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Q1: Define “motif” & state what the motif is in “The Scarlet Ibis,” Q2: Why does the author choose to use this as the motif? In your opinion, is it effective? Explain. Happy Monday! Please answer the following for Bell Work 5…. “The Scarlet Ibis” Follow-up. Part 1: Tracking
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Q1: Define “motif” & state what the motif is in “The Scarlet Ibis,” Q2: Why does the author choose to use this as the motif? In your opinion, is it effective? Explain. Happy Monday! Please answer the following for Bell Work 5…
“The Scarlet Ibis” Follow-up Part 1: Tracking * Motif (red) * Figurative Language (underlined) * Setting (green) Part 2: Important Quotes * Explain what it shows about the narrator * Connect the quote to your own life or real events Part 3: Symbolism Interpretation Connotation What’s going on in the story Your thoughts, reactions, etc.
The Scarlet Ibis On the topmost branch a bird the size of a chicken, with scarlet feathers and long legs, was precariously. Its wings hung down loosely, and as we watched, a feather dropped away and floated slowly down through the green leaves. Doodle's hands were clasped at his throat, and I had never seen him stand still so long. "What is it?" he asked. At that moment the bird began to flutter, but the wings were uncoordinated, and amid much flapping and a spray of flying feathers, it tumbled down, bumping through the limbs of the bleeding tree and landing at our feet with a thud. Its long, graceful neck jerked twice into an S, then straightened out, and the bird was still. A white veil came over the eyes and the long white beak unhinged. Its legs were crossed and its clawlike feet were delicately curved at rest. Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty. "Go bring me the bird book," said Daddy. I ran into the house and brought back the bird book. As we watched, Daddy thumbed through its pages. "It's a scarlet ibis," he said, pointing to a picture. "It lives in the tropics--South America to Florida. A storm must have brought it here." Sadly, we all looked back at the bird. A scarlet ibis! How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree. Doodle Doodle said he was too tired to swim, so we got into a skiff and floated down the creek with the tide. Doodle did not speak and kept his head turned away, letting one hand trail limply in the water. As I waited, I peered through the downpour, but no one came. Finally I went back and found him huddled beneath a red nightshade bush beside the road. He was sitting on the ground, his face buried in his arms, which were resting on his drawn-up knees. "Let's go, Doodle," I said. He didn't answer, so I placed my hand on his forehead and lifted his head. Limply, he fell backwards onto the earth. He had been bleeding from the mouth, and his neck and the front of his shirt were stained a brilliant red. Doodle! Doodle! I cried, shaking him, but there was no answer but the ropy rain. He say very awkwardly, with his head thrown far back, making his vermilion neck appear unusually long and slim. His little legs, bent sharply at the knees, had never before seemed so fragile, so thin. I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar. "Doodle!" I screamed above the pounding storm and threw my body to the earth above his. For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain.
Directions: Using the extracted paragraphs, pull out specific words, phrases or sentences that show how the Ibis and Doodle are alike Symbol: Something that stands or represents something else. The Ibis Doodle
Exit: Why does Doodle have to die?(why did the author make that choice?) On your post-it note, think of one reason the author chose to make Doodle die in the story. When directed, add your post-it to the back board.
More Literary Terms Metaphor Climax Hyperbole Resolution Setting Point of View Personification Rising Action Plot Resolution Falling Action Foreshadowing Exposition Allusion Characterization Simile Conflict Theme Figurative Language Motif Situational Irony
Style Mood Suspense Theme
Style Example: “The Most Dangerous Game”: use of semicolons • Definition: • The particular way in which a piece of literature is written • Style is not whatis said, but howit is said
Suspense Example: “The Most Dangerous Game”: When Rainsford steps out from behind the curtain • Definition: • Excitement or tension that readers feel as they read • “On the edge of your seat”…
Mood • Definition: • The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader • Ex: Dread, horror, humorous, romantic… Example: “The Most Dangerous Game”: Tense, Eeiry
Theme • Definition: • The main idea, the message, the life lesson of the story • Not directly stated, but must be inferred Example: “The Scarlet Ibis” = Pride can be wonderful or terrible depending on your intentions.
“The Raven” • Directions: • Listen & Read through the poem “The Raven” • Identify Mood, Suspense, Style & Theme • By door: Identify things related to the Theme • Middle by door: Identify Mood elements • Middle by window: Identify Suspense elements • 4) By window: Identify Style elements • Share with class; highlight & label elements Theme: * Message of the story Mood: * Feeling or atmosphere Suspense: * Excitement or tension Style: * Way it is written; How
“The Raven” Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door; Only this, and nothing more.“ Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore,. For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here forevermore. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me---filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, " 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door, Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. This it is, and nothing more." Theme: Message of the story Mood: Feeling or atmosphere Suspense: Excitement or tension Style: Way it is written; How
“The Raven” Theme: Message of the story Mood: Feeling or atmosphere Suspense: Excitement or tension Style: Way it is written; How
Happy Wednesday… Please copy the following on your BW 5 paper: Sentence Fragment: an incomplete sentence missing the subject or missing the verb Ex: Driving in the city during rush hour. Fix: Ex: A large Elm tree that was shattered by lightening. Fix:
Happy Wednesday… Please copy the following into your WNB: Sentence Fragment: an incomplete sentence missing the subject or missing the verb Ex: Driving in the city during rush hour. Fix: The man was driving in the city during rush hour. (add subject) Ex: A large Elm tree that was shattered by lightening. Fix: A large Elm tree that was shattered by lightening fell on the house. (add verb phrase)
Degrees of Evil • Read through the list of TRUE events of evil • Rank them 1 through 12 1 = most evil 12 = least evil Justify your ranking of #1 and #12… I ranked _______ as the most evil because ________________. I ranked ____________ as the least evil because ________________.
“The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe http://www.sonicmovie.net/streamfilehi.asp?FileID=306 “I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.”
Happy Thursday… Please copy the following on your BW 5 paper: Sentence Fragment: an incomplete sentence missing the subject or missing the verb Ex:. PHHS offers many science classes. Such as Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Fix: Ex: I need to find a new roommate. Because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. Fix:
Happy Thursday… Please copy the following on your BW 5 paper: Sentence Fragment: an incomplete sentence missing the subject or missing the verb Ex: PHHS offers many science classes. Such as Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Fix: PHHS offers many science classes, such as Biology, Chemistry… Ex: I need to find a new roommate. Because the one I have now isn’t working out too well. Fix: I need to find a new roommate because the one I have…
Today’s Work: Part one: * Independent Reading for 20 minutes * Novel Response On index card: 1) List the characters in your novel 2) Give a description of each of your characters 3) Explain how the characters are related or how the interact Part two: * “The Cask of Amontillado” work * Complete all: Insult, Soundtrack, Scene
“The Cask of Amontillado” Follow-up Part 1: Poe’s Sinister Style Part 2: Revenge Quotes Part3: Examples of Mood Part 4: Examples of Suspense • Directions: • In groups of 3 work together to complete each task • * Turn in before the end of the hour