H5 - week 2 literature review

Today's objectives



Literature Review of 5 short stories 
Work in pairs



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Today's objectives



Literature Review of 5 short stories 
Work in pairs



Slide 1 - Slide

What's the right order of events in a
story's plot?
A
Introduction / inciting incident / rising action / falling action / resolution
B
Introduction / inciting incident / rising action / climax / falling action / resolution
C
Introduction / story / end
D
Introduction / falling action / rising action / resolution / climax / inciting incident

Slide 2 - Quiz

What's a short story?
A
A story of more than 20 pages
B
A one-page story
C
A story of 3-5 or up to 20 pages
D
A story of 10-12 pages

Slide 3 - Quiz

What is the setting in a story?
A
Characters
B
Time
C
Time & location
D
When you set the table

Slide 4 - Quiz

Describe the setting of
"Lamb to the Slaughter" & how it is irmportant/contributes to the theme

Slide 5 - Open question

What was the theme of Lamb to the Slaughter?

Slide 6 - Open question

Explain the title of Lamb to the Slaughter?

Slide 7 - Open question

What is the story of Sredni Vashtar about?

Slide 8 - Open question

Who causes conflict for whom in Sredni Vashtar?
A
The ferret for Mrs. De Ropp
B
Conradin for Mrs. De Ropp
C
The maid for Mrs. De Ropp
D
Mrs. De Ropp for Conradin

Slide 9 - Quiz

What is the definition of "Theme"?
A
A story's plot
B
A universal idea/central idea about life
C
A motto (for example: "better late than never")
D
The theory behind short story writing

Slide 10 - Quiz

What is the definition for "Exposition"?
A
The introduction of setting, situation and main characters
B
The part where the antagonist is "exposed"
C
When the plot deals with paintings in an exposition
D
Exposition is the beginning of the story

Slide 11 - Quiz

What is "conflict" in a short story?
A
When two people argue
B
When you have different interests
C
What prevents the main character from getting what (s)he wants
D
When the antagonist says no to he protagonist.

Slide 12 - Quiz

What are the two types of conflict?
A
Internal/Extraterrestrial
B
Internal/external
C
Good/bad
D
person vs fate

Slide 13 - Quiz

What is internal conflict?
What is external conflict?

Slide 14 - Open question

Give the setting of one of the short stories and its importance to the story

Slide 15 - Open question

Give for all five short stories, the protagonist(s):

Slide 16 - Open question

Who causes conflict for whom in a short story?
A
Protagonist for Antagonist
B
Secondary Character for Antagonist
C
Boohoo I 've never paid any attention
D
Antagonist for Protagonist.

Slide 17 - Quiz

A narrative twist =
A
a naughty ending
B
a surprise ending
C
more details at the end
D
Huh? Whasthat?

Slide 18 - Quiz

What does the title "Mr. Know-all" mean?

Slide 19 - Open question

Explain the title "The gift of the Magi"

Slide 20 - Open question

What's a narrative hook?

Slide 21 - Open question

What is the climax in a short story?
A
When they sleep together
B
When they actually like each other
C
Beats me, but on the test I'll know
D
Highest point of emotion AND character resolves struggle

Slide 22 - Quiz

What is the literary term for "looking backward"
A
foreshadowing
B
flashback
C
back-looking
D
thinking

Slide 23 - Quiz

The Lottery
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/title

Slide 24 - Mind map

Sredini Vashtar
Setting/characters/ conflict/theme/climax/title

Slide 25 - Mind map

Mr. Know-all
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/title/
narrative twist

Slide 26 - Mind map

Lamb to the Slaughter
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/
title/narrative twist

Slide 27 - Mind map

The gift of the Magi
Setting/characters/conflict/theme/climax/
title/narrative twist

Slide 28 - Mind map

Which short story did you like best?
Why?

Slide 29 - Open question

The Landlady
              An extra story by Roald Dahl 
You don't need to know this for the test,
but you could read it and try to analyse it for setting, characters, theme, etc. 

The text and a  website with analysis are given  in the next two slides.

Slide 30 - Slide

What have you learned?

Slide 31 - Slide

Slide 32 - Link

Slide 33 - Link