The Westing Game Analysis Notes – Presentation Analyzing Literary Devices

The Westing Game Analysis Notes - Analyzing Literary Devices: This resource will help you review the most important literary devices and important or recurring ideas in The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. This comprehensive 49-slide PowerPoint presentation explores key literary elements and how they develop in the text, organized by chapter sections. The notes address theme, recurring ideas, conflict, characterization, irony, mood, tone, symbolism, literary devices, and much more. The notes can be used for students to copy, or they can serve as discussion starters. After using this presentation, your students will have a much deeper understanding of The Westing Game.

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➡️ The Westing Game Analysis Notes Presentation: This 49-slide PowerPoint presentation shares essential insights into how literary devices and story elements are used throughout The Westing Game. After completing each chapter section, share these notes with students for copying into their own notebooks or as prompts for class discussions.

Topics Covered in The Westing Game Analysis Notes Resource:

Below are just some of the topics covered in this comprehensive presentation:

• Theme: Class divide, the American dream, parenting, uncertainty, risk and reward, and more.
• Important Recurring Ideas: Patriotism, the colour purple, jealousy, and more.
• Conflict: Internal and external struggles faced by the characters, including the mystery of Sam Westing’s will and personal rivalries.
• Characterization: Insights into the various characters in The Westing Game, including their motivations, secrets, and roles in the puzzle.
• Tone: The blend of suspense, humor, and drama as characters navigate the mystery.
• Mood: The shifting emotional atmosphere throughout the novel, from tension to moments of revelation.
• Irony: Situational irony in the characters' experience of the unexpected.
• Symbolism: Examining objects and events that represent deeper meanings.
• Literary Devices: Foreshadowing, motif, repetition, atmosphere, and more.
• Cultural Context: Understanding the social and cultural backdrop of mid-20th-century America and its influence on the unfolding mystery.

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