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Short Story Unit
Before the End of Summer
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  • If it is written in yellow, you DO NOT NEED to
    write.
  • If it is written in white, you need to write.

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Activities / Assignments
  • Notes on each Short Story
  • Notes on Literary Terms
  • Discussion
  • Quizzes on Literary Terms
  • Reading Questions
  • Reading Quizzes
  • Test
  • Project

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Stories we will read
  • The Open Window
  • Before the End of Summer
  • The Lady, or the Tiger?
  • The Most Dangerous Game
  • The Gift of the Magi

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Literary Terminology
  • 1. Irony- an outcome of events contrary to what
    was expected. contrast between what is stated and
    what is meant or what is expected to happen and
    what actually does.
  • 2. Understatement- The presentation of a thing
    with under emphasis in order to achieve a greater
    effect.

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Irony
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Irony
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Irony
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Irony
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Understatement Its going to be a little windy
today
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Understatement My office is a little messy right
now.
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Understatement I dont think were going
anywhere.
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Understatement You need to work on your parallel
parking.
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  • 3. Setting - where a literary work takes place.
  • 4. Theme - the central message, lesson, or idea
    of a story.

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Setting
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Setting
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Setting
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Setting
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  • 5. Conflict - struggle between two forces
  • A. Internal -struggle the character faces
    against himself
  • B. External -struggle the character faces
    against an outside force
  • C. Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Self,
    Man vs. Supernatural

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Man vs. Man
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Man vs. Nature
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Man vs. Self
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Man vs. Supernatural
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  • 6. Foreshadowing - use of clues to suggest events
    that have yet to occur.
  • 7. Mood feeling created in the reader by a
    literary work or passage.
  • 8. Narrator - the speaker or character who tells
    the story.

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Narrator
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  • 9. Metaphor- A figure of speech in which a
    comparison is made between two things
    essentially unalike.
  • 10. Simile A figure of speech in which a
    comparison is expressed by the specific use of
    a word or phrase such as like, as, than, seems
    or "as if."
  • 11. Symbol- A thing (could be an object,
    person, situation or action) which stands for
    something else.

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Metaphors
  • Wyatt, I stand corrected, youre an oak.
  • We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy
    hadnt been such a pig.
  • He was gripped by fear.
  • He has an alligator mouth and a canary behind.
  • It's getting quite hairy out there.
  • That night, football flexed its greatest
    muscle.
  • Give me the rock.

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Similes
  • As dead as a doornail
  • Doing drugs is like playing with fire.
  • As cool as a cucumber
  • As nutty as a fruitcake
  • As poor as dirt
  • As slow as molasses
  • As snug as a bug in a rug
  • Down like four flat tires

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Symbols
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  • 12. Plot - sequences of events what happens in a
    story
  • A. exposition -part of the plot graph that
    introduces the characters, setting, and
  • the basic situation.
  • B. conflict - struggle between two forces
  • C. Rising action - the series of events that
    lead to the climax contains minor conflicts and
    tries to get the reader interested.

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  • D. Climax - the point of highest tension or
    drama
  • E. Falling action - any event that follows the
    climax conflicts are resolved
  • F. Resolution - the main conflict is resolved
  • G. Denouement - anything that happens after the
    resolution

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The Gift of the Magi
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  • 13. Point of View - the perspective from which a
    story is told.
  • A. 1st person -the narrator is a character and
    refers to himself as "I".
  • B. 3rd person limited- the narrator's knowledge
    is limited to one character.
  • C. 3rd person omniscient - the narrator knows
    everything about all the characters

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Literary Terminology
  • 14. Antagonist - An antagonist is a character or
    group of characters who represents the opposition
    against which the protagonist(s) must contend.
  • Contrary to what some believe, the antagonist is
    not always the villain (bad guy), but simply
    those who oppose the main character.

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The Most Dangerous Game
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  • 15. Personification A type of metaphor in which
    distinct human qualities are attributed to an
    animal, object or idea.

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Personification
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  • 16. Diction - a writer's word choice may be
    formal or informal, plain or ornate, common or
    technical, abstract or concrete

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  • 17. Character - person or animal that takes part
    in the action of a work
  • A. main character -the character on whom the
    work focuses
  • B. major - main character and any other
    characters who play important roles
  • C. minor - one who does not play an important
    role
  • D. round - character who is like a real person
    more developed
  • E. static (flat) - one who doesn't change in the
    course of the work usually less developed

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18. Figurative Language (or "figures of speech")
-a way of saying something other than the
literal meaning of the words.
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Examples of figurative language
  • Taking notes is killing me.
  • Im making money like a bank teller.

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  • 19. Paradox- A statement or situation containing
    apparently contradictory or incompatible
    elements, but on closer inspection may be true.
  • 20. Hyperbole- A bold, deliberate overstatement
    not intended to be taken literally, it is used as
    a means of emphasizing the truth of a statement.

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Examples of paradox
  • Man learns from history that man learns nothing
    from history."
  • Lose your life and you will find it.
  • "This sentence is false."
  • "Moderation in all things, including moderation."

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Examples of hyperbole
  • Your dog is so ugly you cant tell if its coming
    or going.
  • This is the worst day of my life.
  • Its freezing in here.
  • Your mammas so old, her social security number
    is 1.
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