1. Lesson 38

2. Today’s Agenda Review Lesson 37 notes
“The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin
irony
plot
conflict
imagery
OBJECTIVE:
Students will identify examples of imagery, irony, and conflict in “The Story of an Hour” and supply textual evidence.

3. Review: Feel free to add to your notes.
What are the ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY?
Plot
Conflict
Theme
Setting
Characters
What are the ELEMENTS OF PLOT?
Exposition
Background info
Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution

4. “Living Doll”
What is the INCITING INCIDENT?
What is the CLIMAX?

5. SS Unit - Journal #1= Keep journal to turn in at end of unit for points!
Prisons and detention centers, animal cages, even children’s playpens – all have bars to keep their inhabitants from escaping. But are these the only kinds of constraints that restrict freedom? Explain.

6. Kate Chopin February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904
Prevalent Themes of Chopin’s Short Stories and Novels
Inequities of traditional marriage
Motherhood
Class division
Arbitrary race distinctions in Southern culture
Women’s search for identity
Women’s revolt against social norms and conformity

7. “The Story of an Hour” Title Setting (time period)
Time period that elapsed
Setting (time period)
1890s
The Story of an Hour was considered controversial during the 1890s because it deals with a female protagonist who feels liberated by the news of her husband's death. In Unveiling Kate Chopin, Emily Toth argues that Chopin "had to have her heroine die" in order to make the story publishable.

8. Why was the story so controversial when it was published?

9. Read the story and answer the questions located in the margin.
“The Story of an Hour”
Read the story and answer the questions located in the margin.
Link to audio in title

10. Continue working…
Finish answering the questions, if you didn't already.
Find and label examples of each of the types of irony (dramatic, verbal, and situational)
Find and label examples of internal and external conflict.
DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF LESSON 39!!!