1. Elements of the Short Story The Storm By Kate Chopin

2. Presenters Paulette Longmore And Rita Higgins Humanities Division Essex County College

3. Plot

4. What is a Plot? Plan of Action Pattern of Events The Emphasis is on Planning What is the Action in The Storm? Describe the Pattern of Events What is the Plan?

6. How is the plot like real life?

7. How does this picture relate?

11. Describe the… Characters Setting Situation

18. What Can You Guess? Will they meet again? Why or why not? What do you think will happen?

21. Are Kate’s Characters Credible?

23. Have you suspended belief? What does this mean?

24. What Type of Plot is this? Normal? Open Ended? Linear?

25. Now Discuss the elements of the story as they relate to: The Storm!

26. Presented by Paulette Longmore And Rita Higgins Humanities Division Essex County College