PPT-“The Landlady” by Roald Dahl

Vocabulary Terms amp the Use of Commas Identify the comma rule that applies to each of the following sentences from The Landlady Page 73 But now even in the darkness he could see that the paint was peeling from the woodwork on their doors and windows and that the handsome white . Taste by Roald Dahl night at Mike Schofield's house in London: Mike and his wife and daughter, my wife and I, and a man called Richard Pratt. Richard Pratt was a famous gourmet. He was president of The room was warm, the curtains were closed, the two table lamps were lit. On the cupboard behind her there were two glasses and some drinks. Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come home fr paragraph. A how-to guide. What is it?. In an . analytical paragraph . a writer analyzes . a particular topic and breaks it down into . logically flowing sentences. .. This is the backbone of . how you respond “critically”. Idioms. The landlady appeared to be . slightly off her rocker.. “How . time does fly . from us all, doesn’t it, Mr. Wilkins?”. “. In one ear and out the other. , that’s me, Mr. Weaver.”. This dame was like a jack-in-the-box. He pressed the bell—and . The Landlady Pre-reading Characterisation

Before reading the story, answer these questions about it. Work in pairs and devise what you think would be the likely or interesting answers to the questi The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centrewww.roalddahl.com/museumRegistered charity number 1085853 | Company limited by guarantee number 4178505Illustrations about the book: There was a town where two dumb Twits lived and no one liked them at all. Every Wednesday Mr. Twit (that evil - smelling doosh - head) went up to the big dead tree. He smeared stick Dahl. The Blurb. Which words has the writer used to make the reader interested in the autobiography?. Boy is the story of Roald Dahl’s very own. boyhood, including tales of sweet-shops and. chocolate, mean old ladies and a Great Mouse. The BFG:. A Study in Schemes and Tropes. By Don and Alleen Nilsen. Schemes vs. Tropes. Schemes are superficial. . Schemes are the language-play devices that relate to sounds and spellings.. Alliteration, Assonance, Cacography, Eye Rhyme, and Slant Rhyme are examples of schemes. . The Introduction (with a Focus on the Hook). What goes in an introduction?. A purposeful and meaningful hook. A TAG (mention of the title, author, and genre) and brief summary of the text(s) under discussion. This is Dahl’s . 100. th. . Birthday. By Don & Alleen Nilsen. Roald Dahl’s 100. th. Birthday. Roald Dahl’s Biography. Roald Dahl was born in Wales to Norwegian parents. He wrote novels, short stories, poetry, and screen plays. His short stories tend to have unexpected endings and his children’s books tend to be comic, unsentimental. Dahl. Point of View Analysis. Point of View. “The Landlady” is told from . . the . third person limited. point of view.. This means that the narrator is not a character in the story, but . the narrator has access to the thoughts and feelings of one character in the story. oa. ld Dahl. Standard RL 8.1. . . . . . Standard. 3.2 Evaluate the structural elements of the plot (e.g., subplots, parallel episodes, climax), the plot’s development, and the way in which conflicts are (or are not) addressed and resolved. . Issa. review. . For each question you missed, go back and write the explanation for why the right answer is right, and explain why the answer you chose is wrong.. #1 Theme. Theme just means “what the text was about”, similar to central or main idea. Often, the theme includes the “lesson” or “moral” of the story, but it would have to be a lesson that was demonstrated in the text. Inferred “lessons” (lessons we could infer but did not directly come from events in the story) would need to be excluded from your answer choice..