Thursday, November 15, 2012

November 16- Short Stories

Voice


















I woke up early today and came to class. 
It's Friday. That means I have Basic Writing. There are lots of difficult assignments. We spend a lot of time writing and brainstorming in class. I guess we are going to work on short stories today.






Notation
Litotes
Surprises
Retrograde
Prognostication
Precision
Narrative



Functional Outline for a Short Story
Characters: 
List each of the main characters: 

What kinds of people are they? 

What important details do we learn about each character? 



Setting:
Where does this take place? What various settings do we read about?


What details do we learn about the various settings? 


What feeling do you get from the settings of the story?  Why? 



Conflict: 
What is the major conflict? 


Why is this conflict important to the characters in the story?  What motivates the main character?


How is the conflict resolved? 


Structure: 
“The Cask of Amontillado” has several distinct sections. 
Introducing characters
Setting One:  “At the carnival / on the street”
Setting Two:  “Staircase to the tombs under the palace”
Setting Three:  “Small Room / tomb”
Resolution / Evaluation


- Developing a Character

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