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Realism Bellringer #1 2-15-12

Realism Bellringer #1 2-15-12. Directions: Start this on a new sheet of paper. Use your notes on Realism to help you answer the following questions. What is Realism? List the four factors that contributed to the rise of Realism.

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Realism Bellringer #1 2-15-12

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  1. Realism Bellringer #1 2-15-12 Directions: Start this on a new sheet of paper. Use your notes on Realism to help you answer the following questions. • What is Realism? • List the four factors that contributed to the rise of Realism. • List at least one way in which Realism is different from Romanticism (Hint: use the chart from the notes). • List two characteristics of Realism Literature. (See number 8 in notes) Today’s Objective: We can identify ethos, logos, and pathos in a text.

  2. Realism Bellringer #2 2-16-12 • Why did Frederick Douglass receive his first whipping from Mr. Covey? (factual or inferred reason) • What techniques does Mr. Covey use to control the slaves at his plantation? • Interpret this quote: “ the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute” (565). Today’s Objective: We can identify ethos, logos, and pathos in a text.

  3. Realism Bellringer #3 2/17/12 1. What do you think the focal point is? 2. What do you think the mood of this painting is? How do the colors and images help portray that mood? 3. Which figures in the painting might identify with Frederick Douglass before his “turning point” in “The Battle with Mr. Covey”? Why? 4. Which figure or figures in the painting might identify with Frederick Douglass after his “turning point”? Why do you think so? Into Bondage by Aaron Douglas

  4. Realism Bellringer #4 2-21-12 • What was symbolic about the fact that Martin Luther King Jr. gave this speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial? • Compare and contrast Frederick Douglass’s idea of freedom and Martin Luther King Jr.’s. How are they similar and how are they different? Today’s Objective: We can read, understand, and visualize the text.

  5. Realism Bellringer #5 2-22-12 • Why is Peyton Farquhar being hanged? • After Peyton Farquhar falls in the river and resurfaces, what does he notice? • How much time actually passesbetween the opening scene and the closing lines? • List three things that Peyton Farquhar imagines. Today’s Objective: We can analyze and evaluate texts for their Romantic and Realistic characteristics.

  6. Realism Bellringer #6 2-23-12 • Think about your assignment from yesterday. Did you think that Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was romantic or realistic? Briefly explain why. (Use your assignment to help you if you need to). ****You will turn in your assignments from yesterday after bellringer. Today’s Objective: We understand information we read about Mark Twain on the internet.

  7. Realism Bellringer #7 2-24-12 Directions: Open your literature book to page 679. Read the “Build Background” and “Focus Your Reading” sections. • Where did Twain get the idea for this story? • What two truths did he learn about humor there? • Define local color. • What is dialect? Today’s Objective: We can read and understand local color and dialects found in Realist literature.

  8. Realism Bellringer #8 2-27-12 • What tone BEST describes Twain’s story “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”? • What is an example of exaggeration from this story? Why is that example funny? • What is Twain’s purpose in using dialect in this story? (Hint: How does his use of dialect enhance his purpose?) Today’s Objective: We understand the context for The Adventures of Huck Finn.

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