Tuesday, November 27 ~ Short Story #2

EQ: Why read short stories?

West's class will finish the story and J21 from yesterday and then move on to Poe.

Extra Credit Possibility for Witmer's class:
If you are in need of a possible 20 points in extra credit, then read the following information:
  • Write a short story which includes some kind of a moral or honorable message.
  • Due typed, MLA, printed on December 11.
  • 3-5 pages.
  • Possible 20 points in the essay category.
  • If you are comfortable with your grade, then no need to write. It won't count against you.
WORD PARTS

FYI: QUIZ on Block
Review on Wed.

TODAY
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Short Story #2: The Masque of the Red Death 
  • EQ: What is allegory?
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Journal22

LIT NOTES ~ Add these definitions to your journals section.
The Text: "The Masque of the Red Death " by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Who was Poe? What other works from Poe have you read?
Journal22

SAT Vocab:
  1. profuse - plentiful
  2. sagacious - wise
  3. voluptuous - characterized with luxury or pleasure
  4. contagion - the spreading of disease
  5. imperial - majestic
  6. emanating - coming forth
  7. sedate - calm; quiet
  8. pervaded - spread throughout
  9. piquancy - a pleasantly sharp or appetizing flavor
  10. phantasm - a figment of the imagination; an illusion
  11. cessation - ceasing or stopping
  12. disapprobation - strong disapproval, usually on moral grounds
  13. propriety - quality of being proper
  14. tangible - something that can be touched
  15. impetuosity - impulsive or rash 
Analysis:
1. The rich and powerful might build walls around their sprawling estates to block out the upsetting parts of life. What realities of life must people face no matter who they are?
2. Google search: What are the symptoms of the pneumonic plague?
3. Consider the Allegory feature. Define as many symbols as you can, bullet-point style. What is the "story below the surface" if you translate each symbol? (Include at least these: Prince Prospero, the abbey, the gate, the masquerade, the ebony clock and TIME, the winding hallway, all the different colors of rooms, & the intruder)

We will finish this together tomorrow. Don't look up the answers to the allegory!!!


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