exploring traditional & classical literature
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Exploring traditional & classical literature. Folktales, myths, legends, & fairy tales. Synopsis. Students explain how authors use personification and hyperbole to create meaning in literary texts. Students also analyze the unique stylistic elements of traditional and classical literature. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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EXPLORING TRADITIONAL & CLASSICAL LITERATURE
Folktales, myths, legends, & fairy tales
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SYNOPSIS
Students explain how authors use personification and hyperbole to create meaning in literary texts.
Students also analyze the unique stylistic elements of traditional and classical literature.
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GENRES
Fairy tales are fictional stories in which magical things happen. "Cinderella" is an example of a fairy tale.
Myths and legends are stories that often attempt to explain why things are the way they are now. For example, a myth might try to explain why the sky is blue through an interesting story. A legend might explain why bears hibernate in the winter.
Folktales are stories handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical.
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REVIEW
Personification: making it seem like a person
Hyperbole: exaggeration
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Stylistic Elements:
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T Y P E S O F S T Y L I S T I C E L E M E N T S I N T R A D I T I O N A L / C L A S S I C A L L I T E R AT U R E
Rule of three
Magic helper
Frequent use of rhyme and repetition
Reflects the culture in which the story originated
Good vs. evil- good usually wins
Magic doesn’t work in the end for evil person
Evil spells can be overcome by love or sacrifice
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Rule of Three
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The rule of three is a writing strategy that suggests that things that come in threes are naturally funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things. The reader is also more likely to process information if it is written in groups of threes. From slogans ("Go, fight, win!") to character groupings, many things are structured in threes. There were
the Three Musketeers, the Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the Three Blind Mice, and even the Three Stooges.
A series of three is often used to create a progression in which the tension is created, then built up, and finally released (such as in “The Three Little Pigs” or “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”).
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In storytelling in general, authors often create triplets - or structures in three parts – which is even seen in the
parts of a story…beginning, middle, and end.
“Jack and the Beanstalk” showed Jack climbing the beanstalk three times. The wicked stepmother visited
Snow White in the forest three times before she finally caused her to fall to her death. In the “Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy is only able to return home to Kansas after
clicking her ruby slippers together three times, chanting, “There’s no place like home.”
In most folklore, there are three tasks which have to be performed to reach a certain goal.
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Magic helper
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Many fairy tales have a typical list of characters that often include the protagonist (or hero), a princess (or some other “damsel in distress”), a magic helper, and an antagonist (or villain).
The magic helper is a character – whether supernatural, human, or animal – who possesses an extraordinary kind of power that often assists the hero or heroine throughout his/her journey within the story.
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Magic helpers, such as the “Fairy Godmother” in Cinderella, allow for things to occur within a story that would otherwise be impossible. The magic helper is the element that usually links the
genres of fairy tales & fantasy fiction.
Magic helpers often assist other characters with their problems, allowing the plot to progress and the conflict(s) to be resolved.
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Think about it: Would Cinderella have ever been able to make it to
the ball on time if the Fairy Godmother’s wand hadn’t turned the pumpkin into a coach, her rags
into a dress, and the mice into horses?
Would Pinocchio have been able to turn into a “real boy” without the blue fairy’s help?
Would Aladdin have been able to end up with Jasmine if it hadn’t been for the genie?
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Though the stylistic elements of “Rule of Three” and “Magic Helper” aren’t used in fiction as often as foreshadowing, flashback, symbolism, and theme, it’s important to recognize them as a
part of the collection of strategies that fictional writers use to make their stories interesting.
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RHYME & REPETITION
Rhyme Repetition
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Reflects the culture in which the story originated
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Good vs. evil- good usually wins
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Magic doesn’t work in the end for evil person
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EVIL SPELLS CAN BE OVERCOME BY LOVE OR SACRIFICE
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A N A LY Z I N G S T Y L I S T I C E L E M E N T S I N T R A D I T I O N A L / C L A S S I C A L L I T E R AT U R E
1.Identify the stylistic elements
2.Identify the function of the element in the text
3. Explain how stylistic element enhances the literature
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STUDENT ASSIGNMENT
Students fold the construction paper into three columns.
Students label the first column “Type” the second column “Specific” and the third column “Effect”
Students select a traditional or classical story from the collection.
Student read the story.
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STUDENT ASSIGNMENT
Students record three types of stylistic elements found in their story in the first column of their tri-fold display.
Students record the specifics of the stylistic elements in the second column.
Students record how the stylistic elements affect the story in the third column.
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STUDENT ASSIGNMENT
type
effect
stylistic elementS
PECIFIC
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Example: “Brave”TYPE SPECIFIC EFFECT
Good vs. evil- good usually wins
Meridia wins/evil witch loses!
Why did the author have this happen? What does it “add” to the story”
Rule of three Siblings are identical triplets: Hamish, Hubert and Harris
Why did the author have this happen? What does it “add” to the story”
Evil spells can be overcome by love or sacrifice
It is only after Merida breaks down in tears and reconciling with her mother that Elinor is transformed back (from a bear to a human!) along with the triplets, and the family is reunited.
Why did the author have this happen? What does it “add” to the story”