21. Literary Response “The Sniper” Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the setting and conflict to reveal details about the characters. How does O’Flaherty use setting and conflict in the story to show the essential traits of the protagonist/main character? Defend your thoughts and ideas and use several pieces of evidence from the text to support your response.

27. BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH Which details about the author’s life can be seen in the story “The Sniper”? How does knowing about the life of an author add to a reader’s understanding of a text?

30. How important are the settings in a story? What important events occur at the various settings? What do these events reveal about the characters?

31. Literary Response “The Sniper” Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the setting and conflict to reveal details about the characters. How does O’Flaherty use setting and conflict in the story to show the essential traits of the protagonist/main character? Defend your thoughts and ideas and use several pieces of evidence from the text to support your response.

32. Literary Response Planning Stage List the important details about the setting List the important details about the conflict List the important details about the protagonist Select the details that will best help you to share your own conclusions and judgments about the text.

33. Page # Important Event Reason the Event was SIGNIFICANT Specific Setting Include an Illustration 10 11 12 13 14 What role does the setting play in depicting the important traits of the main character as they relate to the story’s conflict? Annotations *Focuses on the important literary elements and skills

34. Literary Terms

35. 1.Define each literary term. Rephrase, paraphrase, and use your own words to simplify the meaning. 2.Identify an event in the story that illustrates or shows each literary term in “The Sniper”. List each event next to the literary term. *Use three events for the “rising action” 3.Locate an image to depict your visualization of each event. Insert the image into your story map next to the event and literary term. 4.Select an excerpt from the text that matches each event. Be sure to use significant details as your examples.

36. Dictionary definition of the literary term Image to visualize the event Identified event from the text Direct quote or excerpt from the text

37. Dictionary definition of the literary term Image to visualize the event Identified event from the text

38. Literary Response “The Sniper” Read the text carefully and note the way the author uses the setting and conflict to reveal details about the characters. How does O’Flaherty use setting and conflict in the story to show the essential traits of the protagonist/main character? Defend your thoughts and ideas and use several pieces of evidence from the text to support your response.

39. Planning Your Response How does O’Flaherty use setting and conflict in the story to show the essential traits of the protagonist/main character? Examine the question carefully and think about how you can best respond to each section. *List the details from the text that you would use in your answer. How many paragraphs would you use to express your ideas in an organized response? *List the paragraphs and state what would be the main idea or purpose/function of EACH paragraph. Select a couple of DIRECT QUOTES to use as TEXTUAL EVIDENCE to support your claims. *Copy the quotes exactly as they appear in the text and include the page number where each can be found.