Harvard Extension School Expo E-25; Section 12 (5:30PM-7:30PM)

1. Harvard Extension SchoolExpo E-25; Section 12 (5:30PM-7:30PM) Instructor: Julie Anne McNary Please check your Elluminate Audio Wizard We will begin at 5:30PM.

2. Expository Writing E25: Introduction to Academic Writing and Critical ReadingAnalyzing the Short Story Online WebConference Via Elluminate SoftwareWebsite: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k64023Elluminate Room:https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2007009&password=M.3163A85F45E3980D9A1F3875B7EED6

3. A Word About The Value of this Course The Power of Fiction and the Analysis Thereof in Your Everyday Life

4. Overview • Lecture on focal points of Chapters 1, 2, 13 • Fable, Parable, Tale, Short Story • Plot • Point of View • Our Tools • The Stories for Essay #1

5. Our Tools • Audience and Purpose • The Elements of Fiction • The Aristotelian Appeals • Close Reading • Analysis • The Structure of an Argument • A Strong Introduction • Thesis Statement • Paragraph Structure • Conclusion

6. Audience and Purpose

7. The Elements of Fiction To start: • Plot • Point of View • Characterization • Setting

8. Plot • For our purposes, the word “Plot” has two meanings • What happens in the story; the basics of the narrative; • The writer’s arrangement or structuring of the material into the story, beyond just a layout of a sequence of events. • “The King died and the Queen died” versus “The King died and then the Queen died of grief.”

9. Plot One

10. Plot Two

11. Point of View • First Person • Main Character • Minor Character • Reliable or Unreliable • Second Person • To “you” • “You” as self • Third Person • Objective • Omniscient • Limited Omniscient

12. Roman Fever

13. Characterization • Physical traits • Body language • Verbal expression • Framing • Active versus passive behavior • Psychology • Relationships • Conflict • Resolution

14. Writing Exercise • In the next twenty minutes, please free write about one of the characters in Ann Tyler’s story, Teenage Wasteland. • If you choose the mother, what is significant about how her point of view is represented by the narrator? • If you choose another character, try to hone in on two or more elements of his/her character: body language, demeanor, actions, expressions (both verbal and physical, etc. etc.

15. A & P Teenage Wasteland How to Talk to a Hunter Sonny’s Blues Roman Fever The Girl on the Plane Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Miss Brill Cathedral Rich Brother The Storm To Build A Fire The Greasy Lake A Pair of Tickets Lost in the Funhouse The Things They Carried Winter Dreams The Stories for Essay #1

16. Exercise 1.2 – Pre-writing • Choose one story from our list for Essay #1. Choose carefully, as this is the story you’ll be working upon for several classes. • In the manner depicted in Chapter 13, please pre-write and brainstorm on a problem, pattern, or significant question you would like to focus on for Essay #1. • This is a FREE-WRITING exercise, though, so please, be free!