H4 short stories imagery - protagonist + Charles

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H4 short stories imagery - protagonist

Saying 'You worked really hard!' to somebody who didn't work at all, is called:

1. dramatica irony
2. verbal irony
3. situational irony

When a narrator can see, know and tell all of the characters of a story, we have ....

1. an omniscient narrator
2. a limited omniscient narrator
3. an objective narrator

In the story Charles, Laurie's mom is the

1. narrator
2. antagonist
3. third person
4. protagonist

Charles is written from which perspective?

1. first person perspective
2. third person perspective
3. objective perspective

Whose eyes is the story Charles told from?

1. Charles
2. Laurie
3. the mother
4. the father

Which stages are missing in the story Charles?

1. the exposition and the resolution
2. the exposition and the complication
3. Only the resolution
4. the falling action and the resolution

Give the definition of plot.

Today

1. Answers to 'Charles' and 'Henry Sugar'

2. Introduction 'A Private Experience'

3. Start reading? 

4. Homework: study literary terms resolution - understatement

1. How do you think Laurie's mom felt about Laurie growing up?

1. that he was a naughty boy
2. that he was a sweet boy
3. that he was a regular boy
4. that he was very noisy

2. What is not an example of behaviour Laurie shows at home?

1. speaks insolently to the father
2. spills his sister's drink
3. fills his sister's wagon with mud
4. he hits his sister

3. List 5 examples of Charles's bad behaviour at home.

3. possible answers

hit teacher

bounced a see-saw on the head of a girl

kept pounding his feet on the floor

yelled in school

he was fresh to the teacher's friend + kicked him

told a little girl to say a swear word

said the evil word himself

4. Provide 3 ways Charles's teacher punishes him. 

4. possible answers

spanked him

made him stand in the corner

made him stay inside during recess

made him stay after school

washed his mouth with soap

5. How did the teacher reward Charles for his good behaviour? Multiple answers possible!

1. gave him an apple
2. gave him candy
3. gave him extra time to play
4. made him her helper

6. Why does Laurie's mother miss the first PTA meeting?

7. Do you think Laurie's mom would have missed the first PTA meeting if she knew her son was the one behaving poorly? Explain why or why not. 

8. How does the story being told from Laurie's mother's point of view impact the story?

9. What is the meaning of 'fresh'

1. beleefd
2. vernieuwend
3. bijdehand
4. fris

10. What's a synonym of 'awed'?

1. angry
2. impressed
3. cheeky
4. happy

Henry Sugar's appearance

True or false? None of Henry's friends were wealthy.

1. true
2. false

True or false? According to the author, all wealthy people have the urge to make more money.

1. true
2. false

True or false? Henry Sugar earned all of his money himself.

1. true
2. false

The other questions will be checked in your short stories file before Monday. 

A Private Experience

Introduction to the civil unrest in Nigeria.

A Private Experience

Read the text in the light of what is happening in Gaza.

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