1. Pick up “Zen in the Art of Writing” blue ONLY if you never had one. pg
*Pick up “Zen in the Art of Writing” blue ONLY if you never had one *pg textbook
Put phones in daycare.

2. Hmwk: Add ten facts to “Note about the Author” page (22 min)

3. Put your babies In daycare
Take out materials for check:
Signature page
Big orange textbook
Paper
Pens: blue/black/red
100 page spiral, college-ruled
3 different color highlighters
5 tabs in a binder

4. Short Story Elements
Note-taking day

5. What is a short story?
A brief, imaginative narrative containing few characters, simple plot, conflict, and suspense which leads to a climax and a swift conclusion.

6. THE 4 ELEMENTS OF THE SHORT STORY
PLOT
SETTING
CHARACTER
THEME

7. #1. PLOT The chain of events in a story.
Consists of 6 main ingredients:
Exposition (story’s introduction)
Inciting incident
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

8. Plot taught different ways… plot triangle

9. PLOT GRAPH
An excellent way to map out a story’s plot

10. Plot Slope format

11. Short Story Elements

12. Points of View- 3 types
1)First person 2)Third person limited 3)Third person omniscient

13. 1st person POV
One of the characters in a story talks to us, using “I”. We can know only what this person sees and hears about events and about other characters.

14. 3rd person limited
The storyteller zooms in on just one character. We witness the events of a story just as this one character witnesses them.
What we know about other characters is limited.

15. 3rd person omniscient
Omniscient means “All Knowing”. This narrator is not a character in the story and never refers to him/herself with the first person pronoun “I”.
This narrator tells us everything about every character.

16. Exposition (story’s introduction)
Introduces the reader to:
Setting
Basic situation
Characters involved
Narrative Hook: question or statement that grabs the reader’s attention

17. “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
On a pod paper, create a plot diagram (slope or triangle). Work as a pod on the exposition.

18. Inciting Incident
The first major action in the story that sets the story in motion (gets the ball rolling).

19. “The Tell-Tale Heart”
As a pod, discuss and add the inciting incident

20. Rising Action Incidents which carry the plot along. It often
includes the following:
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Conflict
Suspense

21. FORESHADOWING
A technique for hinting at events that may occur later in the plot.

22. FLASHBACK
The insertion of an earlier event into the time order of a narrative.

23. Conflict
It is what prevents the main character from getting what he or she wants
The plot is driven by climax and it is THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE STORY
There are two types of conflicts: Internal and External

24. Internal Conflict PERSON VS. SELF

25. External Conflict PERSON VS. PERSON

26. External Conflict PERSON VS. SOCIETY

27. External Conflict PERSON VS.THE ENVIRONMENT

28. External Conflict PERSON VS. FATE

29. External Conflict PERSON VS. TECHNOLOGY

30. External Conflict PERSON VS. THE SUPERNATURAL

31. SUSPENSE
The feeling of excitement and curiosity that keeps the reader turning the pages; created by making the readers wonder how the conflict will be resolved

32. “The Tell-Tale Heart”
As a pod, add and discuss the rising action

33. CLIMAX
The highest point of interest in the story when the character(s) solves his/her struggles
Most unexpected moment!!!
Usually the point of highest emotion
The climax can be SUBJECTIVE (there may be different answers, so you must prove your choice)

35. “The Tell-Tale Heart” What is the conflict (s)? Types?
What is the climax?

36. FALLING ACTION
The character completes the action of his/her decision

37. THE RESOLUTION The final workings of a story’s conflict
All of the loose ends are tied up (usually)
Narrative Twist: a surprise ending

38. Tell Tale Heart
Add the falling action and resolution as a pod to your diagram.

39. Final Plot diagram for Tell Tale Heart

40. #2. SETTING
The time (time of day, season, present, past, future) and the location (country, planet, town, buildings, PLUS a description of the surroundings) where the action occurs
Helps to create the mood and atmosphere of the text

41. ATMOSPHERE/mood
The feeling that the setting evokes (i.e. mysterious, happy, eerie)

42. MOOD
The author’s emotional attitude toward the subject matter (i.e. excitement, nostalgia)
NOT the mood of the characters
Mood of Poe?
Obsession

43. #3. CHARACTERs Main vs. Minor
Any personalities who are involved in the plot of the story (people, animals, fantasy characters)

44. PROTAGONIST Usually the “good guy” or hero in the story
The main character that we follow
The character that strives to solve the conflict

45. ANTAGONIST The “bad guy” or villain in the story
Usually creates conflict for the main character

46. SECONDARY CHARACTERS
Other characters who are necessary to moving the plot along, but may not be involved with the central conflict

47. CHARACTER TRAITS Physical and personality characteristics that
are revealed through:
What the character does/looks like physically
What the character says
What other characters say or do about the character
What the author states directly
What the author infers

48. #4. THEME The central idea about life that the story
highlights; THE MAIN IDEA (universal truths).
The message the author is conveying.
Determine the specific conflict
Decide what side of the conflict the story represents
How is the conflict resolved? Who wins? Who loses?

49. THEME Theme is NOT the moral of the story Theme is NOT plot
Theme IS the general subject matter of a work of art
Theme may contain a message
It is NOT a cliché- “don’t judge a book by its cover” “what goes around comes around”
Take main idea, extend into a complete thought

50. THEME
Not all short stories have a theme; some are just for entertainment or fun

51. THEME OR NOT A THEME?
1) Red Riding Hood is about how you shouldn’t trust strangers
2) Stars Wars is a movie about Luke Skywalker
3) Apocalypse Now is about the insanity of war.
4) This painting is about loneliness
5) That story is about two guys who steal a car
6) Romeo and Juliet is about love.
7) Romeo and Juliet is about two families fighting
8) I saw a movie last night about survival. Those that are stronger survive and thrive in any situation.
9) Hansel and Gretel is about two children
10) Cinderella is about poetic justice

52. Symbolism in literature

53. Symbolism
An object, sign, or image that is used to stand for something else

54. Irony (3 types) Situational Dramatic Verbal
See lit packet for further definitions clarified.

55. Review terms in YELLOW lit packet:
Personification
Imagery
Tone
Simile
Metaphor
Word choice (significance)

56. POD practice... Diagram “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”