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SHORT STORY UNIT 1: Mood, Setting, Plot. What is a short story?. … a work of fiction that centers on a single idea and can be read in one sitting . It usually has one main conflict. Setting and Mood. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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SHORT STORY UNIT 1:SHORT STORY UNIT 1:Mood, Setting, PlotMood, Setting, Plot

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What is a short story?What is a short story?

… a work of fictionfiction that centers on a single ideasingle idea and can be read in one read in one sittingsitting. It usually has one main conflictone main conflict.

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Setting and MoodSetting and MoodSetting: the time and place where action

unfolds in the story, drama, or other literary work

Mood: the feelings evoked in the mind of the reader. Diction (word choice) affects the mood.

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SettingSettingHow does the setting affect the story?

● CONFLICT

● CHARACTER

● MOOD

● SYMBOLISM

Compare to Compare to The Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte Cristo

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PLOTPLOTThe series The series

of events of events

in a in a

narrative (story)narrative (story)

Narratives follow a plot line …Narratives follow a plot line …

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Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

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_____________A. A. ExpositionExposition B. B. Narrative HookNarrative Hook

Plot Line

Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

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_____________A. A. ExpositionExposition B. B. Narrative HookNarrative Hook

Plot Line

Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

The author hopes to “grab” or “hook” your attention. The conflict is introduced.

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_____________A. A. ExpositionExposition B. B. Narrative HookNarrative Hook

C. C. Rising ActionRising Action

Plot Line

Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

The author hopes to “grab” or “hook” your

attention. The conflict is introduced.

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_____________A. A. ExpositionExposition B. B. Narrative HookNarrative Hook

C. C. Rising ActionRising Action

Plot Line

Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

The author hopes to “grab” or “hook” your

attention. The conflict is introduced.

A series of conflicts that build upon each other …

the protagonist must

address the conflict.

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D. Climax

C. C. Rising ActionRising Action

Plot Line

Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

The author hopes to “grab” or “hook” your

attention. The conflict is introduced.

A series of conflicts that build upon each other …

the protagonist must

address the conflict.

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_____________A. A. ExpositionExposition B. B. Narrative HookNarrative Hook

D. Climax

C. C. Rising ActionRising Action

Plot Line

Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

The author hopes to “grab” or “hook” your

attention. The conflict is introduced.

A series of conflicts that build upon each other …

the protagonist must

address the conflict.

The turning point of the story in which the character directly addresses the

conflict. Highest point of tension …

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_____________A. A. ExpositionExposition B. B. Narrative HookNarrative Hook

D. Climax

E. E. Falling ActionFalling ActionC. C. Rising ActionRising Action

Plot Line

Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

The author hopes to “grab” or “hook” your

attention. The conflict is introduced.

A series of conflicts that build upon each other …

the protagonist must

address the conflict.

The turning point of the story in which the character directly addresses the

conflict. Highest point of tension …

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_____________A. A. ExpositionExposition B. B. Narrative HookNarrative Hook

D. Climax

E. E. Falling ActionFalling ActionC. C. Rising ActionRising Action

Plot Line

Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

The author hopes to “grab” or “hook” your

attention. The conflict is introduced.

A series of conflicts that build upon each other …

the protagonist must

address the conflict.

The events that occur as a result of the climatic event … events

leading to the denouement

The turning point of the story in which the character directly addresses the

conflict. Highest point of tension …

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_____________A. A. ExpositionExposition B. B. Narrative HookNarrative Hook

D. Climax

F. F. DenouementDenouement

E. E. Falling ActionFalling ActionC. C. Rising ActionRising Action

Plot Line

Key characters, setting, and basic

situation are introduced. Tone

and mood are established.

The author hopes to “grab” or “hook” your

attention. The conflict is introduced.

A series of conflicts that build upon each other …

the protagonist must

address the conflict.

The turning point of the story in which the character directly addresses the

conflict. Highest point of tension …

The events that occur as a result of the climatic event … events

leading to the denouement

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““The Bet”The Bet”by Anton Chekhov

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1. A priori: something is considered true, without being tested.

2. Frivolous (adj): not serious; care-free3. Trifle (noun): little value; not important4. Compulsory (adj): required; mandatory5. Caprice (noun): whimsical; sudden,

unpredictable change6. Threshold (noun): entrance of a house;

starting point7. Zealous (adj): diligent; ardently active;

devoted

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8. Procured (verb): to get something; to obtain

9. Immense (adj): gargantuan; vast; huge

10. Indiscriminately (adverb): lacking judgment

11.Treatise (noun): formal essay … systemically written

12.Spar (noun): a pole used as a mast; nautical gear

13. Groped (verb): to search blindly

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14.Bedstead (noun): framework for a bed: supports the bedspring and mattress

15.Emaciated (adj): wasted; puny; gaunt; sickly

16.Cleaving (verb): splitting; to separate

“I have watched from there the lightning flashing over my head and cleaving the storm-clouds”

17. Illusory (adj): deceptive; misleading18. Renounce (verb): to give up

formally

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The Real Reason the Lawyer Left EarlyThe Real Reason the Lawyer Left Early

ALLUSIONALLUSION

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““The Gettysburg Address”The Gettysburg Address”Abraham Lincoln delivered this speech on Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Battle of GettysburgGettysburg.

The only confirmed photo of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg (circled), taken about noon, just after Lincoln arrived …

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““The Gettysburg Address”The Gettysburg Address”

Mood: the feeling you get as you read a book or watch a movie

Movie: Music creates the mood

Book: Diction (word choice) creates the mood

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How do you create mood in a How do you create mood in a piece of writing?piece of writing?

1. Connotation: the emotional associations a word or words have for the reader

2. Imagery: the words form a picture in your mind

What images do you see/hear?

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How do you create mood in a How do you create mood in a piece of writing?piece of writing?

1. Connotation: the emotional associations a word or words have for the reader

Highlight the words by using different colors: dedicated, consecrate, devotion

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How do you create mood in a How do you create mood in a piece of writing?piece of writing?

1. Connotation: the emotional associations a word or words have for the reader

2. Imagery: the words form a picture in your mind

3. Figurative Language: words mean more than just what they say … simile, metaphor, personification.

What type of figurative language do you see on line 5?

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How do you create mood in a How do you create mood in a piece of writing?piece of writing?

1. Connotation: the emotional associations a word or words have for the reader

2. Imagery: the words form a picture in your mind

3. Figurative Language: words mean more than just what they say … simile, metaphor, personification

4. Sound Effects: words/phrases that appeal to the sense of hearing. Repetition!!!

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The LotteryThe Lottery by Shirley Jacksonby Shirley Jackson

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Questions as you read …Questions as you read …• Note the mood at the beginning of the story

… how does it change?• Based on inferences, who controls the town?Based on inferences, who controls the town?• Why are the townspeople holding the lottery?• Why don’t they stop?Why don’t they stop?• Is the lottery democratic?• What does Mrs. Delacroix’s stone What does Mrs. Delacroix’s stone

symbolize?symbolize?

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THEMESTHEMES

• Evil disguised as good

• Prejudice and Hypocrisy

• Minds slipping the bonds of reality

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONSDISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. How does “The Lottery” prevent the breakdown of society in this community?

2. What are the roles in this society?

3. How does this society use “scapegoats”? Are there any examples in our society of using “scapegoats”?