5/1: Honors English 10

Students will discuss the technique of framing and its importance in Frankenstein by completing a close reading.

Agenda:
- Warm-up: First 2 vocabulary words in sentences - ardentdauntless
- Read Robert Walton's 4 letters (pages 1-15 in book)

A frame story (also known as frame tale, frame narrative, etc.) is a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter stories. The frame story leads readers from a first story into another, smaller one (or several ones) within it.

Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein is another good example of a book with multiple framed narratives. In the book, Robert Walton writes letters to his sister describing the story told to him by Victor Frankenstein; Frankenstein's story contains the creature's story; the creature's story even briefly contains the story of a family he had been living among.

HW:
Complete packet pages 6-9
- Narrative Structure & Practice Multiple Choice Questions

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