Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart, 1843

Expectations
Be active listeners
Sit up Raise your hand Do not talk when others are talking Participate Do not complain Choice is a privilege and it can be revoked

Prose
writing or speech in its normal continuous form, without the rhythmic or visual line structure of poetry

What is Mood?
The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the audience. In drama, mood may be created by sets and music as well as words; in poetry and prose, mood may be created by a combination of such elements as SETTING, PLOT, DICTION, IMAGERY, and FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. The moods evoked by the more popular short stories of Edgar Allen Poe, for example, tend to be gloomy, horrific, and desperate.

Setting

Time and place are where the action occurs Details that describe:
Furniture Scenery Customs Transportation Clothing Dialects Weather Time of day Time of year

Setting

Elements of a Setting
Location
Life

Era

Place

Time

Phys ical

Setting
Atmosphere Day

His tory

Mood

Fe e lings

Wo rd Choice

We athe r

Use as activ ator to activate prior know ledge. Write the w eb on the board or ov erhead and students create one at their s eats . Then as class share and fill in.

Plot

Plot
Plot is what happens and how it happens in a narrative. A narrative is any work that tells a story, such as a short story, a novel, a drama, or a narrative poem.

Parts of a Plot
Inciting incident event that gives rise to conflict (opening situation) Development- events that occur as result of central conflict (rising action) Climax- highest point of interest or suspense of story Resolution- when conflict ends Denouement- when characters go back to their life before the conflict

Diagram of Plot
Climax

Introduction Inciting incident/ Opening situation

Denouement

Special Techniques of Plot

Suspense- excitement or tension Foreshadowing- hint or clue about what will happen in story Flashback- interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past Surprise Ending- conclusion that reader does not expect

Diction

What is Diction?
The choice of a particular word as opposed to others. A writer could call a rock formation by many words--a stone, a boulder, an outcropping, a pile of rocks, a cairn, a mound, or even an "anomalous geological feature."

Change the diction in this sentence

The white rabbit makes me happy.

Imagery

What is Imagery?
The use of pictures and description to visualize a mood, idea or character. Imagery may involve all the senses, but usually involves the sense of sight. The imagery of William Carlos Williams' poetry, for example, tends to involve the appearances of everyday, ordinary objects like a "red wheel / barrow / glazed with rain / water . . . ."

Describe the rabbit using imagery.

Figurative Language

What is Figurative Language?

SIMILE: A comparison of two different things, usually using the words "like," "as" or "as if." The simile "Oh, my love is like a red, red rose," for example, serves as the title and first line to a poem by Robert Burns. METAPHOR: A comparison of two different things, which states that the two are actually the same thing, often through a form of the verb "to be." The metaphor "Black Poets / Are / The Trumpets of Black Warriors," for example, is used by Etheridge Knight in his poem For Black Poets Who Think of Suicide.

Describe the rabbit with a simile. Describe the rabbit with a metaphor.

Adverbs

What is an Adverb?
a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a sentence, e.g. "happily," "very," or "frankly What are some adverbs we can use to describe the rabbit dancing?

Write down 5 adverbs you find on your sticky note while I read.

Edgar Allan Poes

THE TELL-TALE HEART

Group Roles
(Q & J): Timekeeper- your job is to keep the group on task and keep track of the time written on the board so your group is ready to present in time. (K, A, & Joker): Recorders- your job is to write the information the group needs to present to the class on the poster. (6 & 7): Researcher- your job is write the information for the poster on the worksheet. Make sure to have all of your quotes written exactly as they are in the text. (8, 9, & 10) Presenters- your job is to present the information on the poster to the class. Be sure to be clear in your presentation so your fellow classmates can write the information on their own worksheets.

Group

PRESENTATIONS

The Mood of The Tell-Tale Heart

On your extra sticky note write down one sentence from the text that contributes to the mood of the story. Write what literary element we talked about (diction, plot, setting, imagery, or figurative language) is present in the sentence Place your sticky note on the poster over the spot with your initials on it.

Turn in to Ms. Abney

Bags with 2-3 markers & 6 playing cards What Makes a Mood? Worksheet with your name on it and adverb sticky note attached Group worksheet with all of your names on it