T: “Federigo’s Falcon”

from the Decameron

A: Giovanni Boccaccio
N: Italian
G: short story (part of a frame story)

Glencoe Literature (purple text) page 828

“Federigo’s Falcon” Vocabulary
Record the vocabulary on page 828 in your TANG section.
1) Revered-(adj.) regarded as worthy of great honor
2) Chaste- (adj.) innocent; pure
3) Penuriously- (adv.) in severe poverty
4) Extremity- (noun) great danger or need
5) Presumption- (noun) attitude or conduct that oversteps
the bounds of propriety or courtesy
6) Contrary- (adj.) unfavorable
---------Literary Terms---------------
(Record the terms you don’t have in your literary terms section)

Theme
 The central message or lesson of a story
(the main idea)
 Should be something the reader can apply
to their own lives
 Directly stated theme- the author tells the
reader.
 Implied theme- the readers have to guess
the main idea by using clues from the work.
Symbol
 Using an object or repetitive theme to
represent a larger idea
 (An object that stands for something else)
 Example:
 Wedding rings
 A cross
 Skull and crossbones
Conflict

Struggle between two forces in a story

 Types of conflict:
 Man vs. Man
 Man vs. Nature
 Man vs. Supernatural
 Man vs. Society
 Man vs. Self (internal conflict)
Situational Irony
 When you get the opposite of what you
expect in a situation
 Surprise ending of a story
Dramatic Irony
 When the audience is aware of information
that the characters are unaware of
 (When we (the readers) know something a
character doesn’t know)
Characterization
 Methods used by an author to reveal the
looks, beliefs, motivations or personality of
a character
 Two types of characterization:
 Direct characterization – author comes out and
tells you exactly what the character is like
 Indirect characterization – you must decide about
the character based on character’s words and
actions
Journal entry
 What role, do you think, does chance or
luck play in the achievement of happiness?
Do you believe in destiny, or do you believe
you control your future? Explain.
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List the characteristics of Monna
Giovanna:
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 Apply the literary terms with our work.

 Answer questions 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 on

page 834.