Short Story Unit

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Short Story Unit
Before the End of Summer
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• If it is written in yellow, you DO NOT NEED to
  write.
• If it is written in white, you need to write.

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Activities / Assignments

• Notes on each Short Story
• Notes on Literary Terms
• Discussion
• Quizzes on Literary Terms
• Reading Questions
• Reading Quizzes
• Test
• Project

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Stories we will read

• The Open Window
• Before the End of Summer
• The Lady, or the Tiger?
• The Most Dangerous Game
• The Gift of the Magi

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Literary Terminology

• 1. Irony- an outcome of events contrary to what
  was expected. contrast between what is stated and
  what is meant or what is expected to happen and
  what actually does.
• 2. Understatement- The presentation of a thing
  with under emphasis in order to achieve a greater
  effect.

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Irony
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Irony
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Irony
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Irony
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Understatement Its going to be a little windy
today
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Understatement My office is a little messy right
now.
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Understatement I dont think were going
anywhere.
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Understatement You need to work on your parallel
parking.
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• 3. Setting - where a literary work takes place.
• 4. Theme - the central message, lesson, or idea
  of a story.

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Setting
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Setting
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Setting
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Setting
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• 5. Conflict - struggle between two forces
• A. Internal -struggle the character faces
  against himself
• B. External -struggle the character faces
  against an outside force
• C. Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Self,
  Man vs. Supernatural

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Man vs. Man
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Man vs. Nature
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Man vs. Self
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Man vs. Supernatural
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• 6. Foreshadowing - use of clues to suggest events
  that have yet to occur.
• 7. Mood feeling created in the reader by a
  literary work or passage.
• 8. Narrator - the speaker or character who tells
  the story.

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Narrator
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• 9. Metaphor- A figure of speech in which a
  comparison is made between two things
  essentially unalike.
• 10. Simile A figure of speech in which a
  comparison is expressed by the specific use of
  a word or phrase such as like, as, than, seems
  or "as if."
• 11. Symbol- A thing (could be an object,
  person, situation or action) which stands for
  something else.

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Metaphors

• Wyatt, I stand corrected, youre an oak.
• We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy
  hadnt been such a pig.
• He was gripped by fear.
• He has an alligator mouth and a canary behind.
• It's getting quite hairy out there.
• That night, football flexed its greatest
  muscle.
• Give me the rock.

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Similes

• As dead as a doornail
• Doing drugs is like playing with fire.
• As cool as a cucumber
• As nutty as a fruitcake
• As poor as dirt
• As slow as molasses
• As snug as a bug in a rug
• Down like four flat tires

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Symbols
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• 12. Plot - sequences of events what happens in a
  story
• A. exposition -part of the plot graph that
  introduces the characters, setting, and
• the basic situation.
• B. conflict - struggle between two forces
• C. Rising action - the series of events that
  lead to the climax contains minor conflicts and
  tries to get the reader interested.

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• D. Climax - the point of highest tension or
  drama
• E. Falling action - any event that follows the
  climax conflicts are resolved
• F. Resolution - the main conflict is resolved
• G. Denouement - anything that happens after the
  resolution

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The Gift of the Magi
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• 13. Point of View - the perspective from which a
  story is told.
• A. 1st person -the narrator is a character and
  refers to himself as "I".
• B. 3rd person limited- the narrator's knowledge
  is limited to one character.
• C. 3rd person omniscient - the narrator knows
  everything about all the characters

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Literary Terminology

• 14. Antagonist - An antagonist is a character or
  group of characters who represents the opposition
  against which the protagonist(s) must contend.
• Contrary to what some believe, the antagonist is
  not always the villain (bad guy), but simply
  those who oppose the main character.

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The Most Dangerous Game
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• 15. Personification A type of metaphor in which
  distinct human qualities are attributed to an
  animal, object or idea.

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Personification
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• 16. Diction - a writer's word choice may be
  formal or informal, plain or ornate, common or
  technical, abstract or concrete

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• 17. Character - person or animal that takes part
  in the action of a work
• A. main character -the character on whom the
  work focuses
• B. major - main character and any other
  characters who play important roles
• C. minor - one who does not play an important
  role
• D. round - character who is like a real person
  more developed
• E. static (flat) - one who doesn't change in the
  course of the work usually less developed

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18. Figurative Language (or "figures of speech")
-a way of saying something other than the
literal meaning of the words.
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Examples of figurative language

• Taking notes is killing me.
• Im making money like a bank teller.

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• 19. Paradox- A statement or situation containing
  apparently contradictory or incompatible
  elements, but on closer inspection may be true.
• 20. Hyperbole- A bold, deliberate overstatement
  not intended to be taken literally, it is used as
  a means of emphasizing the truth of a statement.

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Examples of paradox

• Man learns from history that man learns nothing
  from history."
• Lose your life and you will find it.
• "This sentence is false."
• "Moderation in all things, including moderation."

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Examples of hyperbole

• Your dog is so ugly you cant tell if its coming
  or going.
• This is the worst day of my life.
• Its freezing in here.
• Your mammas so old, her social security number
  is 1.