Document 389897

1. Review story with partner
2. Fill out story map
Climax
Falling action
Rising action
Exposition
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story089.pdf
Resolution
DIRECT Characterization
(Author tells us):
1.says
2.looks
3.acts
4.thinks
5.What others think
Use author’s direct words as proof
INDIRECT Characterization
(we figure out on our own by
observing their personalities and
how others view them):
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Use sections of the story that
reveal this as proof

Struggle or clash between opposing
characters, forces, or emotions
Internal:
Is a struggle between opposing
needs, desires, or emotions
within the mind of a single
character
•Man v/s Self
External:
A character struggles against
an outside force
•Man v/s Man
•Man v/s Nature
•Man v/s Society
Types of Conflicts
Examples
Man v/s Man
1. Wolf v/s
Lumberjack
2.
Man v/s Nature
1. Red v/s woods
2.
Man v/s Society
1. Red v/s
Perception of
Women and girls
2.
Man v/s Himself
(Internal Conflict)
1. Mother v/s
Decision
2.
The feeling a story evokes
 It is often created by the story’s setting
 Some common moods are (suspenseful,
peaceful, ominous, depressing,
humorous,)

1. What mood does
the artist create in
this work?
2. What elements of
the picture create
this mood?
•
Write a paragraph
creating the mood
you see in the
picture.
Make haste and start before it grows hot, and walk properly
and nicely ,and don’t run, or you might fall and break the
flask of wine, and there would be none left for
grandmother.
“I will be sure to take care,” said Little Red Riding
Hood to her mother, and gave her hand upon it.
Now the grandmother lived away in the wood, half an hour’s
walk from the village; and when Little Red Riding Hood
had reached the wood, she met the wolf; but as she did
not know what a bad
sort of animal he was, she did not feel frightened.
The attitude a writer takes toward a
subject, a character, or the reader.
 Conveyed through word choice
 Common tones authors take are (Ironic,
sarcastic, nostalgic, critical, bitter,
hopeful, sympathetic)

The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creature’s head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.
A few weeks later, in the wood,
I came across Miss Riding Hood.
But what a change! No cloak of red,
No silly hood upon her head.
She said, “Hello, and do please note
“My lovely furry WOLFSKIN COAT.”
1. What is the author’s
tone toward Red’s
incident with the
wolf?
2. How does the author
feel about the “new”
Red Riding Hood?
3. How do you know?
(hint: find “loaded
words”)
http://www.youtube.com/v/LsKOJ29YiZA
Person, place, thing, or event that stands
both for itself and for something beyond
itself.
 What does
symbolize?


What does

What does
symbolize?
symbolize?
1. What/Who does the
wolf symbolize in
the song?
2. Red Riding Hood?
3. The woods?
4. Is the narrator of the
song reliable
(trustworthy)? Why
or Why not?
http://www.youtube.com/v/8J1XqEX3VBc
1. Verbal- a speaker says one thing but means the
opposite
2. Situational-what actually happens is the opposite
of what is expected to happen
3. Dramatic-occurs when the reader or audience
know something important that the character doesn’t
know
Type of Irony
Example from Song, Poem, and
Original Story
1. Verbal Irony
Song “Little Red Riding Hood” (Sam the Sham &
the Pharoahs cover): “What a big heart I have
all the better to love you with, Little Red
Riding Hood even bad wolfs can be good.”
2.Situational Irony
Poem by Roald Dahl:
“Bang bang bang she shoots him
dead”
3. Dramatic Irony
The Original Story:
O grandmother, what large ears you
have!” “The better to hear
with.” “O grandmother, what great
eyes you have!” “The better to
see with.” “O grandmother, what large
hands you have!” “The
better to take hold of you with.” “But,
grandmother, what a terrible
large mouth you have!” “The better to
devour you!”
Omniscient (all-knowing)-Narrator plays
no part in the story, but can tell us what
all the characters are feeling and
thinking
 3rd person limited-Narrator plays no part
in the story, but zooms in on the thoughts
of one character
 1st person-Narrator is a character in the
story (says “I…)

Type of Irony
Example from Song, Poem, and
Original Story
1. Omniscient
Found in original story
1. The wolf thought to himself, “That
tender young thing would be a
delicious morsel, and would taste better
than the old one; I must
manage somehow to get both of
them.”
2. When Little Red Riding Hood had
reached
the wood, she met the wolf; but as she
did not know what a bad
sort of animal he was, she did not feel
frightened.
2.
3rd person limited
Found in Poem by Ronald Dahl
“As soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent meal
He went”….
3.
“Little Red Riding Hood I don’t think little
big girls should go walking in the spooky
old woods alone”
1st person
Found in Song
The central idea or insight about human
life revealed by a work of literature
 The author doesn’t tell you the meaning
you should get from their writing
 You figure out what it means to you
personally ---What insight did you gain
from reading it?





Anaphora – the lines begin with the same word
Asyndeton – omitting conjunctions between
words, phrases, or clauses "Speed up the film,
Montag, quick. Click, Pic, Look, Eye, Now, Flick,
Here, There, Swift, Pace, Up, Down, In, Out,
Why, How, Who, What, Where, Eh? Uh! Bang!
Smack! Wallop, Bing, Bong, Boom!"
(Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1953)
Polysyndeton - "He pulled the blue plastic tarp
off of him and folded it and carried it out to the
grocery cart and packed it and came back
with their plates and some cornmeal cakes in a
plastic bag and a plastic bottle of syrup."
(Cormac McCarthy, The Road, Knopf, 2006)
Syntax – way words and phrases are grouped
together
Parallelism - similar patterns of
grammatical structure and length. For
instance, "King Alfred tried to make the
law clear, precise, and equitable.“ “I
came. I saw. I conquered.”
 Vernacular – common language of the
time

 Allusion
history
– reference to a piece of lit,






Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia - The use of a word to describe
or imitate a natural sound or the sound
made by an object or an action. Example:
snap crackle pop
Hyperbole - An exaggeration that is so
dramatic that no one would believe the
statement is true.
Tall tales are hyperboles.
Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole
cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.