INTRODUCTION INTO HORROR UNIT HORROR UNIT LEARNING TARGETS

INTRODUCTION INTO HORROR UNIT

HORROR UNIT LEARNING TARGETS I can cite strong and thorough evidence that supports my inferences and analysis of a text. I can analyze the development of themes throughout a text, including how they interact or build upon each other. I can articulate how horror can be a reflection of the fears and anxieties in culture. I can evaluate figurative language within a text in order to determine the impact on tone, mood, and theme.

“THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH” By: Edgar Allen Poe

PLOT LINE OF THE STORY- LEAVE 1 WHOLE PAGE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK

PLOT LINE ELEMENTS • Exposition/ Introduction- used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers. • Rising Action(s)- a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest and tension in a narrative. In literary works, a rising action includes all decisions, characters’ flaws and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.

PLOT LINE ELEMENTS • Conflict- literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist. • Climax- is that particular point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point. • Resolution/ Conclusion- the resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction

TRACK THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE STORYLEAVE 1 WHOLE PAGE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK Character Quote Describing The Character

THEMES IN THE STORY • a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.

THEMES IN THE STORY- LEAVE 1 WHOLE PAGE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK Themes I Saw Why I believe this is a theme…

SETTING OF THE STORY- LEAVE 1 WHOLE PAGE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK • Use your 5 senses to describe the setting and create a picture in your mind… Sense Sight Touch Hear Smell Taste Quote/ Description from the story

POINT OF VIEW IN THE STORY • the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation. In literature, point of view is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, essay etc.

POINT OF VIEW IN THE STORY • 1. First person point of view involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” and “we”. “I felt like I was getting drowned with shame and disgrace. ” 2. Second person point of view employs the pronoun “you”. “Sometimes you cannot clearly discern between anger and frustration. ” 3. Third person point of view uses pronouns like “he”, “she”, “it”, “they” or a name. “Mr. Stewart is a principled man. He acts by the book and never lets you deceive him easily. ”

POINT OF VIEW IN THE STORY- LEAVE 1 PAGE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK What point of view is the story written from? Quotes from the story

WHAT IS THE OVERALL MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY? • the most important or central thought o f a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the t ext is about

FOR EVERY STORY IN THIS UNIT WE WILL BE FIGURING OUT WHAT THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY IS… • On your interim exams, that is what everyone in the classroom had trouble with. • My goal for the next interim- AT LEAST 75% OF YOU WILL BE PROFICIENT AT FINDING THE MAIN IDEA IN THE TEXT!!