A.

Analysis Form (For short story and novel)

Story: “THE NECKLACE”

1. How would you describe the tone of the story?
•The tone of Guy de Maupassant's short story The Necklace is tense, pessimistic, and
ironic. Throughout the narrative, a bitter atmosphere prevails, matching the protagonist's
state of mind. The story's tone brightens as Mathilde Loisel attends a ball wearing a
borrowed diamond necklace.

2. What foreshadowing is present in the story?

•Here's one good example of foreshadowing: She suffered from the poverty of her
dwelling, from the worn walls, the abraded chairs, the ugliness of the stuff. All these
things, which another woman of her caste would not even have noticed, tortured her
and made her indignant
3. What is an example of dramatic irony or situational irony in the story?
•The plot of "The Necklace" has situational irony because after replacing her friend's
expensive-looking necklace, and working for ten years to pay off the debtn
4. What is an example of imagery (description that appeals to the senses)?
•As a symbol of "wealth" itself – flashy, but false, in the end. Like "wealth," the necklace
is the object of Mathilde's mad desire. Perhaps the revelation of the necklace's
falseness at the end is meant to mirror the falseness of Mathilde's dream of wealth.
5. What point of view is the story told from?
•Throughout "The Necklace," descriptions of Mathilde Loisel’s thoughts and emotions
give readers her point of view, but the story is related by a third person narrator. The
description of Mathilde as someone who believed she should have been born to a
family with a higher social status and felt superior to her husband tells us something
about her point of view and that she has a sense of entitlement that leads to tragedy in
the story.

6. What would you say the climax of the story is?

•In "The Necklace," the climax occurs when the Madame Loisel realizes that the
necklace, she borrowed from a friend is truly lost.

7. What items or people in the story could be symbols for other ideas?
•The necklace symbolizes the wealth and status that Mathilde longs for but cannot
attain. The coat that her husband gives her at the end of the party symbolizes their

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current life, which Mathilde hates, and the mediocre social status she wants to escape
from.
8. What is the main conflict of the story?
•In “The Necklace,” the internal conflict lies in the fact that Madame Loisel is
embarrassed by her poverty. Even though she is physically beautiful, and married to an
understanding husband, she believes that the key to her happiness lies in expensive
necklaces, balls and the luxuries that comes with being rich.
9. Is there any direct or indirect characterization in the story?
•Through the action of flinging the invitation petulantly (or like a child) across the table,
we can infer that Mathilde is childish and dramatic in how she deals with emotions.
10. Were there any details that you had to infer about the story?
•The moral lesson of the story, "the necklace" is that we shouldn't live a materialistic life
as it can make our life filled with sorrow and grief.
DICTION/VOCABULARY (Define 5 difficult/unfamiliar words that you find in the
story and write the meaning.)
1.native- belonging to one by birth
2.hierarchy - a series of ordered groupings within a system
3.delicacy - the quality of being exquisitely fine in appearance
4.dwell - think moodily or anxiously about something
5.vestibule - a large entrance or reception room or area
LITERARY TERMS: (Find 5 examples of 5 different literary terms within the text.)
1.Imagenary
2.Situational Irony
3.Symbol
4.Theme
5.Point of View
THEME: What theme do you think the text has? (A theme is a life-lesson or overall
idea that you can take away from the work.
•The Necklace” is, at its heart, a story about Mathilde's social ambition, which takes the
form of a desire to acquire luxurious objects that she cannot afford. Through her ruin,
Maupassant warns against the dangers of greed and criticizes those who ascribe too
much value to wealth and material possessions.

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A. Analysis Form (For short story and novel)
Story: "     Forrest Gum   "
1. How would you describe the tone of the story?
•The tone of the film is lightly comic and heartbreaking as Forrest floats like a feather in
the wind through college football, Vietnam, political assassination, business success,
and hilarious encounters with a succession of presidents.
2. What foreshadowing is present in the story?
•Foreshadowing. Lieutenant Dan saying he will be Forrest's first mate if he ever gets a
shrimping boat foreshadows the realization of this promise.
3. What is an example of dramatic irony or situational irony in the story?
•One example of dramatic irony occurs when Forrest goes to Memphis to see Jenny
perform. She is working in a strip club, completely naked and playing "Blowin' in the
Wind" by Bob Dylan.
4. What is an example of imagery (description that appeals to the senses)?
•When Forrest goes to Jenny's house to see why she wasn't in school, she pulls him
into the nearby cornfield and tells him to pray with her. Far away, Jenny's abusive father
calls to her, while the two children kneel in the corn praying to be delivered from the
harshness of the world. The camera zooms out from them, revealing the large field of
corn in which they are sitting, two innocent souls in a big and complicated world.
5. What point of view is the story told from?
•From the moment he sits on that bus-stop bench and starts talking, Forrest is the
narrator of his own movie.
6. What would you say the climax of the story is?
•For the first time ever, Jenny invites Forrest to come to her. When he does, he learns
they had a son together several years ago, that she's dying, and that she wants to
marry him. The throughline of this generally episodic plot has always been Forrest's
devotion to Jenny.
7. What items or people in the story could be symbols for other ideas?
•Forrest Gump opens and closes with the image of a white feather floating through the
air. In the opening, it comes to rest in Forrest's suitcase. At the end, it flies back up into
the air, helping to symbolize the cycle that has now been completed—specifically, the
cycle of life and death, and one of new beginnings.
8. What is the main conflict of the story?

