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Unit EQ. How does realism reflect cultural beliefs, expectations and changes?. Interpreting dialect:.
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Unit EQ How does realism reflect cultural beliefs, expectations and changes?
Interpreting dialect: What do each of these terms in regional dialect mean in Standard English? Copy and complete the chart in your notes. Prepare to be called on. You may use your book as a guide to find the context of the word.
Mark Twain & Humor The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Elements of Humor • Exaggeration/hyperbole • Irony • Dialect • Satire • Understatement (Meiosis) • Parody
Interpret the following passage • by putting it in your own words. Underline the words or phrases that add to the regional dialect. …he ‘peared surprised, and then he looked sorter discouraged-like, and didn’t try no more to win the fight, and so he got shucked out bad.
Structure • Envelope/frame narrative
Groups—Read, Analyze & Interpret • Group 1—Historical LitCrit pg. 470-481 • Group 2—Biographical LitCrit pg 482; 574; 577-580 • Group 3—Formalist (handout) • Group 4—Feminist (handout) • Group 5—Freudian (handout) • Group 6—Archetypal (handout) • Group 7—Marxist (handout) • Group 8—Reader response (handout)
Group work • Complete each step—you have today to complete these steps with your group; • Everyone in your group must be involved and must fill out the worksheet in your packet