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DUE: ________Cornell Notes Focus Questions“One Story” ChapterHow to Read Literature Like a Professor by

Thomas FosterInstructions: Your Cornell notes should ultimately address the following questions and concepts articulated below. That said, you are not just merely sticking to this information alone and your notes should NOT merely be a list of these questions with answers. You are to use your notes on the entire chapter to address the main idea points presented here.

1. What is the one story theory? Explain in depth.

2. Why do writers keep telling the same story over and over? Why do readers keep reading stories if it is merely the same story over and over?

3. Define, offer examples, and explain intertextuality in terms of the theory of one story.

4. Define archetypes and explain their roles & functions in the theory of one story.

KEY VOCABULARY: One Story Theory, intertextuality, parody archetypes

FOCUS CORRECTIONAL AREAS________/ 30 Total Points

MRS J YOU TOTAL PTS

10 All main idea questions prompted (above) are fully addressed/answered.

5 Each key vocabulary word appears highlighted/underlined and accurately defined.

5 Key Concepts include a record of at least 8-10 key ideas expressed directly in the text (should appear as a balance between direct quoting and key phrases/points).

5 Recorded Notes include thorough and accurate responses to the Key Concepts section by specifically referencing details from the text.

5 Summary fully and accurately sums up, in 6-8 sentences minimum, at least 5 main ideas expressed in the chapter.

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Requirements:❏ MLA format; types (unless otherwise approved)❏ Cornell notes format (must include Key Concepts, Recorded Notes, &

Summary sections)❏ Chapter title in quotation marks and book title in italics/underline❏ Notes appear in “short-hand” techniques are used in that bullet points,

indentation, highlighting/bolding/underlining appear to organize the chapter in notation form

Katrina Heil

Mrs. Jenkins

English 12CP

30 October 2015

“One Story”

KEY CONCEPTS RECORDED NOTES

● Where do the ideas for each story/song/movie come from?

● What is intertextuality?

● Why do some pieces of literature seem original?

● “Do writers know this? Do they think about it?”

● “Everywhere you look, the ground is already camped on.”

● What are archetypes?

● Where did this originate?

● Every plot written by an author comes from something they’ve seen before, everything links to one another in some way.

● This is proof that everything has a connection, it is the relationship between the literary texts. Also, parodies are a part of this because they reference other literature in a humorous way.

● Good writers can make their work seem original, because it provides more depth than just an echo of the original work.

● Everyone knows that in a way, every idea is recycled, and pure originality is not possible.

● You just have to share the “Space” (ideas) with everyone else.

● They are a “Five dollar word for pattern” they show an example of a specific person or thing.

● You can’t find the originals, like you can’t find the pure myths. Even in the earliest literature the stories vary so we can’t find where it specifically originated.

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● “Those stories- myth, archetype, religious narrative, the great body of literature - are always with us.”

● Everything always sticks in our mind although we don’t always realize it. When we have a thought it is often referencing something that we have seen in the past in some way.

SUMMARY: In the chapter “One Story” the author Thomas Foster explains the one story theory. He explains how everything is related to another story that the writer may have read in the past. People find comfort in familiar things and that is why we often like books that we can find the reference to something else we may have seen/read. Archetypes which are examples of things that are closely related are described as well as intertextuality. Parodies are also a part of intertextuality because it is humorously referencing something else. Overall, everything we read or see is written based off of something else the author has read.