Here is a link to the NPR site that hosts the "This I Believe" series. Consider the elements of the memoir and narrative as they appear in the essays. Listen for voice elements that make these essays stand out to you.---------->
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Quarter II - Dystopian Literature Prezi Overview
Key Elements: Important Vocabulary and Allusions
McCarthyism American Dream Cold War Newspeak Red Scare Utopia Dystopia Paradox Mass Media (Culture) The Beats Counterculture Bown vs. Board of Education Little Rock 9 Book of Revelations Book of Ecclesiastes Dover Beach Phoenix First Amendment Totalitarian (Elements of the novel: characters, plot, setting, theme; Literary Devices: irony, satire, symbolism, figurative language) Also, terms from the last unit will useful in class discussions and theme analysis in this unit as well. |
Elements of Literature
Selected Reading from Elements of Literature The Personal Narrative, Memoir, and The Essay (SEE "THIS I BELIEVE" LINK ABOVE) Red Scarf Girl, Ji-Li Jiang (More about the author: www.jilijiang.com.) Key Elements: Important Vocabulary, People, Terms, etc. pernicious detrimental capitalist imperialism delicacies resolutely pedicab exploitation auspicious submissively counterrevolutionary propaganda bourgeoise xenophile detainment revisionist proletarians communism feudalism socialism/socialist Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela Things Fall Apart Othello, Shakespeare Things Fall Apart, Achebe |
Quarter 4 - "Othello" and The Alchemist