Do Now: Homework Check: Get out Literary Elements ChartWork on article of the week!!

Literary Elements Chart:

Literary Elements:

How to Tell… Battle Royal

Characterization:

-Direct

-Indirect-------------------------

-Static

-Dynamic

Direct: “…great brother she had, how together, the guy was, a number one pal and comrade. A real soldier’s soldier, Rat says” (1).

Indirect: Curt Lemon was an outgoing and brave man (1). ---------------------------------Static: Mitchell Sanders

Dynamic: Rat Kiley

Direct: “he was an odd old guy, my grandfather” (16).

Indirect: The narrator was respected by the white community because he was selected to deliver his speech. --------------------------------Static: blonde dancer

Dynamic: narrator

Antagonist “dumb cooze”; Vietnam; War

White men

Protagonist Narrator (O’Brien) Nameless narrator

Point of View: 1st person 1st person

Literary Elements Chart

Plot Elements How to Tell… Battle Royal

Rising Action Rat Kiley (buffalo story)

-Tries to feed the baby buffalo-Shoots the buffalo’s mouth

-arriving at the anteroom - Dancer- Battle royal

Climax Shoots off the nose and talks to it like it was a pet

Narrator finally gets to give his speech

Falling Action Cradles the gun Opens the briefcase to find the scholarship

Resolution The other soldiers move the buffalo and don’t say anything to Rat

Dream about grandfather

Literary Elements Chart

Literary Elements

How to Tell… Battle Royal

Theme Truth: “Often the crazy stuff is true and the normal stuff isn’t because the normal stuff is necessary to make you believe the truly incredible craziness” (5).

Naiveté: the narrator was naïve to believe that the white community was recognizing him for his academic accomplishments.

Mood Suspenseful; anxious

Hostile; sympathetic

Setting -Vietnam-present day telling the story

-NYC in 30’s

Irony Situational Irony: The men in Mitchell Sander’s story believes that they are going to find the Viet Cong having a party when they storm the mts. but nothing is there

Dramatic Irony: the reader realizes that the narrator has been brought there as the entertainment before the narrator does

Diction Profanity; military jargon

Derogatory language; slang

Literary Elements Chart

Literary Elements

How to Tell… Battle Royal

Imagery “I remember the smell of moss. Up in the canopy there were tiny white blossoms, but no sunlight at all, and I remember the shadows...” (4).

“He was a large man… that of an intoxicated panda” (20).

Symbolism The woman symbolizes the general public that do not understand what war is really about

The speech/scholarship symbolizes what the black community believes is progress

Dialogue “Right,” I said.“Understand me?”“Invisible.” (6)

“I’ll make it five more dollars.”“Go to hell.” (25)

Atmosphere Mountains: spooky, dark, rainy, foggy

Smoky, chaotic

World Literature: Short Story Final Assessment

Overall Fiction Concepts Assessed:

1. Response to Literature (Time Period/Culture)

2. Genre/Structure3. Text Analysis

Final Assessment You will be choosing a short story to

read from the textbook and creating a prezi presentation where you show your understanding of fundamental and elevated fictional concepts.

Within your presentation you must address the following questions:

Text Analysis:

1. How does the author manipulate the reader’s reaction using literary elements?

a) Using literary elements to analyze the text

2. How do I cite support from primary and secondary sources?

a) In-text citations from short story b) Outside research

3. How do I understand implicit and explicit meaning in a text?

a) Overall interpretation of the meaning of the story (plot)

b) Analysis of Literary Elements

Genre/Structure

1. How does diction and syntax shape the meaning of the text?

a) Define, find examples and analysis of both diction and syntax

Response to Literature: Time Period

1. How does understanding the time period facilitate the understanding of the text?

a) What happened historically that influenced the author? What connects can be made between time period and the short story?

Response to Literature: Culture

1. How does an understanding of an author’s culture or the culture represented in the text enhance the reader’s understanding of the text as a whole?

a) What was happening culturally that influenced the author to write this short story?

READ THE ASSIGNMENT SHEET & RUBRIC!!!!

Timeline: Wednesday: Select title Thursday & Friday: Read short story and answer

reading and analysis questions within the text book and complete literary elements chart.

Monday-Wednesday: work and complete assessment in class Due date: submit to google doc by midnight December

1st. Now, you will choose your short story…

You may not choose the same short story as anyone else within the class… first come, first serve.

Short Story Selections:

A. Europe: 1. Brother Onion (Italy- Petrarch) p. 6692. The Piece of String (France-de Maupassant) p. 7963. The Long Exile (Russia- Tolstoy) p. 8044. A Problem (Russia- Chekhov) p.8145. The Bet (Russia- Chekhov) Tale Blazers6. War (Italy- Pirandello) p. 8637. The Hunger Artist (Austria- Kafka) p. 8698. The Ring (Denmark- Dinesen) p. 882

B. South America: 1. Borges and I (Argentina- Borges) p. 9342. The Night Face Up (Argentina- Cortazar) p. 9473. Tuesday Siesta (Colombia- Garcia Marquez) p. 9574. The Censors (Argentina- Valenzuela) p. 965

C. Africa: 1. Life is Sweet at Kumansenu (Sierra Leone- Nicol) p. 9862. Dead Men’s Path (Nigeria- Achebe) p. 9963. The Train from Rhodesia (South Africa- Gordimer) p. 10094. The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses (South Africa- Head) p. 1023

D. Asia: 1. The Norwegian Rat (Egypt- Mahfouz) p. 10312. The Jay (Japan- Kawabata) p. 10473. An Astrologer’s Day (India- Narayan) p. 10544. Love Must Not Be Forgotten (China- Jie) p. 10625. Ocean of Words (China- Jin) p. 1083

Short Story Selections:

A. Europe: 1. Brother Onion (Italy- Petrarch) p. 6692. The Piece of String (France-de Maupassant) p. 7963. The Diamond Necklace (France- deMaupassant) Tale Blazers4. The Long Exile (Russia- Tolstoy) p. 8045. A Problem (Russia- Chekhov) p.8146. The Bet (Russia- Chekhov) Tale Blazers7. War (Italy- Pirandello) p. 8638. The Hunger Artist (Austria- Kafka) p. 8699. The Ring (Denmark- Dinesen) p. 88210. The Thief (Russia- Dostoyevsky) Tale Blazers 11. The Bishop’s Candlesticks (France- Hugo) Tale Blazers

B. South America: 1. Borges and I (Argentina- Borges) p. 9342. The Night Face Up (Argentina- Cortazar) p. 9473. Tuesday Siesta (Colombia- Garcia Marquez) p. 9574. The Censors (Argentina- Valenzuela) p. 965

C. Africa: 1. Life is Sweet at Kumansenu (Sierra Leone- Nicol) p. 9862. Dead Men’s Path (Nigeria- Achebe) p. 9963. The Train from Rhodesia (South Africa- Gordimer) p. 10094. The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses (South Africa- Head) p. 1023

D. Asia: 1. The Norwegian Rat (Egypt- Mahfouz) p. 10312. The Jay (Japan- Kawabata) p. 10473. An Astrologer’s Day (India- Narayan) p. 10544. Love Must Not Be Forgotten (China- Jie) p. 10625. Ocean of Words (China- Jin) p. 1083