short story ppt to use 2013
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Underline the complete subject once and the complete predicate twice.
1. My best friend lives down the street.2. My brother’s girlfriend is a nurse.3. How do you know the answer?4. After school my tutor comes over.
Underline the complete subject once and the complete predicate twice.
1. My best friend lives down the street.2. My brother’s girlfriend is a nurse.3. How do you know the answer?4. After school my math tutor comes over.
Underline the complete subject once and the complete predicate twice.
1. My best friend lives down the street.2. My brother’s girlfriend is a nurse.3. How do you know the answer?4. After school my math tutor comes over.
Short Story and Novels
Short Stories…• Usually are about a single
idea or theme• Are usually not in chapters• Can be read in one sitting
Novels…• Have several ideas and
themes• Much longer• Are told in chapters and
take much longer to read
All fiction has certain elements…
• Plot• Character• Setting• Theme
Short stories usually have simple settings, few characters and a single plot or theme.
PlotIs the framework or map of the story. It is build around a conflict.
What is the plot of Eleven? Of Thank You M’am?
CharacterEvery novel is built around main and minor characters who move the story forward. Every character has personality traits that define them.
Who are the main characters in Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
GoldilocksPapa Bear Mama BearBaby Bear
SettingIs the time and place a story takes place. By time, it could be the time of day and time in history as well…
What is the setting for the Harry Potter stories?
Good conquers evil.All people have equal worth.
ThemeIs the meaning or moral of the story. What message is the author trying to get across? What is the lesson?
What would you say is the theme of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas?
There is good in everyone.Material things are unimportant
Short Stories…
• Tell a complete story in a few pages• Are great for people who don’t have a ton of
time to read(or the desire to)!• Usually have a lot of action in a short time and
can keep you interested!
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