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The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty |
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| The Golden Kite and Silver Wind |
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| Feeling or emotion created by the story |
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| Time, place and culture inwhich story occurs |
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Sequence of events,
The order in which things happen |
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The turning point in the story
&/or
The emotional high point
(can be somewhat subjective) |
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| Clues in the story that hint at or suggest coming events |
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| Struggle between opposing forces |
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Struggle within a character
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Struggle with a person or force outside of the character.
Can be Man v. Man
Or Man v. Nature
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Perspective from which the story is told
( i.e. 1st person
3rd person - limited or omniscient*)
*see Short Story handout re. Elements of short stories |
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An unexpected outcome,
Often the opposite of what the reader expects |
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| A brief story that teaches a lesson or moral, which is often stated in a single sentence. |
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| Lesson or message of a story |
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Like a climax, an anticlimax is a turningpoint,
but
this is always a LETDOWN,
and the story does not turn out how the reader expects. |
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| A feeling of uncertainty, anxiety and tension about the outcome of events |
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Anything that stands for something else
(a heart = "love") |
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