A Pair of Silk Stockings workshop literature PDF

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workshop for story of a pair of silk stockings literature given in class in 2020. got from the book and already checked...

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STUDY GUIDE 1. Why do you feel the unexpected fifteen dollars made Mrs. Sommer feel more important than she has felt in years? : First it was the way her porte-monnaie looked stuffed and bulged gave her a feeling of importance. 2. What do Mrs Sommer’s original plan for the money and her skill at mending tell you about her? : She was going to use it for her kids. 3. What did Mrs Sommer do after she put on the stockings? : She went to buy new shoes and after have a lunch at a luxurious restaurant. 4. Do you think Mrs Sommer acts sometimes without thinking? : No! she finally got the chance to spend some money on herself. VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS Porte-monnaie: French for purse Speculation: deep thought Percale: finely woven cotton cloth Morbid retrospection: brooding on things in the past Appalled: shocked; dismayed Breastworks: low walls put up as barricades during battle. The bolts of shirting material and fine patterned cotton Judicious: cautious, wise Appreciable: measurable Veritable: genuine, true Impulse: sudden, driving force Reconcile: make compatible, bring into agreement

2 Acute: keen; sharp Laborious: difficult; involving much hard work Reveling: taking pleasure Fastidious: difficult to please; critical Preposterous: ridiculous Profusion: abundance; great wastefulness Bluepoints: small oysters Crème- frappe: dessert similar to ice cream Cutting…. Knife: at one time, magazines and books were often sold with folded, untrimmed pages. Gaudy: showy but lacking in good taste Poignant: emotionally moving LITERARY ANALYSIS The opening reveals that Mrs Sommers is of central of importance to this story. There is no account of place or time, or even explanation of where she got the money instead, the story is squarely focused on her thought and feelings. At first glance, Mrs Sommers seems she is a woman a little mean who has not felt significant or meaningful for many years paints her as sympathetic character.

KATE CHOPIN—FACTS 1. Kate Chopin’s work went unrecognized and was even scorned during her life time. 2. Kate became a witty and popular young woman with a notably independent turn of mind. 3. Chopin’s short stories concern the life of French Creoles in Louisiana. 4. After her death, her work fell into obscurity, and often copies of her books couldn’t even be obtained. WHY IS THE STORY IN THE COLLECTION?

3 This story is included in this collection because they are narrations of some people’s life and their highlights; what are their true colors and how do they react in certain situations in life where they are between the wall and the sword. THINGS I’LL DO WITH $150,000  I could buy every BTS merch.  I would buy a platinum seat ticket at a BTS concert.  I would buy a brand new phone and luxury clothes.  I would travel to all the places I’ve dreamed.

QUICKWRITE QUESTION Can we accurately determine the inner feelings of a person by observing his or her outward behavior? : No. We will never be able to understand someone just by looking at them. Conversation is the key.

LITERARY FOCUS What is connotation? : An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning. WHAT IS THIS POEM ABOUT? This is a poem in which Richard Cory is a normal citizen but with certain glamour everyone admires. Everything he does seems so fine and perfect. He’s rich, educated, kind…. But no one knows him in reality. They all want to be him but he, himself, is pointing a gun at his head.

RICHARD CORY

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