You did a fantastic job reviewing the vocabulary, and beating your reading goals today. Well done. If you are reading this blog, make it a habit as a way to review and you will increase your marks and interest in the course.
We added the words: avid and contrite to our list
Today we came up with a few steps to interpret a passage of literature:
The most important step is to read the passage a few times and take note of key words. Similar to what we did yesterday for para. one.
Next:
1. See if there is a literary technique in the passage as this technique will offer you a quick interpretation: irony, juxtaposition, pathetic fallacy, a change in diction (word-choice), a change in tone, a surprise response from a character
2. Look for repetitions of words
3. Make connections to other parts of the book (the weight of his clothes from page five is now the weight of the heat) How are they connected?
4. Look at what the characters are doing -- is this event a key one? How are they responding? Are all of the characters responding in the same manner?
We practised with the first quotation on the sheet:
page 9: juxtaposition In the beginning Ralph is happy. He takes off his clothes, dives into the lagoon, is glad there are no adults, imagines his father will find him etc
But Piggy's pronouncement that they could be stuck there forever changes Raalph.
It is a wake-up call and he asks for his clothes. The clothes represent security as they remind him of home, his dad, civilization, etc
Also, Golding makes the descriptions of the island more hostile. Ralph and Piggy react differently to the news.
If you have extra time this weekend, see if you can get 30 or more pages read of your USSR book.
Assignment is below:
INTERPRETING
CHAPTER ONE
Authors use literary
techniques to add depth to their work. As you read chapter one look
for and examine the following: juxtaposition, pathetic fallacy,
symbols, reading between the lines, key images, interpreting
characters' actions or speech,
Quote: “ '
We may stay here 'till we die' . . . ' Get my clothes,' muttered
Ralph (9).
Technique:
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Significance:
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Quote: “ '
That was what you meant . . .why you got the conch out of the
water?'”(12).
Technique:
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Significance:
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Quote: “The
boy who controlled them was dressed the same way though his cap badge
was golden”(15).
Technique:
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Significance:
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Quote: “Then
the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand . . . not all
shadow but mostly clothing” (15).
Technique:
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Significance:
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Quote: “”I
can't decide what to do straight off'” (20).
Technique:
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Significance:
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Quote: Read page 25
from the big paragraph in the middle to the second last sentence on
the page
Technique:
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Significance:
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