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Review. Short Story End of 9-weeks Assessment. Climax Rising Action Falling Action Exposition Resolution. Look at the vocabulary for each of the following short stories: A Visit to Grandmother’s Content’s of the Dead Man’s Pocket There Will Come Soft Rains. Vocabulary.
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Review Short Story End of 9-weeks Assessment
Climax Rising Action Falling Action Exposition Resolution Look at the vocabulary for each of the following short stories: A Visit to Grandmother’s Content’s of the Dead Man’s Pocket There Will Come Soft Rains Vocabulary
A Visit to Grandmother • Why did Charles leave home? • How does Charles feel about GL’s horse story? • Examples of direct vs. indirect characterization • Why does it upset Chig to see his Dad cry? • How does Charles feel about his Mom? • How do they describe GL? • What is the moral of the story? • VOCAB!!!
Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket • What causes Tom to panic? • Why does Tom work so hard? • What moments were suspenseful? • How does Tom’s attitude about work and life change? • Why is it important that Tom tells us the window is hard to open before he goes out onto the ledge? • What are the contents of Tom’s pocket? Why is that important? • VOCAB!!!
There Will Come Soft Rains • Where and when does the story take place? How do we find this out? • What happens to the owners of the house? How do we find out? • What are some of the things the house does? • What is the poem about that the house reads? How is this ironic? • Is anyone else in the house? Humans? Animals? • How does the house “die”? • VOCAB!!!
Tools • Use you short story study guides. • Pay special attention to the plot line. • Study the vocabulary for each story. • Make sure you know what the following terms mean: • Inference • Internal Conflict • External Conflict • Prediction
When is the test??? NEXT CLASS!!!! So be sure to study