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Pam Muñoz RyanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use these questions or activities to help gauge students’ familiarity with and spark their interest in the context of the work, giving them an entry point into the text itself.
Short Answer
1. What is a frame story or frame narrative? Can you explain what this technique entails or make a logical guess about its meaning? What frame stories are you familiar with in literature or film?
Teaching Suggestion: Echo uses a fairytale-like frame story to explain the origin and purpose of the harmonica that unites the three main characters’ stories. Students will have varying degrees of familiarity with this device; to ensure that they all have sufficient background knowledge before beginning the novel, you might ask for a preliminary answer to this prompt, show students the video linked below, and then ask students to revise their first attempts at the prompt to reflect their new understanding. You might also prepare a list of frame narrative examples in advance for discussion or reference, such as The Wizard of Oz, The Princess Bride, and/or Frankenstein.
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