1. Glencoe Literature (purple text) page 828
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

2. “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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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)

6. Situational Irony
When you get the opposite of what you expect in a situation
Surprise ending of a story

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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.

10. List the characteristics of Federigo:

11. List the characteristics of Monna Giovanna:

12. Apply the literary terms with our work.
Answer questions 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 on
page 834.