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Introduction to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Introduction to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Mrs. Pinto English I. “Nothing characterizes Victorian society so much as its quest for self-definition.” - Norton Anthology. “Since childhood remained in him entire, he

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Introduction to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

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  1. Introduction to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Mrs. Pinto English I

  2. “Nothing characterizes Victorian society so much as its quest for self-definition.” - Norton Anthology

  3. “Since childhood remained in him entire, he could do what no one else has ever been able to do—he could return to that world; he could recreate it, so that we too become children again." - Virginia Woolf on Lewis Carroll

  4. Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) • Lewis Carroll is the pseudonym for Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford, and one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time. • Carroll had many physical deformities, including partial deafness and an irrepressible stammer, which made him uneasy around other adults. • Carroll felt shy and reserved around adults but became animated and lively around children, to whom he told wildly imaginative stories.

  5. Lewis Carroll • Carroll’s keen grasp of mathematics and logic inspired the linguistic humor and witty wordplay in his stories. • Additionally, his unique understanding of children’s minds allowed him to compose imaginative fiction that appealed to young people. • As an adult, Carroll continued to prefer the companionship of children to adults and tended to favor little girls.

  6. The Real Alice • In 1856, Carroll became close with the Liddell children and met the girl who would become the inspiration for Alice, the protagonist of his two most famous books. • It was in that year that classics scholar Henry George Liddell accepted an appointment as Dean of Christ Church, one of the colleges that comprise Oxford University, and brought his three daughters to live with him at Oxford.

  7. The Real Alice • Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell quickly became Carroll’s favorite companions and photographic subjects. During their frequent afternoon boat trips on the river, Carroll told the Liddells fanciful tales. • Alice, the middle child, quickly became Carroll’s favorite of the three girls, and he made her the subject of the stories that would later became Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Almost ten years after first meeting the Liddells, Carroll compiled the stories and submitted the completed manuscript for publication.

  8. Literary Terms • Parody: A mocking piece of literature that is designed to ridicule the subject in an exaggerated, often sarcastic way. • Pun: An expression that achieves emphasis or humor by emphasis on humor or utilizing two distinct meaning of the same word (ex: play) or two similar sounding words (ex: close/clothes). • Satire: Using humor to expose something or to ridicule.

  9. alliteration • Consonant sounds that repeat at the beginnings of words. • when I watch you wrapped up like garbage sitting, surrounded by the smell of too old potato peels. ~ Lucille Clifton, from “Miss Rosie”

  10. imagery • “word pictures” that writers create to represent a feeling, trigger a memory or idea, or evoke a sensory experience. • There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound.

  11. rhythm Listen!! • A pattern in poetry created by alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. • Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. What is stressed?

  12. meter • Predictable pattern of rhythm in poetry is called meter. • Iambic pentameter • Trimeter • Tetrameter • pentameter

  13. onomatopoeia • The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. • Hiss, crack, swish, buzz, BAM!

  14. rhyme • The repetition of stressed vowel sounds and all the sounds that follow in two or more words. • From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. ~ Robert Frost, from “Fire and Ice”

  15. simile • A figure of speech that uses the word “like” or “as” to compare two seemingly unlike things. • And she also did a fancy sweep of a curtsy, so that the fluffy skirt of her white dress cascaded to the floor like the petals of a large carnation. ~ Amy Tan, “Two Kinds”

  16. assonance • The repetition of same or similar vowel sounds in words that are close together. • She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; ~ W. B. Yeats, from “Down by the Salley Gardens”

  17. consonance • The repetition of consonant sounds before and after different vowel sounds. • From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. ~ Robert Frost, from “Fire and Ice” Notice the repetition of f, wh, and th sounds. So, what is the difference between consonance and alliteration? Alliteration has to repeat sounds AT THE BEGINNINGS OF WORDS.

  18. Figurative language • Language that conveys meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words. • Hyperbole, imagery, metaphor, symbol, simile, personification

  19. Highlighting the Text • Pink: Satire, Puns, and Parody • Yellow: Characterization • Green: Figurative Language • Blue: Contrasting logical and illogical thinking • Orange: Coming of Age– Innocence v. experience/ maturation and change

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