Monday/ Tuesday, Wednesday, November 2 /3/4 Poetry break counsellors visit on Monday, followed by The Highwayman
HAVE YOU TURNED IN YOUR PLOT SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT FROM THE CASK OF AMONTILADO FROM LAST THURSDAY/ FIRDAY?
Open a google doc and complete the following plot information as relates to the plot diagram. Share with me, using name or number or 2006630 This is due not later than Sunday, November 1
Directions: Below you will find a visual of a plot diagram, followed by a list of the terms.
For each of the five find a textual example from the story that matches the action associated with the plot term. The visual should guide you.
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Plot Diagram
1. Exposition- the introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time. The conflict is established.
2. Rising Action-The part of the plot that is the point of greatest tension in a work ofand the turning point in the action or plot; it is the most intense moment – either mentally or in action.
3. Climax-The climax of a plot is the story's central turning point—the moment of peak tension or conflict—which all the preceding plot developments have been leading up to
4. Falling Action-Falling action occurs right after the climax, when the main problem of the story resolves
5. Resolution/ denouement -he unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story. Technically, resolution is also known as a “denouement.” Most of the instances of resolution are presented in the final parts or chapters of a story.

Learning Targets: I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
I can determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text.
I can analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.
1. 1. galleon (noun_ a large sailing ship of the 1400's-1600's
2. 2. moor
(noun) area of open rolling wild land, usually a grassy wetland
3. 3. rapier (noun) long lightweight sword
4. 4. hilt (noun) handle of a sword or rapier
5. 5. to plait (verb) to braid
6. 6. ostler or hostler (noun) caretaker of the horses
7. 7. to harry (verb) to trouble, bother, or worr
8. 8. tawny (adjective) brownish gold color
9. 9. red coat troop soldiers of King George during the late 18th century
- John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem.
- The cast on his broken leg was a plaster shackle.
- Laughter is the music of the soul.
- America is a melting pot.
- Her lovely voice was music to his ears.
- The world is a stage.
- My kid's room is a disaster area.
- Life is a rollercoaster.
The Highwayman
1906
BY ALFRED NOYES
PART ONE
1. The wind
was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.
The moon
was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
The road
was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding— 5
The
highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
2. He’d a
French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his
chin,
A coat of
the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin.
They
fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots were up to the thigh.
And he
rode with a jewelled twinkle, 10
His
pistol butts a-twinkle,
His
rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.
3. Over the
cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard.
He tapped
with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred.
He
whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting
there 15
But the
landlord’s black-eyed daughter,
Bess,
the landlord’s daughter,
Plaiting
a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.
4. And dark
in the dark old inn-yard a stable-wicket creaked
Where Tim
the ostler listened. His face was white and peaked. 20
His eyes
were hollows of madness, his hair like mouldy hay,
But he
loved the landlord’s daughter,
The
landlord’s red-lipped daughter.
Dumb as a
dog he listened, and he heard the robber say—
5. “One
kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I’m after a prize to-night, 25
But I
shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
Yet, if
they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
Then look
for me by moonlight,
Watch
for me by moonlight,
I’ll come
to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way.” 30
6. He rose
upright in the stirrups. He scarce could reach her hand,
But she
loosened her hair in the casement. His face burnt like a brand
As the
black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;
And he
kissed its waves in the moonlight,
(O,
sweet black waves in the moonlight!) 35
Then he
tugged at his rein in the moonlight, and galloped away to the west.
PART TWO
7. He did
not come in the dawning. He did not come at noon;
And out
of the tawny sunset, before the rise of the moon,
When the
road was a gypsy’s ribbon, looping the purple moor,
A
red-coat troop came marching— 40
Marching—marching—
King
George’s men came marching, up to the old inn-door.
8. They said
no word to the landlord. They drank his ale instead.
But they
gagged his daughter, and bound her, to the foot of her narrow bed.
Two of them
knelt at her casement, with muskets at their side! 45
There was
death at every window;
And
hell at one dark window;
For Bess
could see, through her casement, the road that he would
ride.
9. They had
tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest.
They had
bound a musket beside her, with the muzzle beneath her breast! 50
“Now,
keep good watch!” and they kissed her. She heard the doomed man say—
Look
for me by moonlight;
Watch
for me by moonlight;
I’ll
come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way!
10. She
twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good! 55
She
writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or
blood!
