HOW do authors manipulate time? Objective: Understand how Steinbeck manipulates time to create mystery, tension, or surprise in pp 17-26 of Of Mice and Men. What does it mean to “manipulate time”? Authors can make their story move backwards, adjusts the pace, or give an idea of future events. What’s a flashback? A flashback is: __________________________________________________. What’s pacing? Pacing is: ___________________________. What’s foreshadowing? Foreshadowing is: _______________________________________________. HOW do authors manipulate time? when the story is interrupted so that a detail from the past can be shared how fast or slow the story is moving when the author drops little clues to hint at what will happen later
Objective: Understand how Steinbeck manipulates time to create mystery, tension, or surprise in pp 17-26 of Of Mice and Men. Let’s practice understanding how manipulating time creates mystery, tension, or surprise. 1. Identify which example of time manipulation is being shown in each video: flashback, pacing, or foreshadowing. 2. Use a starter to explain how time manipulation creates mystery, tension, or surprise: * The use of __ creates __ by __ when __ happens.