Wednesday, January 27, 2016
9th Lit Warm Up:
Match each definition to the correct literary term from the
Word Bank.
1. This occurs when an author gives the reader hints
about what will happen in the story.
2. Authors convey this through the words, actions,
thoughts, and appearance of the people in the story.
3. This occurs when we know something the characters in
the story do not.
4. This is the sequence of events in a story.
WORD BANK: foreshadowing, plot, dramatic irony, characterization
9th Lit Agenda for Today
• Intro Notes:
– Roald Dahl
– Irony, allusion, and foreshadowing
– Guided Reading: “Lamb to the Slaughter”
About the Author: Roald Dahl
About the Author: Roald Dahl
• Born in Wales in 1916
• Best known for Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory, James and the
Giant Peach, and other kids’ books
• Rebellious as a kid
• Served in British Air Force
• Died in 1990
• Write down 5 facts from the video.
Literary Terms to Know: IRONY
• Irony is all about the contrast between
expectation and reality.
• There are three main types of irony:
– Verbal Irony
– Dramatic Irony
– Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
• Verbal Irony=Saying
something when you
actually mean the
opposite.
• Sarcasm is a form of
verbal irony that can
be mean or hurtful.
• My computer crashed
and I said, “Oh, that’s
just perfect.”
• Write down one
example from the
video.
• Write down one
example of your
own.
• Lonely Sarcastic
Guy Video
Dramatic Irony
• When we, the
audience, know
something that the
characters in the story
don’t know
• Can have tragic or
comedic
consequences
• In a horror movie, we
know the killer is
upstairs, but the girl runs
up there anyway
• Write down one
example from the
video
• Write down one
example of your
own
• Shaun of the Dead:
Oblivious to the
Zombies
Situational Irony
• When the outcome
of a situation is the
opposite of what
we’d expect
• Write down one
example from the
video.
More Situational Irony Examples
More Situational Irony Examples
More Situational Irony Examples
More Literary Terms
Allusion: A reference to something that
would be familiar to the reader from
history, art, culture, music, or another
work of literature; for example, many
characters in The Hunger Games are
named after characters from
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
More Literary Terms
• Foreshadowing: Hints about what is
going to happen in a story. For
example, in movies, a character who is
shown coughing often turns out to
have a terminal disease.
“Lamb to the Slaughter” Contextual Vocabulary
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Anxiety (n): Stress, worry
Punctual (adj): On time; not late
Exhausted (adj): Very tired
Peculiar (adj): Strange, unusual
Exceptionally (adv): Extremely
Summarizer
Make a mind map with the word
“LAMB.” What connotations does this
word bring to mind?