T: “The Bet” A: Anton Chekhov N: Russian G: short story T: “The Bet” A: Anton Chekhov N: Russian G: short story Glencoe Literature (purple text) pages

( The following slides are literary terms; these terms should be placed in the literary terms section of your notebook.) Short Story Fictional work usually less than 40 pages Fictional work usually less than 40 pages Deals with a single conflict and theme Deals with a single conflict and theme

Fiction Stories that are made up Stories that are made up Not true Not true Usually written in prose Usually written in prose

En Media Res Latin for “in the middle of things” Latin for “in the middle of things” when the story starts in the middle of events, flashes back, then picks back up in real time when the story starts in the middle of events, flashes back, then picks back up in real time example: example: –The Odyssey starts when Odysseus is almost home after twenty years away; he tells of his adventures, then goes home and takes care of things there.

Flashback A scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time.

Types of characters Dynamic character- changes as the result of the story’s event. Dynamic character- changes as the result of the story’s event. Static character- does not change in the story. Static character- does not change in the story. Round character- has many different character traits, which may contradict one another. (Like a real person) Round character- has many different character traits, which may contradict one another. (Like a real person) Flat character- has only one or two traits. Flat character- has only one or two traits.

conflict: struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces. conflict: struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces. -internal conflict: a struggle within a character’s own mind. -external conflict: a character struggles against an outside force (another character, nature, or society).

motivation: the reason or reasons behind a character’s action. (The reason why a character does something.) motivation: the reason or reasons behind a character’s action. (The reason why a character does something.)

“The Bet” Vocabulary Find clock partners. (You need four different partners for each timed activity (12:00, 3:00, 6:00, and 9:00). Find clock partners. (You need four different partners for each timed activity (12:00, 3:00, 6:00, and 9:00). Record and study the vocabulary on page 950. Record and study the vocabulary on page 950. –Humane (adj.) marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals –Compulsory (adj.) mandatory; enforced –Indiscriminately (adv.) randomly; haphazardly –Emaciated (adj.) thin and feeble –Renounce (verb) to give up, refuse, or resign, usually by formal declaration 12:00- Create an original sentence using the vocabulary. 12:00- Create an original sentence using the vocabulary.

3:00-Write a paragraph answering the following: How do you think a long period of isolation would affect you? Do you think you could survive complete isolation? What things would you have to have in order to get through complete solitude? (Then share with your partner.) 3:00-Write a paragraph answering the following: How do you think a long period of isolation would affect you? Do you think you could survive complete isolation? What things would you have to have in order to get through complete solitude? (Then share with your partner.) View selections from Cast Away (scenes where the cast away invents Wilson and when it first shows him emaciated and fishing for his food). Begin reading “The Bet.” View selections from Cast Away (scenes where the cast away invents Wilson and when it first shows him emaciated and fishing for his food). Begin reading “The Bet.”

6:00- List the terms of the bet itself (pages ). 6:00- List the terms of the bet itself (pages ). 9:00 – List what the lawyer did for each of the following years: 9:00 – List what the lawyer did for each of the following years: –1 st year –2 nd year –6 th – 10 th years –After the 10 th year –Last two years

Answer questions 1, 3, 4, 7, and 8 on page 957. Answer questions 1, 3, 4, 7, and 8 on page 957. Review flashback, motivation, dynamic character, static character, flat character, and round character. Find examples of each from “The Bet.” Review flashback, motivation, dynamic character, static character, flat character, and round character. Find examples of each from “The Bet.”