Short Story Analysis
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Read any short story and write a 2 page analysis. Model this assignment after movie reviews you read on the internet or newsprint.
Use
the following check list to ensure you have all required components.
| Check if present in paper | Check if quote used as example | Grade(1-4) | |
| Analyze Plot | |||
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Exposition |
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| Complication | |||
| Climax | |||
| Resolution | |||
| Analyze Character | |||
| What you learn from speech | |||
| What you learn from interaction with others | |||
| What you learn from appearance | |||
| What you learn from narrator | |||
| Analyze Setting | |||
| Time, place, date, mood | |||
| sensory details about setting | |||
| Analyze Theme | |||
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Moral or lesson learned |
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| Point of view (whose point of view is story from) | |||
| Your opinion on story (did you like it and why) | |||
Click here for link to glossary of these terms.
This one is much more comprehensive, listing different points of views and types of characters.