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Short story study guide
I. Stories:
• “Harrison Bergeron,” by
o Plot:
o Characters
o Theme
o Historical/Cultural Significance
• “The Sound of Thunder,” by
o Plot:
o Characters
o Theme
o Historical/Cultural significance
• “A Marriage is a Private Affair” by
o Plot:
o Characters
o Theme
o Historical/ Cultural significance
• “No Witchcraft for Sale”, by
o Plot:
o Characters
o Theme
o Historical/Cultural significance
• “One Thousand Dollars” by
o Plot:
o Characters
o Theme
o Historical/Cultural significance
• “The Pedestrian” by
o Plot:
o Characters
o Theme
o Historical/Cultural significance
• “Initiation” by
o Plot:
o Characters
o Theme
o Historical/Cultural significance
II. Literary Terms Test – Be able to identify Terms in Context to the Stories
• External Conflict
• Internal Conflict
• Climax
• Setting
• Direct Characterization
• Indirect Characterization
• Flat Character
• Round Character
• Static Character
• Dynamic Character
• Theme
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Foreshadowing
• Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony
• Exposition
• Resolution
• First Person
• Third Person
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
III. Compare and contrast
• Be able to compare and contrast stories
o What stories have similar themes?
o What stories have similar cultural and historical significance?
o What makes the stories different?
o What might the authors have written the story (what is the purpose)? Is this similar or different? How?
o Be able to provide specific examples from both stories to compare and contrast (this event is similar to this event because both authors want the reader to consider…?)
Overall questions:
• What elements can you identify in common with the short stories we have read so far?
• What separates one story from another? How can you recognize one story from another?
• Do short stories seem more culturally and/or historically invested than other genres?
• The short story often is characterized as simply a shorter version of the novel genre. What do you think about that? What resemblance, likeness does it bear to other genres?
• Do the short stories we have read so far seem at all in dialogue with one another?
• Do the topic details and historical references limit the scope and/or reach of the stories we have read, particularly over the last three weeks?
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