The Leap and The Day the Clowns Cried By Any Other Name The Storyteller Lamb to the Slaughter: The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant

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The Leap and The Day the Clowns Cried By Any Other Name The Storyteller Lamb to the Slaughter: The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant http://www.shmoop.com/video/short-stories

General Literary Elements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6i24s72jps&list= RD02E4cMHnWIR9k Reading Short Stories PPT Setting PPT Character PPT Plot PPT

Literary Elements Flashback Foreshadowing Prediction Chronological order

Flashback An episode from the past that sometimes interrupts the plot

Foreshadowing Presenting hints or clues as to what may happen later in the story

Prediction A type of inference; a guess based on evidence

Chronological Order The order in which events occur in the story

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Literary Elements Character Indirect Characterization Conflict Compare and Contrast

Character A person or personality in a story, drama, poem, or novel.

Indirect Characterization When the author tells the reader indirectly about the character(s) the reader makes his or her own judgments about the character(s)

Conflict Events in the story that cause problems or conflict-- internal or external struggles involving the main character

Compare Finding similarities (things that are the same) between two or more things Contrast Finding differences between two or more things

Read (listen to) story and complete the assignments

Santha Young Naïve Cheerful Kind Caring Easily intimidated Perceptive Premila not easily intimidated Older Wiser Stern Protective Bossy to Santha Perceptive

Literary Elements Satire Frame story Basic Situation Theme Tone

Satire Writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change often uses exaggeration or humor to invite laughter at someone s expense. Exs. of shortcomings greed, injustice, cruelty, stupidity, deceit, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m- KlV5cPUo

Frame Story A story that serves to bind together several different narratives

Basic Situation Presents the main character and hints of upcoming conflict

Theme The central idea of a story (also called motif) (Theme PPT)

Tone The attitude a writer takes toward a subject, character, or the reader

Oxymoron A combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetoricstyle/a/100-awfully-good- Examples-Of-Oxymorons.htm EXS. Jumbo shrimp; cold sweat

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Literary Elements Allusion Irony Situational irony Dramatic irony Ambiguity Inference Foreshadowing

Allusion A reference a writer makes to another literary work

Irony The difference between what we expect or what seems suitable or appropriate and what actually happens in a story

Situational Irony When an event occurs that is the opposite of or different from what we expect to happen

Situational Irony http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=viglgjefp8w

Dramatic Irony When we know what will happen to a character but the character does not know

Dramatic Irony http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=agikxiaounq

Ambiguity When the author offers several conflicting meanings and leaves the reader to sort them out

Inference A conclusion or opinion based on facts or evidence

Foreshadowing Presenting hints or clues as to what may happen later in the story

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1sbqzfd h0i

Literary Elements Conflict Internal Conflict External Conflict Motivation Climax Theme Compare And Contrast

Conflict Events in the story that cause problems or conflict-- internal or external struggles involving the main character

Internal Conflict When a character struggles with him or herself

External Conflict When a character struggles with an outside force

Motivation The causes or reasons for a character s behavior in a story

Climax The high point of the plot it usually decides the outcome of the story

Theme The central idea of a story (also called motif) (Theme PPT)

Compare Finding similarities (things that are the same) between two or more things Contrast Finding differences between two or more things

Read (listen to) story and complete the assignments

Short Story Unit work is due T0DAY!

Comparison and Contrast Essays PPT.pptx

Write an original short story. Consult pgs. 605-611 in your literature book for information.

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