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Ransom of Red Chief by: O. Henry

Ransom of Red Chief by: O. Henry. O. Henry (1862-1910) William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina. Jobs. Drug store clerk Pharmacist Sheep herder Bank teller Cartoonist Reporter Columnist. Family Life. Moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, Porter married, and had a daughter.

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Ransom of Red Chief by: O. Henry

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  1. Ransom of Red Chiefby: O. Henry

  2. O. Henry (1862-1910) William Sydney Porter He was born in North Carolina Jobs • Drug store clerk • Pharmacist • Sheep herder • Bank teller • Cartoonist • Reporter • Columnist

  3. Family Life Moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, Porter married, and had a daughter. HardTimes • In early 1898 Porter was found guilty of embezzlement charges and sentenced to five years in an Ohio prison • While in prison Porter started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter • Three years and about a dozen short stories later, he emerged from prison as "O. Henry"

  4. Claim to Fame “Twist”, ironic endings • He moved to New York City, where over the next ten years, he published over 300 stories and gained worldwide acclaim as America's favorite short story writer. • Porter died in 1910 at the age of 47 • An alcoholic, he died virtually penniless.

  5. Literary Vocabulary:1. predict2. foreshadowing3. irony

  6. Predict: What does it mean to predict? What is a prediction? What do you use to make a prediction? Predict: What will this story be about? What will happen?

  7. Foreshadowing: What does it mean? How do you know what it is? When do you recognize it in a story?

  8. Irony: What does it mean? What is an example? Why do authors use it?

  9. …there are many new and/or unfamiliar words in this story – what are some strategies you use to figure out meaning? • *context clues • *re-read • *sound it out • *look at the prefix and suffix • *read the surrounding text • *infer Vocabulary

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