1 minute.
Technology as dangerous
Mistrust of Power
Distractions caused by too much technology
People using technology for bad
Loss of identity
VR
This question is in reference to the “reunion” section of "Indian Education" by Sherman Alexie.
What connotations do we have of a "reunion"?
How does that run opposed to what happens in this section of the reading?
1 minute.
Reunions are usually happy. A way to catch up with people from the past and see where everyone ended up.
There is no reunion, because no one leaves town. They have a reunion every week at the bar (perpetuating the pattern of drinking they learned from their parents).
Answer the following two questions about the Ted Talk "What Fear Can Teach Us"
1. What connection that Karen Thompson make between fear and storytelling?
2. What question does fear seek to answer?
1 minute.
1. Fear has all the same parts of a story. There are characters, and a beginning, middle and end.
2. Fear seeks to answer the question "what will happen next?"
In "Confronting Inequality" by Paul Krugman, he discusses how the wealth gap impacts the middle-class experience.
What is the cause of most debt for middle-class families in the U.S.
45 seconds.
Mortgages
Trying to buy homes they cannot afford in good school districts.
In the video, "Dystopian Fiction: How Stories Transform Your Mind" they discuss how dystopias and other fiction can impact our brains.
What is one way that fiction can actually change how we think?
1 minute.
Watching or reading something that is emotional can release the same brain chemicals as if we experienced the emotion ourselves.
It can make us more empathetic and allow us to understand and relate to others better.
What are the connotations and implications of the following quote:
“I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators” (Sherman Alexie).
Do a close analysis of this quote and explain what it means.
1 minute.
Cheerleader: cheerleaders are not concerned with truth. They cheer for their team no matter what the outcome of the game is. They offer positive support, but they don't make the team any better
Investigator: Does not pick sides. They are more concerned with finding the truth then trying to be supportive. They also tend to work alone, and must see things as unbiased as possible.
What are the 4 requirements for urban legends to exist, based on the Prasad theory? (As mentioned in the Dunn article)
Write down all 4 requirements
1 minute
anxiety, uncertainty, importance and belief
What is the story that hooks shares about Frederick Douglas? What part of his recollection does she disagree with?
1 minute.
She tells the story of his mother going to visit him every night.
She thinks that he did have a maternal figure, even though he says he didn't.
In "There will come soft rains", what were the 4 family members doing when they died?
1 minute
Father was mowing lawn
Mother was picking flowers
Children were playing ball