Brennan Rattenni 10/8/13 English 10 Ms. Nardi Reflective Essay During the past five weeks me and my group‚ David‚ Brandon‚ and Ethan‚ have learned many things from our book and our group discussions. The book are group decided to do was Runner‚ by Carl Deuker‚ a fiction novel based on a child who must make his own money to pay for his fathers bills. All together my group had four meetings and all of them helped us to learn more about the book‚ ourselves as a group participant‚ and as peers
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A short story is a brief work of literature‚ usually written in narrative prose.[1] Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century‚ the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. At its most prototypical the short story features a small cast of named characters‚ and focuses on a self-contained incident with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood.[2] In so doing‚ short stories make use of plot‚ resonance‚ and other
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True Short Stories? I. Introduction Hook: A short story is a story with a fully developed theme‚ plot‚ and characters‚ but less elaborate than a novel. Book‚ Author: Blind Willow‚ Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami Thesis: Stories like A Shinagawa Monkey can be considered as short stories‚ as Murakami was able to present a realistic plot‚ a sophisticated theme‚ and a medley of colorful characters. II. Body Paragraph 1 Topic Sentence: The plot is the backbone of a story of any kind‚ and the short story
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Short Story Unit Plan By: Steve McCauley & Bruce Robinson Subject: English Unit: Short Story Theme: Irony Short Story Unit Contents: Short Story Unit Overview Lesson 1 – Elements of the Short Story Lesson 2 – Cask of Amontillado Lesson 3 – The Lottery Lesson 4 – A & P Lesson 5 – Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict Lesson 6 – Short Story Workshop Lesson 7 – The Big Snit Lesson 8 – The Sniper Lesson 9 – The Fall of a City Lesson 10 – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Lesson 11 – Two Fishermen Lessons
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A short story concentrates on creating a single dynamic effect and is limited in character and situation. It is a language of maximum yet economical effect. Every word must do a job‚ sometimes several jobs. Short stories are filled with numerous language and sound devices. These language and sound devices create a stronger image of the scenario or the characters within the text‚ which contribute to the overall pre-designed effect.As it is shown in the metaphor ’lipstick bleeding gently’ in Cinnamon
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In the short story “Araby” and in the short story “B.Wordsworth” both characters go through life changing experiences. The boy in “Araby” invests his heart and his time into his first love while he dreams about her and follows her. The boy in “B.Wordsworth” learns to think outside society’s view of life because he new friend teaches him to take another look of everything he sees. Unfortunately‚ the boys’ short-term attachment ended. Both boy narrators both gained an enhanced experience‚ which resulted
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In the two short stories‚ "The Free Radio" and "Everything Rises Must Converge‚" the main characters of each story have to make many important decisions/choices. The choices that are made change how other characters see the main character as well as how they react to them. In the short story‚ "The Free Radio‚" by Salman Rushdie‚ Ram has many choices to make throughout the story. Ram who could have had anything in the world he wanted made many poor choices. Ram was the cutest
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Short Story Review Eveline – James Joyce Eveline is a very sad story. The story’s tone is a very sad one. In the beginning of the short story the narrator talks about Eveline Hill sitting at a window and thinking about her childhood. She begins to recall all the things that happened and how she played with the other children. As she sits there and thinks her thoughts turn to her sometimes abusive father who she lives with and begins to think about the possibilities of her freeing herself. Eveline
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cannot allow yourself to be selfish which can be very hard. A Journey is a short story written by Colm Tòibin. The short story is told by a limited third person narrator‚ and because of that we only hear about the main character’s thought and opinions. We see the events and other characters from his viewpoint. It makes it a bit more unreliable when it is a subjective narrator. If we were told the short story from David’s or Seamus’ point of view or if it was an omniscient narrator‚ it would
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A. Crossing Crossing is a short story written by Mark Slouka. The short story was written in the year 2009. The short story revolves around the nameless main character and his son. They are going on an annual traditional trip. The trip is a one day where they drive to a place in the woods where they spend the night at an old settler’s barn. The name of the main character is not revealed – no names at all are revealed‚ so every character mentioned in the short story is nameless. That gives the
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