The Great Gatsby
Character, Speaker & Theme
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
5
Gatsby Intro
Anticipation
Discussion
Book Sign Out
Ch. 2 & 3 DUE 10
Friday
6 Chapter 1 DUE
Socratic
Discussion
On Googledoc
7
11 Ch. 4 & 5 DUE 12
13
14
18
20 Ch.8 & 9 Due
21
NO SCHOOL
Ch. 6 & 7 DUE 17
19
AP Midterm
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26
Thanksgiving Break
Dialectical Notes
One of the best ways to organize your thoughts while reading fiction is to mark sections
of importance. Dialectical notes allow you to catalogue the most significant references
that appear in the chapters you are reading. Consider these to be annotations when you
can’t actually mark the book. Follow the directions below.
Left Side of Page
Construct a list of sentences or
• phrases that best exemplify
tone, theme, symbolism,
imagery, etc.
•
Each time you are given this
assignment I will tell you how
many examples you need to
secure.
Please check homework expectations
each time as this will vary.
• Embed your phrase or sentence properly into
an evidence sentence. Include citation with
page numbers.
Right Side of Page
For each quoted piece of evidence
construct a short analysis. This should be
3-4 sentences.
This writing is what would be included in
the analysis portion of an essay.
Consider these questions:
1. What effect does this language,
device, etc. have within the
context of the passage itself?
What meaning does it provide?
2. Since writing is a “craft,” what
does this element argue about
plot, setting, characterization,
etc.?
3. What larger issue does this
language leave an audience
considering?
I. THE PRISON DOOR
A throng of bearded men, in sadcoloured garments and grey steeplecrowned hats, inter-mixed with
women, some wearing hoods, and
others bareheaded, was assembled in
front of a wooden edifice, the door of
which was heavily timbered with oak,
and studded with iron spikes
Student Model
(Quoted Evidence)
The Scarlet Letter opens with
dark and dismal language that
helps to set the scene at the
prison. Phrases such as “sadcolored garments” and the
description of the prison door as
both “heavily timbered” and
“studded with iron spikes”
suggests a significant level of
gloom (7).
Student Model
(Analysis)
The setting of the novel itself seems as
if it will play a large role in
developing the outcome of the
characters and their emotions.
Hawthorne’s descriptive imagery sets
up a distinct tone of impending doom
and fear. Describing the prison as
ornamented by “spikes” seems
symbolic of pain and torture. The first
page of this novel makes it appear as if
there is to be little hope.
Student Model
(Quoted Evidence)
The Scarlet Letter opens with
dark and dismal language that
helps to set the scene at the
prison. Phrases such as “sadcolored garments” and the
description of the prison door as
both “heavily timbered” and
“studded with iron spikes”
suggests a significant level of
gloom (7).
Student Model
(Analysis)
The setting of the novel itself seems as
if it will play a large role in
developing the outcome of the
characters and their emotions.
Hawthorne’s descriptive imagery sets
up a distinct tone of impending doom
and fear. Describing the prison as
ornamented by “spikes” seems
symbolic of pain and torture. The first
page of this novel makes it appear as if
there is to be little hope.
Literary Elements
Archetype character, journey of the hero, setting, Character,
antagonist/protagonist, antihero, dynamic/static, epiphany, flat/round,
foil, motivation, stock, Detail, Diction, connotation, denotation,
dialect, Imagery, Mood, Persona, Plot, conflict, flashback,
foreshadowing, Point of View, person, perspective, multiple shift,
Rhetorical Shift, Setting Style, Theme, Tone, tone determined through
diction, imagery, detail,
figurative language,
author’s style, and syntax
, tone shift , multiple tones, vocabulary associated with tone
Literary Techniques Allusion Biblical historical literary mythological Antithesis
Argumentation cause/effect claim supported unsupported classification
comparison/contrast counterargument deductive/inductive reasoning exigence logical
fallacies refutation rhetorical appeals emotional ethical logical syllogism unspoken
assumptions Characterization development direct indirect motivation Dialogue Irony
dramatic situational verbal sarcasm Motif Satire Structure cause/effect classification
comparison/contrast drama problem/solution sequence Symbolism
Sound Devices Alliteration
Assonance Consonance Meter
Onomatopoeia Rhyme Rhythm
Figures of Speech (Figurative Language) Analogy
Apostrophe Euphemism Hyperbole Idiom Metaphor
extended/controlling metonymy personification
synecdoche Oxymoron Paradox Puns Simile epic
(Homeric) Understatement Litotes