They
stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years
Till,
now, on the stroke of midnight,
Cold,
on the stroke of midnight,
The tip
of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers! 60
11. The tip
of one finger touched it. She strove no more for the rest.
Up, she
stood up to attention, with the muzzle beneath her breast.
She would
not risk their hearing; she would not strive again;
For the
road lay bare in the moonlight;
Blank
and bare in the moonlight; 65
And the
blood of her veins, in the moonlight, throbbed to her love’s refrain.
12. Tlot-tlot;
tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horsehoofs ringing
clear;
Tlot-tlot;
tlot-tlot, in the distance? Were they deaf that they did not hear?
Down the
ribbon of moonlight, over the brow of the hill,
The
highwayman came riding— 70
Riding—riding—
The red
coats looked to their priming! She stood up, straight and still.
13. Tlot-tlot, in the
frosty silence! Tlot-tlot, in the echoing
night!
Nearer he
came and nearer. Her face was like a light.
Her eyes
grew wide for a moment; she drew one last deep breath, 75
Then her
finger moved in the moonlight,
Her
musket shattered the moonlight,
Shattered
her breast in the moonlight and warned him—with her death.
14. He
turned. He spurred to the west; he did not know who stood
Bowed,
with her head o’er the musket, drenched with her own blood! 80
Not till
the dawn he heard it, and his face grew grey to hear
How Bess,
the landlord’s daughter,
The
landlord’s black-eyed daughter,
Had
watched for her love in the moonlight, and died in the darkness there.
15.Back, he
spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky, 85
With the
white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high.
Blood red
were his spurs in the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat;
When they
shot him down on the highway,
Down
like a dog on the highway,
And he lay in his blood on the highway, with a bunch of lace at his throat. 90
16. And
still of a winter’s night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,
When
the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
When
the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
A
highwayman comes riding—
Riding—riding— 95
A
highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.
17. Over
the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard.
He
taps with his whip on the shutters, but all is locked and
barred.
He
whistles a tune to the window, and who should be waiting
there
But
the landlord’s black-eyed daughter, 100
Bess,
the landlord’s daughter,
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ASSIGNMENT: Please copy the following questions onto a google doc and respond by either highlighting or underlining the correct response. Please share, as usual, from the drop down menu with my name or number (2006630). This due by noon Wednesday.
Accompanying
questions for “The Highwayman”
The Highwayman
1)
In line two of the poem “The Highwayman” the author compares the moon to
a ship
being tossed upon cloudy seas.
This is an example of what literature technique.
a) alliteration b)
personification c) metaphor
d) simile
2)
Line four of the poem is a strong example of which poetic devise.
a) rhyme b)
stanza c) onomatopoeia d)
rhythm
3)
In stanza two of the poem, the author describes the highwayman as being
_______________________.
a) a coward b)
well dressed c) silly looking d)
sloppy
4)
In line eleven of the poem, the author describes how the highwayman
entered the inn
yard. When he says the highwayman
clattered and clashed over the cobbles, this is an
example of which poetic device.
a) alliteration b)
simile c) onomatopoeia d)
metaphor
5)
In lines 14 & 15, what was Bess doing?
a) braiding her hair b)
singing a song c) reading a book d)
painting a portrait
6)
In stanza four of the poem, Tim, the ostler, was listening to the
highwayman and Bess.
Why was he interested in their conversation?
a) he was afraid of the
highwayman b) he was looking for someone to rob
c) he wanted to take care of the
highwayman’s horse d) he was in love with Bess
7)
In stanza six of the poem, what did the highwayman do before he left
Bess?
a) he sang a song to Bess b) he
fixed his stirrups c) he kissed Bess’s hair
d) he waved goodbye to Bess
8)
In lines 41 – 50, what did the redcoats do to Bess?
a) they tied her up against her
bed b)
the asked her questions c) they shot her
d) they let her go free
9)
When did the highwayman hear about Bess shooting herself?
a) the next morning b)
that night c) immediately after it happened
d) a week later
10)
The last two stanzas of the poem are examples of what?
a)
repetition b) refrain
c) a legend d)
alliteration
BONUS WORK Each correct one is worth 10 points!
____Wheelwright A. a seller of clothing
____Town Crier B. a male servant
_____Farrier C. a tin pot and pan seller, repairer and knife
sharpener
_____Footman D. a wig maker
_____Nob E. a maker of barrels
_____Haberdasher F. a blacksmith, horse doctor, or officer in charge
of
horses
______Hillier G. a public announcer
______Tinker H.a roof tiler, a thatcher
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