Setting, Point of View, Unreliable Narrators , & Theme

Which questions about the story will the setting answer?

• What is the author's attitude toward the characters?
• Where and when does the story take place?
• Who are the people the story is about?
  Why and why did the author write the story?

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Setting can give clues about a story's _____. 

• plot
• conflict
• mood
• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?

• a frog and a witch
• happy and loving 
• a high school in 1956
• love is stronger than fear

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the meaning of point of view?

• Point of view describes when and where a story takes place.

• Point of view describes the conflict in the story.

• Point of view is the perspective from which the story is told or who is telling the story

• Point of view describes the turning point of the story.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A _____ narrator can see and describe every character's thoughts. 

• first person
• second person
• third person, limited
• third person, omniscient 

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CCSS.RL.7.6

In 3rd person limited, you get to know the thoughts and feelings of...

• 1 character

• none of the characters

• all of the characters

The narrator is the...

• person telling the story

• main character in the story

• enemy of the main character

• person listening to the story

A narrator who perceives and/or presents the events of a story in a way that is skewed or disconnected from the real world (as portrayed in the story) is...

• unreliable

• reliable

• insane

• ironic

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CCSS.RL.7.6

Check all that apply.

What are some signs of an unreliable narrator?

• speaks about himself in the third person

• acts normally and does not raise suspicion

• withholds information

• claims he is not crazy

The central message of a literary work--the universal meaning

• theme
• frame story
• denotation
• syntax

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2