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    Kim's Short Story

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    cement stair in Austin’s backyard and discussed about their short story analysis work from English class. It was just after rain‚ the sky was still filled with gray clouds‚ but at least the temperature had cooled down a little bit. Kim secretly felt bad for Austin‚ that now he was stuck with her for this “working buddies” thing in English. Why would someone stupidly arrived class late and became my deskmate‚ and then stupidly saved me from an awkward situation between my ex-best friend and me? “Why

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    Scales 1! Katrina Scales David Miles ENC-1102 16 July 2015 A Yellow Rose It is likely that after reading short stories The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner‚ any sensible reader will feel disturbed in at least the slightest. Both texts contain neurotic women of unsound mind who have deathly obsessions. At first glance‚ these stories do not seem to have much in common; they have been written through opposite perspectives‚ one neglects to be chronological

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    Laila's Short Story

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    home due to a flood. She had no clue where to live now‚ but then she realized‚ she needed to build a house. She wandered to find a good place for her new house to be built. She wandered and wandered‚ but could not find a good place. It was evening and she finally found a nice place to build her new house. She tried to find sticks and straws to build her new house out of. She stayed up all night to build her new house. After it was built‚ she went out to find some food. She brought back berries and

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    Macbeth: A Short Story

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    spirits much‚ but a night like this could bring out the foulest of creatures.” Macduff thought to himself. His horse had been spooked by the storm‚ but they trudged along. Macduff had fought harder battles against real enemies‚ no storm‚ no matter how harsh‚ was going to stop his progress. There were rumors whispered in eager ears‚ suspicions‚ that Macbeth had murdered many men‚ including Duncan‚ to claim the throne. “Help!” A woman’s desperate cry pierced the trees to his left. Macduff wasn’t

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    Headfirst: A Short Story

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    I’ve got to stop relating you to songs‚ And pictures that I see‚ graffiti on the wall. Although‚ you are a story and a scene that I fall into Headfirst‚ at the speed of light‚ even in the dark. There were no sirens or signs or warnings that my love would go unrequited‚ Just a lie on your tongue and a dance hidden in your eye. You wept on me and faded into the darkness And I was left to watch you go then cry. And all the while I was trying not to get stuck on you. With your cupid’s bow

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    Humorous Short Stories

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    Pope Morris THE ANGEL OF THE ODD (1844) Edgar Allan Poe THE SCHOOLMASTER’S PROGRESS (1844) Caroline M.S. Kirkland THE WATKINSON EVENING (1846) Eliza Leslie TITBOTTOM’S SPECTACLES (1854) George William Curtis MY DOUBLE; AND HOW HE UNDID ME (1859) Edward Everett Hale A VISIT TO THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED PUNSTERS (1861) Oliver Wendell Holmes THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY (1865) Mark Twain ELDER BROWN’S BACKSLIDE (1885) Harry Stillwell

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    Halfway: A Short Story

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    my attention it began to beat more fiercely. I could feel it pulsing through my body as though someone was sending thick beads of mercury through my veins. I was sent back to the moment of birth and was once again trying to learn how to breathe. Something was eating me from the inside out and when I could finally put my finger on it‚ I realized it was fear. The kind of fear that followed you up the stairs as a kid‚ or maybe still now‚ convinced that something of the imagination was lurking only a few

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    desire to overshadow the fact that he was from the darkness‚ where only destitute and impoverished people come from. In the novel The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga‚ Balram’s origin and culture drove him to take drastic measures to remove the label of The Darkness‚ that said‚”You’re only a stupid servant.” According to Balram’s culture‚ his destiny was to be a sweet-maker.. Nobody expected more than that from him. Also‚ Balram received relentless taunting from some of his employers due to them believing

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    elements of a short story

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    FIVE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY Plot -it is the sequence or flow of the events in a short story that would help develop the author’s idea. There are five elements of plot structure-- introduction‚ rising action‚ climax‚ falling action‚ and denouement. Character -considered as being one of the most important factor to a good short story‚ the characters are sentient beings who carry out the actions of the story. Setting -the when and where in which the story takes place. Authors often

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    Zaden: A Short Story

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    The cannon was filled with ammunition‚ ready to fire. BANG! The cannonball stretched in the sky‚ and landed on the other territory. It was in the medieval times‚ 726 AD‚ and located in the kingdom of Caballero‚ and Zaden was a war. Many warriors on horses galloped on the field‚ trying to attack the other side‚ Zaden. These two sides had began a fight against another. Zaden had caused this fight by ambushing Caballero. Zaden desperately wanted territory‚ and decided to ambush its ally. Prince Zakai

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