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Warm Up
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What 3 literary elements did you discuss in your paper?
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Irony (what type of irony was it?)
Theme (what was the message?)
Symbolism (what did the necklace represent?)
Plot (what was the problem?)
Point of View (whose point of view was it from?)
Conflict (who was her problem with?)
Brainstorm three things for each of the literary elements
from the story
( a quote, fact or something you remember)
Warm Up:
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1. Swap essays with another student and
check for the following:
a. 1st Paragraph is 4-7 sentences
b. No grammatical errors
c. 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
By Guy de Maupassant
Notes for Top Tier:
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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
SUMMARY:
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 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.
PLOT
DEVELOPMENT
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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
SYMBOLS
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 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 – insecurityembarrassment
 Dress = M. Loisel sacrifice for his wife
THEME
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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)
Irony
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 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.
Mood
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 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.
Putting it all together:
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 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 ….
Connection:
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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…..
Definition
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 Choose 1 of the 3 Literary Elements you will discuss
in your paper: Define it as it relates to the story
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Characterization
Symbolism
Figurative Language (Irony, Metaphors, Simile’s etc)
Plot
Conflict
Connection
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 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…..
Journalism
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 Take a seat to discuss yearbook business
 Questions Comments
 Issues to address
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