Sean’s Narrative Poem and Short story summary
Name: Sean Oh
Date: December 6 2018
Short Short Summary
Story Title: Mmm, Cookies!
Plot (Introduction)
Setting
House, school, bathroom, basement, Morning
Character
Type of Character
Protagonist: Christopher Antagonist: Teacher
Father and mother.
Conflict
Person vs. Person
Initiating Incident
When he walked down into the basement and saw a big pile of play clay in the corner
Rising Action
1.
He made a play clay cookie for his mother. He said this cookie was made by his father. After, his mother took a big bite and ran to the bathroom.
- He made another play clay cookie for his father. Also, he said this cookie was made by his mother. His father took a big bite and ran to the bathroom.
- Christopher was late for school. His parents called up his teacher and said what happened in the morning. Teacher knew just what to do.
Climax
Classmates and the teacher made a play clay cookie for him. When Christopher came into the class, he saw the lovely cookie, and took a big bite. Also, he ran to the bathroom
Falling Action
When he came back to the class, teacher said “And now would everyone like to make some real cookies?” The classmates and Christopher made a real cookie.
Conclusion
When he was done with his cookie, he took it home to give to his mother and father
Type of Ending
Resolved ending because he learned a lesson from teacher about not tricking people..
Irony
1.
Christopher made play clay cookies and gave them to his parents.
This is wrong behaviour. However, when his parents called up his teacher, the teacher also made a play clay cookie for him. This is an example of irony. The teacher knows making play clay cookies for someone is wrong and the readers do not expect her to do the same thing as Christopher. In this case, the same action is justified because it was to teach Christopher a lesson.
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Foreshadowing
When Christopher parents called up to his teacher, we can know something he will get punishment to lesson about his attitude or manner.
Symbol
1.
Real cookie is represent about Christopher learned lesson from his fault.
When he ate the fake cookie, he felt guilty about behavior. Therefore, he accepted his wrong and made real cookie to his parents.
Point of View
Third person point of view
Theme
One major theme of this book is learning about manners. This book could be used as a lesson on teaching students proper manners. A major point is how it’s not polite to trick people, especially parents or other people who have authority, like teachers.
Narrative poem
Mmm, cookies
When Christopher walked down into the basement
And saw a big pile of play clay in the corner.
He whapped it in his hands
WHAP, WHAP, WHAP, WHAP, WHAP.
Made it nice and round
SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH.
Sprinkled it with sugar
CHIK, CHIK, CHIK, CHIK, CHIK.
Covered it with yellow icing
Glick, Glick, Glick, Glick, Glick
And put some raisins on top
PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK.
He made a play clay cookie for his mother.
He said this cookie made by his father.
After, his mother took a big bite and ran to the bathroom
His mother washed out her mouth for a long time
SCRITCH-SCRITCH
SCRITCH-SCRITCH
SCRITCH-SCRITCH
He made another play clay cookie for his father.
He whapped it in his hands
WHAP, WHAP, WHAP, WHAP, WHAP.
Made it nice and round
SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH.
Sprinkled it with sugar
CHIK, CHIK, CHIK, CHIK, CHIK.
Covered it with yellow icing
Glick, Glick, Glick, Glick, Glick
And put some raisins on top
PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK.
Also, he said this cookie made by his mother
After, his father took a big bite and ran to the bathroom.
Also, his father washed out
SCRITCH-SCRITCH
SCRITCH-SCRITCH
SCRITCH-SCRITCH
Christopher was late for school.
His parents called up his teacher
And said what happened in the morning
Teacher knew just what to do to him
Classmates and the teacher made a play clay cookie for him
They whapped it in their hands
WHAP, WHAP, WHAP, WHAP, WHAP.
Made it nice and round
SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH.
Sprinkled it with sugar
CHIK, CHIK, CHIK, CHIK, CHIK.
Covered it with yellow icing
Glick, Glick, Glick, Glick, Glick
And put some raisins on top
PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNK.
When he came into the class, he saw the lovely cookie
And took a big bite, he yelled
YUCK! GLA-GLA-GLA-GLA!
His face turned to like a Hulk.
He ran to the bathroom
He washed out his mouth
BURBLE, BURBLE
SPLAT SPLICHT
BWAHHH
When he came back to the class
Teacher said make a real cookie
When he was done with his cookie,
He took it home to give to his mother and father
- Poetry devices: Repetition, Onomatopoeia, Rhyme, Alliteration, Simile