Board Work 1/5-

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Board Work 1/5-

• Eng III AHH

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Rise of Silas Lapham

• Describe each of these characters. How have they
  been characterized in the story?
• Colonel Silas Lapham
• Irene
• Penelope
• Mrs. Persis Lapham
• Tom Corey
• Old Corey
• Mrs. Corey
• What seem to be the major conflicts for the
  characters in the story? (Name three). Why are
  these conflicts?

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Laphams Realism

• What is particularly different about this book
  that makes it realism? Give examples.
• How would the characters be different if it were
  Romanticism? Pick three and describe how they
  might be if the work were Romantic.
• How would the conflicts be different if the book
  were Romantic?

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Writing! Conclusions!

• Conclusions should wrap up the main ideas, give a
  feeling of cadence, and leave a memorable
  impression.
• Three parts to a conclusion
• Restated Thesis (RESTATEDShorter, different
  words)
• Concluding ideas So What?
• Hook

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So What?

• Why did the reader bother to read your essay?
  (Other than that it was assigned)
• Application (What a reader can do with your
  argument)
• Alternate solution (if the essay presents a
  problem or rejects a course of action)
• Implementation plan (if the essay suggests a
  course of action)
• Similar purpose

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Howells History

• What was going on during the late 1800s? (Use
  the Orange Books or the Internet to look this
  up!)
• How did these events affect the story?
• What sort of historical ideas show up in the
  story? What can we learn about what life was
  like by reading Silas Lapham?

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Dinner party!

• What are the major difficulties of the dinner
  party for the Coreys?
• What are the major difficulties of the dinner
  party for the Laphams?
• Why are they having a dinner party even though it
  makes both families uncomfortable? What does
  this show about the time period and the people?

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Lapham Quiz

• What does Tom want his father to do at the
  beginning of chapter 11?
• Bromfield and Tom discuss the Laphams social
  ineptitude, saying that they are people who cant
  do what?
• What does Lapham talk about when Bromfield
  visits?
• How does Penelope react to Mrs. Coreys visit
  (afterward)?
• What does Mrs. Corey decide she needs to do with
  the Laphams?

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Lapham Quiz 14

• What does Lapham ask Corey the next morning at
  work?

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Lapham Quiz 17-18

• Whom does Pen tell about Coreys proposal?
• What did Pen do that night?
• What has Rogers been asking Lapham?
• What does Lapham do when hes upset about Pen and
  Corey?
• Where do Lapham and Mrs. Lapham go for advice?
• What advice do they receive?

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Love Triangles

• How do each of the characters react to the
  problem of Corey and Pen? Why do they react the
  way they do?
• Is it a betrayal for Pen to get with Corey? If
  your best friend or sibling had been in love for
  a long time and you encouraged it, how would you
  feel stepping in to take his or her place?
• If you were to advise the Laphams, what would you
  suggest they do? Why?