1. ENG 260 GUIDE TO READING AND WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE Presentation 2: Short Stories ENG 260—Literature of Sports, Spring 2002

2. ENG 260--Literature of Sports, Spring 2002 ENG 260 Guide to Reading and Writing about Literature Presentation 2, Slide 2 This presentation will discuss how to read short stories questions you should ask yourself as you read a short story writing about short stories

3. ENG 260--Literature of Sports, Spring 2002 ENG 260 Guide to Reading and Writing about Literature Presentation 2, Slide 3 How to read a short story The first time, read it through without stopping. more...

4. ENG 260--Literature of Sports, Spring 2002 ENG 260 Guide to Reading and Writing about Literature Presentation 2, Slide 4 Read it again at least a few more times, right away or later (if you can’t read all the stories several times, do the ones that have special meaning for you). Make notes and responses (see Presentation 1, Slide 12).

5. ENG 260--Literature of Sports, Spring 2002 ENG 260 Guide to Reading and Writing about Literature Presentation 2, Slide 5 Questions to ask about the story: basic questions: What is the point of view? Who is the protagonist? more...

6. ENG 260--Literature of Sports, Spring 2002 ENG 260 Guide to Reading and Writing about Literature Presentation 2, Slide 6 Who are the other major characters? What is the setting? What is the plot? (Summarize it.)

7. ENG 260--Literature of Sports, Spring 2002 ENG 260 Guide to Reading and Writing about Literature Presentation 2, Slide 7 deeper questions: What is the author’s tone? How does the author depict and develop the characters? What are the conflicts facing the main characters? more...

8. ENG 260--Literature of Sports, Spring 2002 ENG 260 Guide to Reading and Writing about Literature Presentation 2, Slide 8 What is the structure of the story? What is the theme of the story? What are the relations between the setting, characters, imagery, symbolism, allusions and/or figures of speech and the theme?

9. ENG 260--Literature of Sports, Spring 2002 ENG 260 Guide to Reading and Writing about Literature Presentation 2, Slide 9 Writing about short stories conventions: put short story titles in quotation marks