Weekly Objectives Understand and appreciate a classic

detective story Examine building suspense Question in a detective story Understand and apply literary terms

LITERARY TERMSLITERARY TERMS

FORESHADOWINGFORESHADOWING

CHARACTER THEMECHARACTER THEME

PLOT DRAMATIC IRONYPLOT DRAMATIC IRONY

SUSPENSESUSPENSE SIMILESIMILE

Characterization Describe the following characters: Poirot Langton Harrison

CHARACTERCHARACTER - - POIROTPOIROT

FAMOUS, INQUISITIVE, FAMOUS, INQUISITIVE, CLEVER, CLEVER, BELGIUM,CARING, NOT BELGIUM,CARING, NOT EASILY RATTLEDEASILY RATTLED

CHARACTERCHARACTER - LANGTON- LANGTON

IN LOVE W/ MOLLYIN LOVE W/ MOLLY

SETS ASIDE SETS ASIDE DIFFERENCESDIFFERENCES

MOLLY –UNFAITHFUL, MOLLY –UNFAITHFUL, POOR JUDGEMENT POOR JUDGEMENT

LITERARY TERMSLITERARY TERMS

CHARACTER – HARRISONCHARACTER – HARRISON

BIG MAN, THIN,BONY BIG MAN, THIN,BONY FACE, ATTRACTIVE WHEN FACE, ATTRACTIVE WHEN SMILINGSMILING

SECRETIVE SECRETIVE

YOU NEED A GOOD YOU NEED A GOOD DETECTIVE TO INVESTIGATE DETECTIVE TO INVESTIGATE A MURDER. WHAT KIND OF A MURDER. WHAT KIND OF PERSON DO YOU WANT FOR PERSON DO YOU WANT FOR THE JOB? POSITIVE TRAITS THE JOB? POSITIVE TRAITS OF GOOD DETECTIVE? OF GOOD DETECTIVE? NEGATIVE TRAITS?NEGATIVE TRAITS? BRAINSTORM CHARACTERS!BRAINSTORM CHARACTERS!

FORESHADOWINGFORESHADOWING --

762762 “SO GRAVELY DID “SO GRAVELY DID HH SAY WORD “MURDER.”SAY WORD “MURDER.”

763763 PP SAYS MAN CAN SAYS MAN CAN CONCEAL HIS HATE CONCEAL HIS HATE UNTIL THE PROPER TIME UNTIL THE PROPER TIME COMES…COMES…

FORESHADOWINGFORESHADOWING --

762 762 P REPEATS TWICE P REPEATS TWICE “DEADLY POISON” IN “DEADLY POISON” IN GRAVE VOICE.GRAVE VOICE.

763 P INFORMS READER 763 P INFORMS READER ABOUT L & M’S ABOUT L & M’S ENGAGEMENTENGAGEMENT

SIMILESIMILE

765765 “SOMETHING A “SOMETHING A LITTLE SINISTER IN THE LITTLE SINISTER IN THE STILLNESS, LIKE THE STILLNESS, LIKE THE LULL BEFORE THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM.”STORM.”

EXPLAIN !EXPLAIN !

SIMILESIMILE

766 766 P SPOKE QUIETLY &P SPOKE QUIETLY & IMPERSONALLY LIKE A LIKE A LECTURER COMING LECTURER COMING DOWN TO LEVEL OF DOWN TO LEVEL OF CHILD.CHILD.

IRONYIRONY

READER ASSUMES READER ASSUMES LANGTON IS LANGTON IS SUSPECT(MURDERER) & SUSPECT(MURDERER) & HARRISON IS VICTIM, HARRISON IS VICTIM, HOWEVER LANGTON IS HOWEVER LANGTON IS THE VICTIM & THE VICTIM & HARRISON .. HARRISON ..

SUSPENSESUSPENSE

766 HARRISON IS 766 HARRISON IS MOTIONLESSMOTIONLESS

765 LANGTON TELLS P 765 LANGTON TELLS P HE DID NOT TAKE WASP’S HE DID NOT TAKE WASP’S NEST. NEST.

SUSPENSESUSPENSE

763 L CAUGHT IN LIE / 763 L CAUGHT IN LIE / PURCHASED CYN 0F PURCHASED CYN 0F POTASSIUM POTASSIUM

761 POIROT NOT MAKING 761 POIROT NOT MAKING FRIENDLY VISIT / HERE FRIENDLY VISIT / HERE ON BUSINESS.ON BUSINESS.

SYMBOLSYMBOL

WASP’S NESTWASP’S NEST

HARRISON IS THE WASP HARRISON IS THE WASP & THE NEST IS THE PLAN & THE NEST IS THE PLAN TO KILL HIMSELF.TO KILL HIMSELF.