English Children's Literature week 6

ÀPeter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit is a fictional animal character in various children's stories by Beatrix Potter. He first appeared in The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902 and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and 1912. Spinoff merchandise includes dishes, wallpaper, and dolls. He appears as a character in a number of adaptations.

ö Background

The rabbits in Potter's stories are anthropomorphic and wear human clothes: Peter wears a jacket and shoes. Peter, his widowed mother, Mrs. Josephine Rabbit, as well as his sisters, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail live in a rabbit hole that has a human kitchen, human furniture, as well as a shop where Mrs. Rabbit sells various items. Peter's relatives are Cousin Benjamin Bunny and Benjamin's father Mr. Benjamin Bunny.

Peter Rabbit was named after a pet rabbit Beatrix Potter had as a child called Peter Piper. The first Peter Rabbit story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, was originally created in 1893 as a letter to Noel Moore, the five-year-old son of Potter's former governess, Annie Moore. The boy was ill and Potter wrote him a picture and story letter to help him pass the time and to cheer him up. The letter included sketches illustrating the narrative.

In June 1903, a trade edition of the tale was published by Frederick Warne & Co, and by the end of the year, 28,000 copies were in print. Over the years, The Tale of Peter Rabbit has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and as of 2008, the Peter Rabbit series has sold more than 151 million copies in 35 languages

´ Beatrix Potter Part 3

ö Types of Fantasy

1)                            Modern Folktales (Literary Folktales)

2)                            Animal Fantasy

3)                            Toy Fantasy

4)                            Magical Fantasy

5)                            Enchanted Journeys and Alternative Worlds

6)                            Heroic or Quest Fantasy (High Fantasy)

7)                            Supernatural and Mystery Fantasy

8)                            Science Fiction

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ralliteration:

Alliteration is a stylistic literary device identified by the repeated sound of the first letter in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase. "Alliteration" is from the Latin word littera, meaning "letter of the alphabet", and the first known use of the word to refer to a literary device occurred around 1624.Alliteration narrowly refers to the repetition of a letter in any syllables that, according to the poem's meter, are stressed, as in James Thomson's verse "Come dragging the lazy languid Line along". Another example is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".

Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado is the source of a well-known example of alliterative lyrics:

       "To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,

    I n a pestilential prison, with a lifelong lock,

    Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,

From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block!"

rsymmetry

Symmetry in everyday language refers to a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. In mathematics, "symmetry" has a more precise definition, that an object is invariant to any of various transformations; including reflection, rotation or scaling. Although these two meanings of "symmetry" can sometimes be told apart, they are related, so they are here discussed together.

QUIZ4

At the beginning of the story, where did old Mrs. Rabbit tell her "little dears" they could go? •  down the lane (correct answer) •  to the baker's shop •  to Mr. McGregor's garden

Where did Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail go when their mother left? •  to the garden •  stayed at home •  to gather blackberries (correct answer)

Why did Peter go into Mr. McGregor's garden? •  to sleep •  to find food (correct answer) •  to get a drink

What was Peter's problem? •  he couldn't find food •  he couldn't find a drink •  he couldn't find the gate (correct answer

What were the three things that Peter ate? •  lettuce, French beans, and radishes (correct answer, •  carrots, tomatoes, and potatoes •  onions, parsley, and cucumbers

Mr. McGregor came up with a ________ to pop over Peter's head. •  net •  sand pan •  sieve (correct answer)

Who was a very naughty rabbit? •  Peter (correct answer, your response) •  Cottontail •  Flopsy

Where did Peter hide in the toolshed? •  under a flower pot •  behind a ladder •  in a watering can (correct answer)

What did Mr. McGregor do with Peter's clothes? •  sold them at a garage sale •  hung them up for a scarecrow (correct answer) •  gave them to old Mrs. Rabbit

Who got a tablespoon of chamomile tea that night? •  Mrs. Rabbit •  Flopsy •  Peter (correct answer)