short+stories

=Short Stories Unit=

= Short Story Terms =

= Irony Reference Website: = []

=** Point of View **= = The relationship between the storyteller to the story. An author’s choice of narrator can sometimes reveal his or her opinion of events and characters in a story. = = =
 * 1) **__ Omniscient __** -The story is narrated by the author who reveals the thoughts and feelings of all the characters. The omniscient narrator uses the third person-he or she-and stands completely outside the story. Because the narrator is detached, he or she can always be trusted.
 * 2) **__ First Person __** -The story is narrated by a character in the story. A first person narrator relates personal experience, using “I.” Because we are reading a personal account, we sympathize with the narrator and become emotionally involved in the story.
 * 3) **__ Limited Third Person __** -The story is narrated by the author but from the limited viewpoint of only one character. The narrator is detached from the action and uses the pronoun he or she. Because we read the thoughts of only one character, we sympathize with him or her. The character, however, may not completely understand a situation, and therefore we too are denied full information.

= The Lottery =

The Lottery Part I audio []

The Lottery Part II audio []

"The Lottery" Questions:


= The Possibility of Evil =

"The Possibility of Evil" Analysis Questions:

= = = Charles =

"Charles" Analysis Questions:

"Charles" Vocabulary (Chart version): "Charles" Vocabulary (Accessible version):

= **March Break Homework: =

** 2. Answer the corresponding analysis questions **
=** 3. HAVE A SAFE AND RELAXING BREAK! SEE YOU ON THE 18TH! **= = The Tell-Tale Heart =

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Analysis Questions:

= All Summer in a Day =

"All Summer in a Day" Setting and Mood Assignment: = The Secret Life of Walter Mitty =
 * Due Friday, March 22/13**

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Cause and Effect Chart:

= Short Story Analysis Assignment: = Date Given: March 25/13 Date Due: April 4/13

Checklist: "Twelve Common Errors" Editing and Revising: