Thursday, November 22, 2012

November 23- Short Stories

"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe (adapted)


Characters: 
List each of the main characters: 

What are their names?

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 of a Story

Abstract- tells the reader/listener that a story is about to begin

Orientation- identifies the time, place, characters, and the basic situation of the story 

Complicating Action- an unusual, special, or interesting event that makes the story interesting (answers the question "then what happened?")

Resolution- the conclusion of the narrative events / how the conflict ends ("answers the question, what finally happened? / how did it end?")

Evaluation- clarifies the point of the story (answers the question, "so what?")

Coda- signals that the story has ended


My story


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Outline for Creative Writing Genre

For your short story please give the following information


Orientation:




Complicating Action(s):




Conflict:




Resolution:





Main characters

Names? 



Personalities?



Important Details?





Setting

Where does this story take place?



What specific details make this place special?





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