Great Books Prefinals Reviewer

Text Structure

It is used to:

• To make an argument

• To inform

• To tell a story

Description

It is pretty straightforward. Text that use this structure describe something. With few exceptions, these texts also present plenty of details about what they’re describing

Uses:

• Tell you why we are describing something

• Tell you why the described topic is important

• Provide examples of the described topic

Sequence/Instruction/Process

Uses:

• Sequential Instructions (Step 1, Step 2, Step 3)

• Chronological Events

• Arguments that use evidence to support a claim

Cause/Effect

Explains causes and effects

Compare/Contrast

Involves a comparison between multiple things, revealing how they are similar and different

Problem/Solution

Uses:

• Author identifies a problem

• Author details a solution to this problem

Childhood

Invented in the 18th century when the middle classes began to see the value of a child’s innocence and play

Brother Grimm’s Folktales

Criticized as unsuitable for young people because of their sexual and violent content

Hans Christian Anderesen

Wrote his Fairy Tales (1935-37) specifically for children, caused an outcry by failing to include a moral

Wonderland

The laws of nature and society are turned on their heads: time and space behave unpredictably; animals talk; and anything might happen at tea parties and games.

19th and early 20th Centuries

This is the age where writing for children enjoyed a golden age founded on increasing literacy, the growth of commercial publishing, and recognition of the creative potential of a child’s world

Thomas Hughes

The author of Tom Brown’s School Days (1857)

Thomas Hughes

He started the school story tradition

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

One of the most influential books of this flowering. Regarded as the first masterpiece for children in English, its fantastical story is a marked departure from the prevailing real;ism of literature at the time.

July 1862

The month and year when Charles Dodgson went rowing on the Thames near Oxford and told a story about Alice, inspired by Alice Liddell

Alice Liddell

A ten-year-old girl who was one of Dodgson’s passengers during the boat trip and likely influenced the creation of the character Alice

Handwritten Book

The initial format in which the story took shape before being published

Lewis Carroll

Born in 1832 in Cheshire, England, was the son of a clergyman. He earned a first-class degree in Mathematics from Christ Church, Oxford and from 1855 he held a lectureship there until his death.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

A novel that is considered the starting point for all American Literature, according to Ernest Hemingway, it introduced a distinctive narrative voice and regional dialect while empowering American Writers to explore local color and vernacular speech

Mark Twain

Born in November 30, 1835, in Hannibal, Missouri. The author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, known for his sharp wit and ability to capture and ability to capture and the complexities of American society through storytelling.

Mississippi Valley

The setting of the novel, reflecting the Midwest region and providing an authentic backdrop for Huck’s Adventures

Huck Finn

The poor white boy narrator whose unique voice and dialect helped established authenticity in American literature

American Civil War (1861-65)

The war that ended slavery in the U.S. Twain’s novel was published after this period but set decades later, when slaveholding was still common

New England Colonies

Previously the center of American literature, before Twain helped shift focus to set across the broader nation