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    III honors 14 October 2011 The Short Stories Quiet‚ But Aggressive Approach Novels are superfluous while short stories strive for flawlessness‚ ensuring meticulously picked details and succinct plots. The short story utilizes the complex and vivid words the English language has to offer‚ painting pictures in the minds of the reader‚ while the novel overwhelms the reader with redundant and arbitrarily picked language. Steven Millhauser says that Short stories illustrate the message or meaning

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    5 Important Elements of a Short Story A short story is a short work of fiction. Fiction‚ as you know‚ is prose writing about imagined events and characters. Prose writing differs from poetry in that it does not depend on verses‚ meters or rhymes for its organization and presentation. Novels are another example of fictional prose and are much longer than short stories. Some short stories‚ however‚ can be quite long. If a a short story is a long one‚ say fifty to one hundred pages‚ we call it

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    ENL407 COURSE TITLE THE SHORT STORY QUESTION ‘The short story lacks criticism and lacks form’. Justify this statement using any three stories from THE JAMBULA TREE AND OTHER STORIES. The short was said to lack both criticism and form. These are some of the many false accusations that were levelled against the short story. These allegations‚ coupled with several others‚ have been responsible for the attitude of critics towards the short story. Critics considered the short story to be an inferior kind

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    Short Story Assessment Choose one activity to complete from the short stories read in class. All of these activities require that you combine information provided with creative output. Do not change the facts‚ characters‚ or themes of the stories. However‚ you may fill in blank spots with added information where necessary. You will be evaluated in the following categories: Thinking‚ Communication‚ and Application. 1. Make a mobile of five objects important in at least two short stories

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    who has migrated to England with his son Ali. Parvez worries because Ali’s behavior has changed significantly. Early in the story‚ Parvez is afraid of discussing his worries with his friends because his son has always been a kind of showpiece son. Eventually‚ Parvez breaks his silence and tells them how his son has changed‚ hoping to receive some advice. After having a short conversation‚ they come to the conclusion that his son might be addicted to drugs and that he sells his things to earn money

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    Short story: Definition and History. A short story like any other term does not have only one definition‚ it has many definitions‚ but all of them are similar in a general idea. According to The World Book Encyclopedia (1994‚ Vol. 12‚ L-354)‚ “the short story is a short work of fiction that usually centers around a single incident. Because of its shorter length‚ the characters and situations are fewer and less complicated than those of a novel.” In the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

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    critical role throughout a variety of stories. It not only creates suspense but surprises the reader as well. This can be shown through the three short stories entitled‚ “The Possibility of Evil”‚ “Just Lather‚ That’s All” and “The Skating Party”. It is critical that situational irony be used for effect in Shirley Jacksons’‚ “The Possibility of Evil”. The short story‚ “The Possibility of Evil” is an excellent example of situational irony. During the story‚ the reader expects Miss Strangeworths’

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    American Short Stories established by Hawthorne‚ Irving‚ and Poe. Using these as criteria‚ decide if “Shaving” is a Classic Short Story. Students should address each rule individually using quotes and specific examples from the story to support his or her opinion. The first rule has been done as an example.In a PowerPoint on Moodle‚ I showed the rules for Classic American Short Stories established by Hawthorne‚ Irving‚ and Poe. Using these as criteria‚ decide if “Shaving” is a Classic Short Story

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    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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