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Literary Criticism
Scope and Sequence Reading Skills Short Stories: The Handsomest Drowned Man (Marquez) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Fitzgerald) The Lady or the Tiger (Stockton) The Three Questions (Tolstoy) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving) The Bet (Chekhov) The Story of an Hour (Chopin) Interlopers (Saki) The Door in the Wall (Wells) Beyond Lies the Wub (Dick) The Nightingale and the Rose (Wilde) The Yellow Wallpaper (Gilman) The Man Who Would Be King (Kipling) Everyday Use (Walker) 2BR02B (Vonnegut) The Man Who Planted Trees (Giono) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Thurber) The Pit and the Pendulum (Poe) The Fly (Mansfield) The Most Dangerous Game (Connell) Books Tuesdays With Morrie (Albom) Starship Troopers (Heinlein) The Trial (Kafka) The Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas) Plays Pygmalion (Shaw) Macbeth (Shakespeare) Essays Faith and Fiction (Buechner) A Presidential Candidate (Twain) Writing Literary Criticism: Focus on the Reader, Author, Culture, Society, History, Work, Poetry, Satire Formalism – Moralism – Narrative Essay Writing: Five-paragraph essay, five-page essay, ten-page essay Memoir, outlining, research, thesis statement, topic sentences Work Cited page, citing, MLA, plagiarism, paraphrase Rough draft, editing, introductory paragraph, proofreading, format College essay, memoir, passive/active voice, biography, autobiography, annotated bibliography Satire, irony (dramatic, situational, verbal), hyperbole, sarcasm Showing vs. telling, theme, stream of consciousness, block quote, plot Poetry Skills and Techniques: Close reading, alliteration, allusions, assonance, cluster criticism, conceit Consonance, diction, free verse, imagery, internal rhymes, metaphor Meter, mood, onomatopoeia, personification, rhyme scheme, symbolism, tone
Essay Assessment THE GOLD BOOK: LITERARY CRITICISM WRITING ASSESSMENT The Gold Book: Literary Criticism is intended to prepare the student for college level writing. Students will develop their writing skills by building upon the five-paragraph essay. During the course they will write ten five-paragraph essays, three five-page essays, and one ten-page essay. In order to assist your student, we recommend that the following essays be submitted for assessment throughout the year after completing the indicated lessons: Lesson Two – the basic five-paragraph essay on student’s chosen topic. Skills learned here are the foundation for the other writing assignments. Lesson Six – the five-paragraph essay based on chosen short story. This assessment is intended to correct any major essay writing mistakes. Students will continue to build on what they have learned. Lesson 16 – the five-page essay based on Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein should pull together all that the students have learned thus far. Students may choose one of the other two five-page essays for assessment: Lesson 23 – The Trial Franz Kafka Lesson 28 – Macbeth William Shakespeare Each lesson will be assessed for writing mechanics as well as organization and structure. After the student receives the assessment, they are encouraged to make the corrections and rewrite if necessary. This practice will help to strengthen their writing skills. To sign up for the writing assessment service for this book, simply enter in the “quantity” for how many students you would like to sign up and click “add to cart.” When you go to your cart, check out as normal and we will email you to get started!
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