1. What 3 literary elements did you discuss in your paper?

1. Irony (what type of irony was it?)2. Theme (what was the message?)3. Symbolism (what did the necklace represent?)4. Plot (what was the problem?)5. Point of View (whose point of view was it from?)6. Conflict (who was her problem with?)

2. Brainstorm three things for each of the literary elements from the story ( a quote, fact or something you remember)

Warm Up

1. Swap essays with another student

and check for the following:a. 1st Paragraph is 4-7 sentencesb. No grammatical errorsc. 3 Reasons or Thesis statement is

parallel and clear

2. If you haven’t started:a. Choose the 3 Literary Elements you will discuss in your paper

a. 1st Paragraph is 4-7 sentencesb. No grammatical errorsc. 3 Reasons or Thesis statement is parallel and clear

Warm Up:

The NecklaceBy Guy de Maupassant

CHARACTERS (List and describe on separate lines):

Madame Loisel - selfish (beautiful, charming, middle class, spoiled, daydreamed)→ aged quickly, heavy rough, harsh, shrill voice, poor

Monsieur Loisel- kind, generous, loyal hard-working, clerk for Ministry of Education, wants to please wife, middle class

Madame Forestier - kind, generous, wealthy, snobby

Notes for Top Tier:

Madame Loisel is in her apartment dreaming of a better

life. She is unhappy and dissatisfied with her social status and mediocre surroundings. Mme & Msr. L receive an invitation to a party at the Ministry. Mme. refuses to attend until she has something suitable to wear. She borrows a diamond necklace from her friend Mme. F. Mme. L is stunning and has a fabulous time, but loses the necklace somewhere on the way home. They borrow the money from loan sharks and are forced to live a life of poverty for 10years until their debts are paid off. Mme. L meets up with Mme F and tells her about the lost necklace, and her 10 years of hard labor and toil to repay the debts. Mme. F reveals the necklace is only ‘paste’, a fake and worth maybe 500 francs.

SUMMARY:

EXPOSITION: We meet Mme. Loisel in her apartment as she is described as extremely unhappy and dissatisfied with her social status

NARRATIVE HOOK: Mme. Loisel receives an invitation to the party.

RISING ACTION: Mme. Refuses to attend the party without a suitable dress/borrows a necklace/loses it/borrows money to buy a new one/lives life of poverty to pay debt

CLIMAX: 10 years later relieved of the debt Mme. L. confesses all to Mme. F. who reveals the necklace is a fake

 PLOT

DEVELOPMENT

Necklace = greed/desire for what one cannot

have, differences in social classes, dishonesty, Mme. L’s ‘fakeness’ or want of material things

Wrap = Mme’s station in life – insecurity- embarrassment

Dress = M. Loisel sacrifice for his wife

SYMBOLS

1. People should be happy with what they have 2. Honesty is the best policy 3. You may pay a terrible price for greed and desire (Mme. L’s fatal flaw, her desire for material things, her ‘fakeness’ just like the necklace)

THEME

Mme. L borrows a necklace to fit in with the rich

people she envies, but the loss of the necklace results in her being poorer than she was to begin with.

After Mme. L loses the necklace & must repay the debt, she endures 10 years of hardship only to find out the necklace is a fake.

Mme. Loisel’s intense desire for a different life is then equally matched by her intense suffering.

Irony

The mood of this story changes as the

characters and their priorities change. In the beginning, Madame L is disappointed, but then she has a great time at the party and the mood shifts to one of excitement and enjoyment. After losing the necklace, Madame L’s priorities change and the mood changes to one of tragedy and loss.

Mood

Choose 3 things you will discuss in your paper.

Sentence 1 must include The title and the author of the work. Example 1 :

Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” demonstrates how the author uses………

Example 2: In the short story “The Necklace” the author Guy

de Maupassant ….

Putting it all together:

The author used several

tactics to demonstrate……… The story followed the main

character, Mme. Loisel and showed……

Several elements that discussed morals in the story were demonstrated…..

Connection:

Choose 1 of the 3 Literary Elements you will

discuss in your paper: Define it as it relates to the story

Characterization Symbolism Figurative Language (Irony, Metaphors, Simile’s

etc) Plot Conflict

Definition

The author used several tactics to

demonstrate……… The story followed the main character, Mme.

Loisel and showed…… Several elements that discussed morals in the

story were demonstrated…..

Connection

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