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•His biggest internal conflict is his longing for Jenny. In the middle of the film, his life
shows a great deal of success, but all he thinks about is Jenny (Zemeckis, 1994).
Though his story relies mostly on Jenny, it is an internal conflict because he doesn't
know how to find her.
9. Is there any direct or indirect characterization in the story?
•Gump's is a clear example of indirect characterization, based on the character's
speech, actions, reactions, gestures, which allow the construction of significant
psychological, ideological, cultural, or social characteristics.
10. Were there any details that you had to infer about the story?
•That's how he gets a college football scholarship, in a life story that eventually
becomes a running gag about his good luck. Gump the football hero becomes Gump
the Medal of Honor winner in Vietnam, and then Gump the Ping-Pong champion, Gump
the shrimp boat captain, Gump the millionaire stockholder (he gets shares in a new "fruit
company" named Apple Computer), and Gump the man who runs across America and
then retraces his steps.
DICTION/VOCABULARY (Define 5 difficult/unfamiliar words that you find in the
story and write the meaning.)
1.Harshness- The quality of being unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.
2.Psychological- of, affecting, or arising in the mind; related to the mental and emotional
state of a person.
3.Ideological- based on or relating to a system of ideas and ideals, especially
concerning economic or political theory and policy.
4.Revealing- making interesting or significant information known, especially about a
person's attitude or character.
5.Hilarious-: marked by or causing hilarity: extremely funny.
LITERARY TERMS: (Find 5 examples of 5 different literary terms within the text.
1.Conflict
2.Symbol
3. Theme
4. Comedy
5.Point of View

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THEME: What theme do you think the text has? (A theme is a life-lesson or overall
idea that you can take away from the work.
•One of the clearest messages that can be taken from Forrest Gump is that it's
important to appreciate life while you have it. Gump's story shows that you never know
what's going to happen in the future, and that also includes not knowing when your time
will be up or if your life is ever going to be compromised.

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B. Poetry Analysis Template
Introduction:
Title of poem: "If"
Name of poet Rudyard Kipling
Date of 1910
Publication
Other relevant In 1896, thirty-one-year-old Rudyard Kipling was an
background internationally-renowned poet and story-teller when he wrote a
information poem with a one-word title: "If." The poem was inspired by "The
Jameson Raid," an 1895 military action in the Boer War in South
Africa.

Form:
Form of poem: Lyric poem
Structure of Four stanzas of equal length, all of which contain eight lines.
poem:
Rhyme scheme: The rhyme scheme of the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling is a-b-a-
b-c-d-c-d.

Meaning:
Overall Is an inspirational poem that provides advice on how one should
Meaning: live one's life. The poem takes the reader through various ways
in which the reader can rise above adversity that will almost
certainly be thrown one's way at some point.
How the poem Rudyard Kipling's (1865-1936) inspirational poem 'If' first
relates to life in appeared in his collection 'Rewards and Fairies' in 1909. The
general, and/or poem 'If' is inspirational, motivational, and a set of rules for
my life: 'grown-up' living. Kipling's 'If' contains mottos and maxims for life,
and the poem is also a blueprint for personal integrity, behaviour
and self-development. 'If' is perhaps even more relevant today
than when Kipling wrote it, as an ethos and a personal
philosophy. Lines from Kipling's 'If' appear over the player's
entrance to Wimbledon's Centre Court - a poignant reflection of
the poem's timeless and inspiring quality.

Figurative Language and Poetic Techniques:

Device/ Quote/s Meaning/Significance
Technique
Metaphor "For centuries, metaphor A figure of speech in which a word
was just the place where or phrase is applied to an object or
poets went to show off". action to which it is not literally
applicable. Metaphors can make
your words come to life (or in the

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 case of the exam, to death).
Personification “A fox should not be on The attribution of a personal nature
the jury at a goose's or human characteristics to
trial.”  something nonhuman, or the
representation of an abstract quality
in human form. Personification
connects readers with the object that
is personified.
Symbolism “We're actors — we're The use of symbols to represent
the opposite of people!” . ideas or qualities.
Symbolism allows writers to express
complex ideas while giving the
reader a visual, sensory experience.
Synecdoche Caden Cotard: I will be A figure of speech in which a part is
dying and so will you, made to represent the whole or vice
and so will everyone here versa. Synecdoches allow speakers
to emphasize certain parts of a
whole, highlighting their importance
by substituting them for the whole.
Anaphora “It was the best of times, An anaphora is a rhetorical device in
it was the worst of times, which a word or expression is
it was the age of wisdom, repeated at the beginning of a
it was the age of number of sentences, clauses, or
foolishness, it was the phrases. Anaphora is repetition at
epoch of belief, it was the the beginning of a sentence to
epoch of incredulity, it create emphasis. Anaphora serves
was the season of Light, the purpose of delivering an artistic
it was the season of effect to a passage.
Darkness, it was the
spring of hope, it was the
winter of despair.”
Antithesis “That's one small step for A person or thing that is the direct
man, one giant leap for opposite of someone or something
mankind.” else. Antithesis highlights the stark
difference between opposing ideas
by placing them side-by-side in
exactly the same structure.
Assonance Polyphonic prose is a The use of the same vowel sound
kind of free verse, except with different consonants or the
that it is still freer. same consonant with different
vowels in successive words or
stressed syllables, as in a line of
verse. The chief function of
assonance in poetry is to create
rhythm.
Hyperbole I walked a million miles to Exaggerated statements or claims

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 get here. not meant to be taken literally. Great
significance as it allows the writers
to present something common in an
intense manner.

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