Name: _________________________________________________ Period: ____ Analyze a Dramatic Monologue for Irony California State Standards: 3.4 Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, soliloquy. 3.7 Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices, including figurative language, imagery, allegory, and symbolism, and explain their appeal. 3.8 Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and incongruities in a text. TERMINOLOGY. ANALYZE: to examine something (e.g. piece of writing) by breaking it into smaller parts. DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE: a character speaks his/her thoughts aloud, directly addressing another character. In the movie, The Count of Monte Cristo speaks directly to Albert during the birthday banquet scene. IRONY: a situation involving some kind of incongruity or discrepancy VERBAL IRONY: what is said is the opposite of what is meant. It is not caustic or critical for that would be sarcasm. DRAMATIC IRONY: we know something another character doesn’t know. SITUATIONAL IRONY: a situation that turns out to be very different from what was expected: the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does. Directions. We are going to write a paragraph that analyzes the Count of Monte Cristo’s dramatic monologue during the birthday banquet scene. Note: The expectations for the paragraph are written in the MLA (Modern Language Association) format. Smith 1 Bubba Smith Honors English 10 Mr. Espinozita 6 September 2011 Irony in the Cristo Write a well-developed paragraph that discusses at least two types of irony (verbal, situational, dramatic). Your paragraph should begin with a TOPIC SENTENCE (“the steering wheel of your paragraph” – it helps keep your paragraph focused; highlight in green) as well as COMMENTARY (your discussion of the topic; highlight in yellow) and EVIDENCE (quotes from the dramatic monologue; highlight in pink). End the paragraph with a CONCLUDING SENTENCE that leaves the reader with a profound thought (highlight in blue). Type the essay in MLA format: 12 point, Times New Roman font; doubled-spaced; pagination; heading with inverted date; indented paragraphs; centered title (use the same font as the text). Read the Count of Monte Cristo’s dramatic monologue during the birthday banquet scene: Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout, as you did in Rome, “Do your worst … for I will do mine.” Then the fates will know you as we know you, as Albert Mondego, the man. PARAGRAPH FORMAT. Write your rough draft on a separate sheet of paper: Topic Sentence (Green). Use the following topic sentence: After toasting Albert at his 16th birthday banquet, the Count of Monte Cristo delivers a dramatic monologue replete with irony. Commentary (Yellow) Evidence (Pink) Whenever you incorporate evidence, respond to the statement, “So what.” In other words, why have you used the quote? Answer the “So what” by explaining WHAT the quote does in the passage, what impression should it make on the reader. Commentary (Yellow) Evidence (Pink) Commentary (Yellow) Evidence (Pink) Concluding Sentence (Blue) NOTE: You may begin with EVIDENCE, followed by COMMENTARY. Writing is NOT a recipe … you will need to add “extra ingredients”. One of these important ingredients is TRANSITIONS. The word “trans” means to move across. Transitions help you move across or create a “bridge” to make logical connections between your sentences and paragraphs Transitions come at the beginning of your sentence and/or paragraphs: COMMON TRANSITION WORDS/PHRASES In Addition also besides further furthermore in addition moreover next too first second To Give Examples for example for instance to illustrate in fact specifically To Compare To Contrast also in the same manner however similarly on the other hand likewise in contrast nevertheless still even though on the contrary yet although To Summarize/Conclude To Show Place or Direction in other words in short in summary in conclusion to sum up that is therefore To Show Time after as before next during later finally meanwhile then when while immediately To Indicate Logical Relationship if therefore consequently thus as a result for this reason since How can you tell whether you need to work on your transitions? Here are some possible clues: Your instructor has written comments like "choppy," "jumpy," "abrupt," "flow," or "how is this related?" on your paper. Your readers (instructors, friends, or classmates) tell you that they had trouble following your organization or train of thought. You tend to write the way you think—and your brain often jumps from one idea to another pretty quickly. You wrote your paper in several discrete "chunks" and then pasted them together.