ENG3U Mrs. Morgenstern

Front Door

Amos Anaya Robles

Kenny Kiefer O’Brien Orr

Burton Crisan Lambert Light-Young Regan Ruttiman

Draper Eliason

McDonald Medeiros Soyic Tidman

Faroldi Gouett Michels Moran-MacDonald

Yuen Murray

Greenis Jung Morris Niles

SOMEONE ONCE SAID…

Choose one the following quotations. Reflect upon how it relates to “The Test” in writing.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor E. Frankl

THE TEST – READING QUIZ

Identify the character to whom each of the following quotations belongs.

1. “People say that they only want you to slip them a little something.”

2. “They probably do like it better if a white person shows up with you.”

3. “Now, Mistress Mandy…remember your degree.”

THE TEST – READING QUIZ

Identify the character to whom each of the following quotations belongs.

“People say that they only want you to slip them a little something.” Mrs. Ericson

“They probably do like it better if a white person shows up with you.” Marian

“Now, Mistress Mandy…remember your degree.” The inspector

THE TEST

Reactions Important to note

Setting Characterization

What is the test that Marian must pass? Discuss

SHORT STORY REVIEW

A work of fiction usually written in prose, often in narrative format.

This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels.

Recall the short story plot diagram…

SHORT STORY REVIEW

A more in-depth look at the short story plot includes

Causative incident the first

conflict or problem is created and begins the rising action

SHORT AND OFTEN NOT-SO-SWEET

What makes the short story appealing? Length The art of the format

Carefully crafted to reach the reader

“A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.” Edgar Allan Poe (“The Raven”, “The

Tell-Tale Heart”)

FAMILIAR LITERARY DEVICES

Match each of these terms to the definitions in front of you

Simile Metaphor Foreshadowing Imagery Irony

Dramatic, situational Personification Tone Mood

NEW LITERARY DEVICES

The use of literary devices within the short story highlights its artistry

Review new literary devices

This is only the beginning… Essays will involve several more literary and

rhetorical devices "An idea is a feat of

association,and the height of it is a good metaphor." –

Robert Frost

BACK TO THE TEST

Characterization

Character

Appearance

BehaviourLanguage

Find two quotations for each of the categories of characterization

Groups

1. Marian2. Inspector3. Mrs. Ericson