Short Story Unit Plan By: Steve McCauley & Bruce Robinson Subject: English Unit: Short Story Theme: Irony Short Story Unit Contents: Short Story Unit Overview Lesson 1 – Elements of the Short Story Lesson 2 – Cask of Amontillado Lesson 3 – The Lottery Lesson 4 – A & P Lesson 5 – Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict Lesson 6 – Short Story Workshop Lesson 7 – The Big Snit Lesson 8 – The Sniper Lesson 9 – The Fall of a City Lesson 10 – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Lesson 11 – Two Fishermen Lessons
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The Compare and Contrast of Two Short Stories: “A Rose for Emily” and “The Cask of Amontillado‚” The two short stories‚ “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe are similar in that they deal with death in a macabre fashion. Both protagonists exhibit narcissistic personalities perpetrating murders to satisfy selfish justifications. The characters Fortunato and Homer Barron were murdered in gruesome manors; Fortunato was encased in a brick wall and
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critical role throughout a variety of stories. It not only creates suspense but surprises the reader as well. This can be shown through the three short stories entitled‚ “The Possibility of Evil”‚ “Just Lather‚ That’s All” and “The Skating Party”. It is critical that situational irony be used for effect in Shirley Jacksons’‚ “The Possibility of Evil”. The short story‚ “The Possibility of Evil” is an excellent example of situational irony. During the story‚ the reader expects Miss Strangeworths’
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protagonist to help develop the story’s theme The theme of a story is not only a subject or topic of discourse‚ but also a specific quality‚ characteristic or concern about life and human nature. Theme is essential in fiction as it is the backbone of meaning in stories. Theme illustrates the main idea about life and human nature‚ and the existence of theme allows readers to better understand the author’s purpose. The short story”Identities’’by W.D. Valgardson is about a man who lives in
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Sean Chi ENG1120 BB Dr. Jennifer MacQuarrie Friday‚ February 13‚ 2015 Finding Identity in the Face of Adversity In the short stories Borders and Two Kinds‚ there are strong characters who find themselves dealing with difficult expectations from different aspects of their lives. Through the experiences of the characters‚ one learns that true purpose and identity is found through facing adversity‚ not conforming to how others think they should act. The characters that illustrate this phenomenon are
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causes a dramatic story. The character Sargent Major Morris from the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs and the character The Red Death from the short story “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe share the similar character trait of being mysterious. To begin‚ the character Sargent Major Morris from the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs contains the character trait of being mysterious. Morris was a man from distant lands and full of unknown stories. While he was
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First World Countries Vs. Third World Countries In order to compare and contrast two things‚ we must first have a definition as to what they are. The concept of first‚ second and third world countries came about during The Cold War. Originally‚ the capitalist and NATO countries‚ as well as their allies‚ were considered first world countries; the communist countries and the Soviet Union‚ along with their allies‚ were considered second world countries; those countries associated with neither were
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Contrast Studying Alone to Studying in a Group Do you like to study alone or study in a group? Maybe some people will like to study alone‚ and other people will like to study in a group. Like studying alone‚ studying in a group will make you learn a lot of new things. Then studying alone and studying in a group can help you to gain knowledge and renew you information. Although they have some similarities‚ they still have some differences. Studying in a group makes your study easier‚ spends
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Streets of Memphis”‚ there are important internal and external conflicts throughout the story that are being created as the characters try to survive. Being washed up on a mysterious island and getting hunted down by crazy man are some examples of conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game”. “Your brain against mine. Your woodcraft against mine. Your strength and stamina against mine” (Connell 74). This quote from the story shows the external conflict between Rainsford and General Zaroff. The General is challenging
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Ho Chi Minh City AND DELHI Ho Chi Minh and Delhi are two modern cities in Asia. While they have some similarities‚ they also have some differences. Some of the similarities and differences between these two cities will be identified in this essay. Ho Chi Minh City and Delhi are similar in several ways. First of all‚ like Delhi‚ Ho Chi Minh is a city with extremely hot climate. To illustrate‚ both cities are very hot from April to August. In addition‚ both Ho Chi Minh City and Delhi are really good
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