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Today’s Checklist

Today’s Checklist. Warm-up – review short story plot The Tell-Tale Heart questions Movie comparison. Short story plot. 4. Climax. 3. Conflict. 2. Rising Action. 5. Falling Action. 5. Conclusion. 1. Introduction/Exposition. The Tell-Tale Heart Questions.

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Today’s Checklist

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  1. Today’s Checklist • Warm-up – review short story plot • The Tell-Tale Heart questions • Movie comparison

  2. Short story plot 4. Climax 3. Conflict 2. Rising Action 5. Falling Action 5. Conclusion 1. Introduction/Exposition

  3. The Tell-Tale Heart Questions • Based on their use in the story, define the following words. • Fancy • Vex • Foul play • From what point of view is the story told? • Identify the climax of the story. • Provide at least two examples from the text to support the claim that the narrator is insane.

  4. Compare and contrast Watch the following video versions of “The Tell-Tale Heart” Shortz (8:00) vs. Version 2 (10:00) Which version do you think provides a better portrayal of the story? Which version do you think is more suitable for adults? For adolescents? For children?

  5. Point of view • Tornado hits west of Kingston • Write two lines following this headline as… • The man • The tornado • The house… • Would tell the story

  6. Points of view • First person • The narrator is one of the characters in the story • Clues: pronouns such as I, me, my, mine • Narrator may not be completely reliable • The reader finds out only what this character knows, thinks, and sees

  7. Third person objective • The narrator is not a character in the story • Clues: third person pronouns such as he, she, his, her, its, they, and them • Narrator is an observer: can only tell what is said and done • Cannot see into the minds of the characters

  8. Third person limited • Narrator is not a character in the story, but tells the story from one character’s perspective • Can see into one character’s mind but no one else’s • Clues: third person pronouns such as he, she, his, her, its, they, and them

  9. Third person omniscient • The narrator is not a character in the story • Clues: he, she, his, her, etc. • Narrator can see into the minds of all characters • We find out what all or most of the characters do, fell, think and see

  10. Examples • Newspaper articles • Third person objective • “Lamb to the Slaughter” • Third person limited • “On the Sidewalk, Bleeding” • Third person limited • “The Tell-Tale Heart” • First person

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