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Melville’s Moby Dick: Shifts in Narrative Voice and Literary Genres
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Melville’s Moby Dick: Shifts in Narrative Voice and Literary Genres

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A three-lesson unit module has readers of Moby Dick examine the narrative voice and dramatic perspective Herman Melville uses to contrast Ishmael and Captain Ahab. In addition, scholars analyze how the author incorporates various literary genres in telling his massive whale of a tale.

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Concepts

american literature, characterization, close reading, compare and contrast, critical reading, genres, moby dick, monologues, perspective, point of view, voice, antagonists, author's voice, character foil, herman melville, narrative structure, narrators, protagonists, soliloquies, allusions, first-person point of view

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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Common Core

CCRA.R.3 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.5

Collection Items

    Narrative Voice in Moby Dick

    Narrative Voice in Moby Dick

    Lesson Plan
    Unit Overview: Melville’s Moby Dick: Shifts in Narrative Voice and Literary Genres (.html)

    Unit Overview: Melville’s Moby Dick: Shifts in Narrative Voice and Literary Genres (.html)

    Teacher Reference
     Ishmael and the Fates (.pdf)

    Ishmael and the Fates (.pdf)

    Worksheet
    Ishmael and the Fates - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    Ishmael and the Fates - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    Answer Key
    Call Him Ishmael, and What Else? (.pdf)

    Call Him Ishmael, and What Else? (.pdf)

    Worksheet
    Call Him Ishmael, and What Else? - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    Call Him Ishmael, and What Else? - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    Answer Key
    Dramatic Perspective in Moby Dick

    Dramatic Perspective in Moby Dick

    Lesson Plan
    Comparing Introductions: Ishmael and Ahab (.pdf)

    Comparing Introductions: Ishmael and Ahab (.pdf)

    Worksheet
    Comparing Introductions: Ishmael and Ahab - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    Comparing Introductions: Ishmael and Ahab - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    Answer Key
    Ahab’s Dramatic Monologue in Chapter 37 (.pdf)

    Ahab’s Dramatic Monologue in Chapter 37 (.pdf)

    Worksheet
    Ahab’s Dramatic Monologue in Chapter 37 - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    Ahab’s Dramatic Monologue in Chapter 37 - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    Answer Key
    Literary Genres in “Moby-Dick”

    Literary Genres in “Moby-Dick”

    Lesson Plan
    What’s In a Genre? (.pdf)

    What’s In a Genre? (.pdf)

    Worksheet
    What’s In a Genre? - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    What’s In a Genre? - Teacher Version (.pdf)

    Answer Key
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