Terms:

Write Literary Terms with examples from the text:

• • Foreshadowing

  • Narrator 

  • Plot

  • Setting 

  • Rising action

  • Falling action

  • Climax

  • Imagery

  • Theme

  • Tone

  • Setting

  • Character

  • Plot

Terms can be found at: https://literarydevices.net/ 

Notes:

Read the following and take notes:

• “A Christmas Memory” by Capote 

• Article: "Can Animals Think?"

•  "The Most Dangerous Game"

• “Dog Star” by Arthur Clarke 

• "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier

•  “Chuck Liddell,” by Steven Yaccino

Questions:

1. What wins out in the end: instinct or reason? How does Rainsford survive?

2. Why did Connell make Rainsford an American and Zaroff a Cossack? Is there a political message to this story?

3. Should we make anything of Rainsford’s initial attraction to Zaroff? Are the two men similar?

4. Is the ending conclusive or sort of open? Why? What do you think happens next?

5. Does everyone follow the rules of the game? Any cheaters there? Do rules count if only one person knows them?

6. What, ultimately, is “the most dangerous game”? Does "game" refer to the hunted ("game animals"), or to the competition between Rainsford and Zaroff? Or both? Does that change the meaning of the story?

7. Does Richard Connell appear to condemn hunting or condemn hunting animals—or both?

8. What purpose does Whitney serve in the story?

Test

Embedded Assessment #1: Your assignment is to interview a person who has attended a post-secondary institution (i.e., a two- or four-year college, a training or vocational school, the military) and to write an interview narrative that effectively portrays the voice of the interviewee while revealing how the experience contributed to his or her coming of age, or you may complete...

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Embedded Assessment #2: Your assignment is to write an argumentative essay about the value of education. Your essay must be organized as an argument in which you assert a precise claim, support it with reasons and evidence, and acknowledge and refute counterclaims, or you may complete...

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**Take exam at https://testmoz.com/class/16400 during class session.

Terms:

Write Literary Terms with examples from the text:

• • Synonym

  • Sentence Fragment

  • (unreliable) narrator

  • Voice

  • Character

  • Theme

  • Climax

  • Rising Action

  • Falling Action

  • Resolution 

Terms can be found at: https://literarydevices.net/

Notes:

Read the following and take notes:

• Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes

• "Feeding Frenzy” by Carlin Don Sider

• “The Interlopers” by Saki

• “The Necklace” Maupassant

• “The Cask of Amontillado” By Edgar Allan Poe

Questions:

1. Is Mathilde a sympathetic character? Can you identify with her? Do you care about her at the beginning, or at the end? Why or why not?

2. What do you think Maupassant/the narrator feels about his characters? Is he sympathetic? Distant? Judgmental?

3. How does Mathilde strike you as a woman? Does she capture some important part of what it means to be a woman now? Or is she just an old, bad stereotype?

4. Is there anything Mathilde could have done to make herself happy in her initial situation? Could her husband have done anything more?

5. Is "The Necklace" a cynical story – does it reflect a really bleak and jaded view of life? Does it have some other attitude towards life?

6. Does "The Necklace" have a moral? What is it, if it does?

7. What's your verdict on the story's ending? Does it affect you emotionally?

8. If the story hadn't ended with a twist, how do you think it would have ended? Could it have ended in any other way and been as effective (and short) a story?

9. In THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO, What if Montresor is a woman? Most people assume Montresor is a man. Why? Would it change the way you think about the story if Montresor is a woman?

10. In THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO,What kind of clown is Fortunato? We see lots of scary clowns in the movies and in books. Is Fortunato a scary clown? If so, what is scary about him? If not, why?

11. In THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO,How do you feel when you read "The Cask"? Claustrophobic? Tired? Something else? What about the story makes you feel this way?

12. In THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO, Could Fortunato narrate this story? Why, or why not? Make an argument for both sides of this debate.

Test

Embedded Assessment #1: Your assignment is to write an original narrative from real or imagined experiences or events. Your story must include a variety of narrative techniques—such as foreshadowing, point of view, figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and/or irony—as well as effective details and a well-structured sequence of events, or you may complete...

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Embedded Assessment #2: Think about some films that you have viewed and analyzed, including those shown below. Choose three or four stylistic devices (cinematic techniques) that are common to these films. Write an essay analyzing the cinematic style and summarizing the film. Your essay should focus on the ways in which the director uses stylistic techniques across films to achieve a desired effect, or you may complete...

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Questions:

1. In "the Sniper", From what point of view is the story told? 

2. In "the Sniper",Describe the setting. 

3. In "the Sniper",Who is the protagonist? 

4. In "the Sniper", What type of irony is used in the story? Explain the irony. 

5. "Marigolds", What she remembers from here past 

6. "Marigolds",A flower that is a symbol of peace and hope 

7. "Marigolds",The narrators brother 

8. "Marigolds",The antagonist who has hope...

Test

Embedded Assessment #1: Your assignment is to write an essay or summary of the literature, or you may complete...

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Embedded Assessment #2: Think about some films or music that you have liked and analyze three or four stylistic devices and write an essay explaining the meaning of the film or music, or you may complete...

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**Take exam at https://testmoz.com/class/16400 during class session. 

Terms:

• Symbolism

  • Allegory

  • Irony

  • Ambiguity

  • Connotations

  • Denotations

  • Figurative Language

  • Diction. 

Terms can be found at: https://literarydevices.net/ 

Read and Take Notes on the Following:

• “The Gift of the Magi” by O' Henry

• “The Lady or the Tiger” by Stockton

• “The Road Not Taken” Frost

• “The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind” by Bradbury

• “The Scarlet Ibis”by Hurst

•  “Letter to President Roosevelt” Einstein

• Read “On the Abolition of the Threat of War” Einstein

• “The Arms Race” Einstein 

Questions:

1. How would the story be different it were told from Jim's perspective rather than Della's? Why might O. Henry have chosen to tell the story from Della's perspective?

2. Is "Gift of the Magi" a story within a story?

3. Do Della and Jim feel real, or do they feel like creations of the narrator to illustrate his point about giving?

4. Do you think O. Henry himself is the narrator of the story? Why or why not?

5. Is Della and Jim's love believable? Why or why not?

6. Put aside all of the "magi" stuff at the end. Do you think the story's ending is a happy one?

7. The narrator seems to be out to prove a point with the story. Is it possible to read the story in a way contrary to the way the narrator seems to understand it? How would that be?

8. In the Road Not Taken... Do you think the road the speaker took was really the less traveled one? Why?

9. In the Road Not Taken...What do you think the chances are that the speaker will get to come back and try the other path?

10. In the Road Not Taken...Do you think the speaker regrets his choice, or is happy about it? Why?

11. In the Road Not Taken...What type of choices do you think this fork in the road represents for the speaker?

12. In the Road Not Taken...What personal choices does this poem remind you of?

Test

Embedded Assessment #1: Your assignment is to write an essay or summary of the literature, or you may complete...

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Embedded Assessment #2: Think about some films or music that you have liked and analyze three or four stylistic devices and write an essay explaining the meaning of the film or music, or you may complete...

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 **Take exam at https://testmoz.com/class/16400 during class session. 

*Hand in ALL work to teacher with test results on the front. Work should be 5-10 pages when completed for full credit.

Notes:

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