Elements of Short Stories Plot (what happens) conflict (the basic opposition or tension that sets the plot of a short story in motion; it engages the reader‚ builds suspense or mystery‚ and arouses expectation for events to follow.) open-ended at both ends exposition (background information‚ setting the scene‚ establishes situation‚ dates the action) rising action (complication) (develops and intensifies the conflict) climax (crisis) (the moment at which
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American short stories Joyce Carol Oates: "Capital punishment" (1992) 1. Analyse the father and the daughter relationship in this story in terms of their feelings for one another. How do these feelings illustrate their differences or similarities? The relationship between the father and the daughter is quite tense even though they love each other. We can see proof from the text on page 267 "She thinks of Mr. Brunty‚ whom she loves‚ as a "big lug." A "big dumb lug." A "big dumb ox."" There is
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institutions of higher learning. I am also considering talking to a worker at the administration office. This is because they deal with not only incoming students from high school‚ but also graduate students seeking different types of education. I may also try to find a graduate of both a bachelors degree from an institution and a graduate from an online university. This is because they have first hand experiences with the programs. The final person I am interested in interviewing is someone who works
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his/her protagonist to help develop the story’s theme The theme of a story is not only a subject or topic of discourse‚ but also a specific quality‚ characteristic or concern about life and human nature. Theme is essential in fiction as it is the backbone of meaning in stories. Theme illustrates the main idea about life and human nature‚ and the existence of theme allows readers to better understand the author’s purpose. The short story”Identities’’by W.D. Valgardson is about a man who
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English 102 14September2012 Becoming Yourself Alberto Alvaro Ríos’ short story The Secret Lion‚ captures the spirit of a coming-of-age story between childhood and adolescence through the eyes of two boys‚ presumably from a lower-class Latino background. Through the use of various symbols‚ the theme of change is made apparent through the first-person‚ unnamed narrator. The use of this narrator is what shapes the story and the lessons learned within. Due to the author’s choice of careful character
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It was said by more than one author that the ‘golden age’ of the short story was the 1920s‚ and that although varied publications remain (The New Yorker‚ Myslexia‚ The Woman’s Weekly)‚ there is little opportunity in the modern age for the short story writer. Was this‚ as Kurt Vonnegut argued the result of television? Vonnegut claimed: When I started out it was possible to make a living as a freelance writer of fiction…because it was still the golden age of magazines‚ and it looked as though
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FIVE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY Plot -it is the sequence or flow of the events in a short story that would help develop the author’s idea. There are five elements of plot structure-- introduction‚ rising action‚ climax‚ falling action‚ and denouement. Character -considered as being one of the most important factor to a good short story‚ the characters are sentient beings who carry out the actions of the story. Setting -the when and where in which the story takes place. Authors often
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Introduction Reading from the internet has grown over the past decade significantly. It has provided people with access and opportunities to reading that would not have been available otherwise. This‚ however‚ has some positive as well as negative effects to it. This essay will discuss the cause and effect to reading from the internet. Body Reading can help people use their time to gain extra knowledge and learn new things more effectively. The unlimited access to various sources the internet
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Short Story Analysis: ‘Cat in the Rain’ Summary It is about an American couple that spends their holidays in an Italian hotel. It is a rainy day and the American woman sees a cat in the rain‚ which she wants to protect from the raindrops. When she goes out of the hotel‚ which is kept by an old Italian who really seems to do everything to please that woman‚ and wants to get the cat‚ it is gone. After returning to the hotel room‚ she starts a conversation with her husband George‚ who is reading
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factories and mills. This was everyday life for this time and most females accepted there fate. As females moved through there lives‚ aspects of this repression began to leaked in to literary work. This is evident in a short story written by Jamaica Kincaid’s. The story was called “Girl”. In the short story the Mother tries to show her daughter‚ there are limitations of being a woman. That being a girl is much different then being a boy. Explaining what she should do to be accepted into
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