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Tomorrow’s Literature Test
Posted by on November 15, 2012
Hello, Class!
I heard you won today’s game! Way to go!!!
Friday’s literature test will be based on the following topics:
-”The Tell-Tale Heart”
– The Hitchhiker
– “Lamb to the Slaughter” (just like you have seen on ITBS, HSPT, and your future SAT’s, Reading Comprehension tests are based on previously unread material. You will be allowed to have this story during your test. Please read it tonight).
– “The Raven” (very basic information)
– Background information on Edgar Allan Poe (review your quiz AND the timelines from my earlier blog posts and your webquest).
– Literary terms: (suspense, irony, inference, foreshadowing, flashback, and elements of fiction (setting, point of view, types of point of view, setting, conflict, etc.)
– Know the authors to each short story/ play
– Be able to explain how Poe uses his OWN suspense techniques in his stories.
– Explain how authors create suspense (this is a bit different from Poe’s technique… see notes and book).
– Notes from my previous blog entries on suspense
– Review worksheets and notes
– Be able to compare and contrast characters and events from all stories and apply the literary terms to them and new examples given on the test.
– Know the difference between mood and tone and explain how authors use it in their works.
HW- Please complete the Hitchhiker packet.
For 5 points extra credit, post one “Mrs. Beadel-type” question on this blog post. The question should reflect any of the above study topics and should serve as a review for your peers. Basic, 2nd grade-type questions will not count. Provide your full answer after your question… leave a few spaces).
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True or false:
The author of The hitchhiker created suspense by repeating words or phrases, using vivid descriptions, and describing a characters anxiety or fear. For example: the intro where the protagonists lists everything he knows about himself when he wanted to make sure he was sane, the rain on the hitchhikers shoulders and the way he looked exactly the same every single time
Essay Question:
Do you think the hitchhiker was a real being or a figment of the main character’s imagination?
Use your knowledge and interpretation of the story to answer this question.
Answer: Personal Opinion
My opinion is that the hitchhiker was a figment of his imagination. Not only did the girl not see him, but the man at the gas station didn’t either! Then, he says he sees him with fresh drops of rain on his shoulders and it has never rained except on the day he died. Then, he here’s from Mrs. Whitney that he supposedly died! For these reasons, I think the hitchhiker is the Angel of Death who is part of the main character’s subconsious.
“This is a freebie mark B for beadel”….B
Oh my gosh!! This is too funny!!!
Does it count or do I have to write a real essay?
It should be a short answer.
Mrs.Beadel, what is the activation code for the literature book?
Look on my website under Links and Resources… it should be there… otherwise, I wrote a blog post earlier in the year, unless I’m going crazy!
Never mind I figured it out
What do you think made the narrator of the “Tell-Tale Heart” confess?
I most definitely think the narrator felt guilt which lead to his/her confession. I referred to the narrator as a his/her because the narrator didn’t specify his/her gender, just a little thing I caught on to. Back to the point, I felt that the beating of the heart symbolizes his/her guilt. Reminding him/her what he/she just finished doing. In the story, you notice that the narrator gives himself/herself excuses for what he/she did to make it sound okay, kind of like a little pep talk. The narrator thought that maybe they knew what he/she did and came here to make a mockery out of it. This confession lets us know that guilt did win and the narrator wasn’t able to handle his/her guilty conscience any longer.
True and False:
One way Edgar Allan Poe creates suspense in his stories is by describing a reader’s anxiety or fear.
Answer:
False: One way Edgar Allan Poe creates suspense in his stories is by describing a character’s anxiety not the reader’s.
Oh I forgot to answer my own question.
False
Why do you think the main character, Ronald, picked up the girl but not the hitchhiker?
I think there were two reasons as to why Ronald Adams picked one but not the other, with one being more prominent than the other. The major reason, I think, is because of physical appearance. The hitchhiker is described as “…thin, nondescript, with a cap pulled over his eyes,” and with “…a cheap overnight bag in one hand.” The girl, however, was never described as any of this. The minor reason would be because his mother told him not to pick up anyone. However, when he tried driving past the hitchhiker, something happened, so he wanted to ask someone else questions, like another hitchhiker.
True or False:
One way Edgar Allan Poe uses suspense in his stories is by repeating words, phrases, or character’s actions
Answer:
True
True or False
Question: Poen died at the age of 50 on 1859
Answer: False he died at the age of 40 on 1849
Mrs Beadel, on the packet with the story do we do the think and discuss part?
What do word connotations help communicate?
Word connotations communicate the author’s tone. Tone is the attutide the the author has about the piece. Word connotations can be negative or positive depending on what word you use. An example can be like conceited (negative) and confident (positive).
Question: True or False Poe was born in the year 1809 and died in 1849?
Answer: True Poe was able to live for 40 years.
We need to know the elements of fiction? Wasn’t that on the Monkey’s Paw/The Necklace test?
True or false
In “The tell-tale heart” did Poe admit that he was a mad man?
False: he simply didn’t think he was a mad man because he did not go crazy at try to get the evil eye away from him.
What do you think Mr. Maloney said that motivated Mrs. Maloney to kill him?
I think that he wanted a divorce. She was so upset because she was very in love with him and she was even six months pregnant.
True or False:
Edgar Allan Poe is known as the “father of modern horror.”
Answer: False Edgar Allan Poe is known as the “father of modern mystery.”
True or False
Edgar Allan Poe is the author of The “Tell-Tale Heart”
True
true or false:
Edgar Allan Poe changed his name to Edgar Clemm while he was in the military.
False, he changed his name to Edgar Perry in the military.
Tru or False:
Edgar Allen Poe took part in the HItchhiker?
True or False:
Guy De Maupassant was the author for “The Tell-Tale Heart”
False
True or False:
Edgar Allan Poe’s death is a mystery.
True.
I don’t have the Hitchhiker packet. When did we get it? I might have been absent or left early. Also, how do we get to the book in ClassZone? I can’t figure it out.