1. About Short Stories Short story First, short, single, compact
First, father, surprise

2. About Washington Irving
First, Inventor
First, independent
Not, independence
Sleepy
Spain

3. Terms
Short, truth
What
Who
Means
Place
Emotion
Together
perspective

4. Rip Van Winkle by N. C. Wyeth
About “Rip Van Winkle”
Rip Van Winkle by N. C. Wyeth
Not
Common, all
Narrator, Rip
Light
Setting, Dutch
Rip, universal,
escape, beard
Theme, changed
Romantic, common,
remote

5. Rip Van Winkle by N. C. Wyeth

6. Freytag’s Pyramid

7. Characterization
Simple, good-natured, kind, obedient, hen-pecked husband
Lazy
Round
Static, with the exception of aging physically
Sympathetic
Overbearing unpleasant woman, tart temper, sharp tongue, somewhat justified in her attitude toward Rip
Gun rusted, dog disappeared, stream flowed, more houses, his house decayed, wife died, colonies won freedom