Short stories - The man with the scar / The tell-tale heart

Short stories - The man with the scar & 
The tell-tale heart
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This lesson contains 22 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Short stories - The man with the scar & 
The tell-tale heart

Slide 1 - Slide

Programme
  • Discussion The man with the scar
  • Start with The Tell-Tale Heart
  • Homework upcoming weeks 

Slide 2 - Slide

Learning objectives
At the end of this lesson, I know and can explain the following literary devices/concepts:
  • Main/Frame story
  • Literal and figurative meaning
  •  Reliable / Unreliable narrator
  • Symbols from The tell-tale heart

Slide 3 - Slide

I understood this short story and was able to answer the questions AND
I can explain the literary devices in my own words
A
Yes, I definitely understood and can explain it!
B
Yes, I think and hope so
C
I'm not completely sure but have tried
D
Did we have homework?

Slide 4 - Quiz

Frame / main story
  • A frame narrative is a literary technique, whereby a story is situated within another story. 
  • The main story is the internal one.
  • The frame narrative merely serves to set the scene, and often introduces some core themes.
  • Some frame narratives only appear at the beginning and end of the main narrative, serving as bookends propping up the main story.
  • Transforming the story into myth - lots of frame narratives introduce a character who will tell the main story to another. This imbues the main story with a mythic quality, often giving it the idea of gossip, or of the story being passed down and around.

Slide 5 - Slide

Short story - The man with the scar

The frame story is set in:


A
Hotel bar in Guatemala City
B
Prison in Nicaragua

Slide 6 - Quiz

Short story - The man with the scar
The principal characters in the frame story are:

A
Rebel General - General San Ignacio and Rebel General's wife
B
Narrator - his acquaintance and man with the scar

Slide 7 - Quiz

Short story - The man with the scar
The narrative mode in the frame story is:
A
Third person
B
First person

Slide 8 - Quiz

Describe Rebel General in the frame story: appearance, occupation, habits and his influence

Slide 9 - Open question

Describe rebel general in the main story: appearance, occupation, habits, influence.

Slide 10 - Open question

Describe the most important events in the main story

Slide 11 - Open question

Important events in main story
He was a revolutionary general - he could have won the revolution
He was captured
He was sentenced to be shot at dawn
He killed his wife
He wasn't executed but banished

Slide 12 - Slide

Explain the difference between literal and figurative meaning in your own words

Slide 13 - Open question

What is the literal meaning of the title?

Slide 14 - Open question

What is the figurative meaning of the title?

Slide 15 - Open question

Looking back at my work / analysis of the man with the scar
A
I succeeded on the analysis and literary devices
B
It was OK
C
Next time I should do things differently, namely.....
D
I'm going to do my homework next time!

Slide 16 - Quiz

Questions, questions, questions???

Slide 17 - Slide

The-Tell-Tale-Heart
Written by Edgar Allan Poe

Slide 18 - Slide

Slide 19 - Video

Important literary devices / concepts
  • Narrative mode
  • Reliable / unreliable narrator
  • Two controlling symbols
  • Suspense  

Slide 20 - Slide

Read 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

  • Read 'The Tell-Tale Heart', look up words you don't know and complete questions 1 up to 3 this lesson



Slide 21 - Slide

Homework - 12th of October
  • Finish  the exercises and your analysis on The Tell-Tale heart and The First Autumn completely. 
  • If you have time left somewhere you might want to have a look at Death by Scrabble

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