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“ On the rainey river ”. Conflict. Conflict. Definition. Conflict creates tension and interest in a story by adding doubt as to the outcome. A narrative is not limited to a single conflict. Different types of Conflict. Mental Conflict Physical Conflict. CONFLICT SO FAR.
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“On the rainey river” Conflict
Definition • Conflict creates tension and interest in a story by adding doubt as to the outcome. A narrative is not limited to a single conflict.
Different types of Conflict • Mental Conflict Physical Conflict
CONFLICT SO FAR • Man v. Man • Man v. Self • Man v. Society • Are there more?
“On The Rainey River” • A dilemma is a situation in which a choice must be made between two unfavorable outcomes. What is Tim’s dilemma in this chapter, and how does he decide upon his choice, which is still unwanted? • Why is Elroy Berdahl an important person to Tim and a key character for O’Brien to develop? • Why is Tim’s job in the meat packing plant included in this chapter? • What is the purpose of the scene Tim imagines on the banks of the Rainy River?
Topic Sentence(Top Bun) • A Topic Sentence ties together all the examples in the paragraph without telling the reader exactly what is going to happen, but eludes to what is going to happen. • The reader must see a direct relationship between the topic sentence and the following examples (quotations) used to support it.
Examples (Quotations) • Quotations are the meat to any sandwich! Without quotations, your sandwich is just a burnt grilled cheese, lame!
But mr. Stocum, I don’t know how to quote. • Okay student. I will teach you! • You start by finding a quotation within a piece of literature that moves you or has power. • You use “quotation” marks to signal to the reader that you are quoting the text at the beginning and end of a sentence of passage. Aka the “ symbol.
Example • A history named Malcolm Jenkins smith said, “At the beginning of World War Two, almost all Americans assumed the war would end quickly” (34). • Look at the quotations symbols at the beginning of the sentence • Notice the page number listed in parenthesis. • Notice the period outside of parenthesis.
Some tricks - Ellipses • When omitting words from within a single sentence, use only three ellipsis dots (. . . ). Three point ellipses have single typed spaces before and after each of the three dots: • Faulty: “water…had” • Correct: “water . . . had.”
Brackets • Use brackets to specify ambiguous pronouns within a quotation. • Or put your own words within a quotation (use wisely, do not change the actual meaning of what the other was trying to convey). • Example: “ As revealed to me [Oedipus] by the Delphi oracle” (15).
You Do the Work • Do not rely on quotations to do the work for you. • You must always follow a quotation or paraphrase with commentary. • Never end a paragraph with a quotation. (You need a bottom bun, como no?)
Bottom Bun - Commentary • This is where you tell me WHY you used the the quotation you used and HOW it is important to the TOPIC SENTENCE. • Do not begin commentary with words such as “this quote shows” or “this quote reveals.