Stories and Retelling
10th Grade Reading · 20 lessons
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Lessons in this unit
- 1Allegory: A Story That Stands for Something ElseRecognize allegory, where characters and events consistently represent ideas, institutions, or historical events.
- 2Character Archetypes Across CulturesIdentify recurring character types such as the mentor, trickster, and shadow, and analyze how writers adapt them.
- 3The Hero's Journey and Its VariationsTrace the stages of the hero's journey and evaluate how stories adapt or reject the pattern.
- 4Archetypal Settings and ImagesInterpret recurring settings and images, such as journeys, gardens, storms, and thresholds, in context.
- 5Frame Narratives: Stories Within StoriesAnalyze how an outer story frames inner stories and shapes how readers judge them.
- 6Starting in the Middle: In Medias ResExplain the effects of opening a narrative in the middle of the action and filling in the past later.
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