1. The Princess Bride All you need to know to get started!
MISD PreAP English I Summer Reading

2. Format of the novel What’s different from what you’ve read before:
Frame Story- a story that has another story or stories within it
Intrusive Narrator- an omniscient narrator, who frequently interrupts the plot with comments on the story, characters, or life in general

3. Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Put aside your critical beliefs in order to accept the unreal world the author creates.
For example, when reading a horror tale, the reader must accept that everyone runs back into the scary mansion with the chain saw murderer inside without calling for help!

4. Satire Using humor to expose something or someone to ridicule.
Can you give some examples of popular satire?
AND, of course, satire’s cousin, SARCASM
The use of harsh words to deride and criticize. Don’t forget sometimes sarcasm is HOW it’s said, not what is said.

5. Remember to look for these additional elements…
Repetition
Allusions
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Personification
Irony
Flashback

6. Study these words. What can you infer about The Princess Bride?
Scullery
Hovel
Moldering
Queen
Prince
Ruffian
Marauding
Ardor
Fortune
Besotted

7. Short answer questions
First - answer the question
Second - state your proof (text evidence)
Third – elaborate or explain

8. Short answer questions
Use text evidence from the first few pages of chapter 1 for the following:
At what point does Buttercup start to be noticed for her beauty?
How does Buttercup feel about beauty? What does the text say about Buttercup’s hygiene?
First – answer the question on your paper

9. Your text evidence is…
A nobleman notices Buttercup, for her beauty, at the age of seventeen. Buttercup does not care about beauty. She is more interested in riding her horse, which does nothing for her own beauty. She rarely washes her hair or face, and she often smells of the stables.

10. Now put them together for a nice short answer
Text Evidence
Explain

11. This Summer’s Assignment
Read The Princess Bride
Suggested: Study guide and chapter summaries
Prepare for writing test

12. Test
A writing test will be given before the end of the second week of school.

13. Additional helps
The Study Guide is available online- This is not an assignment; it’s strongly recommended and there if you need it.
It might be helpful to write a chapter summary on a sticky note and place it at the beginning of each chapter to use for review.
Students may find the study guide at their high school website.

14. Contact your high school campus English Department Chair
Have Questions?
Contact your high school campus English Department Chair