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Course Outline
Week Lesson
Course introduction
1a
– Elements of fiction
1b Figurative language
Presentation 1
2a
Poem 1: When I was one and twenty
Presentation 2 (Games + Review)
2b
Classwork
Presentation 3
3a
Short story 1: Flight
Presentation 4 (Games + Review)
3b
Classwork
4a REVISION
4b Midterm test 1
Course Outline
Week Lesson
Presentation 5
5a
Poem 2: The road not taken
Presentation 6 (Games + Review)
5b
Classwork
Presentation 7
6a
Short story 2: The story of an hour
Presentation 8 (Games + Review)
6b
Classwork
7a Revision
7b Midterm 2
8a Review
Course Assessment
Attendance check
1 10%
(7:05 a.m OR 9:35 a.m)
Group presentation
2 20%
(20 minutes)
Final score
Fictions
WHAT
IS
FICTION?
Fiction
Fiction can have
Fiction = some true facts,
events, or people
“make believe” though
or
“not true”
stories
~Five characteristics~
1. Imaginary
2. Non-
5. Prose
dramatic
4. 3.
Descriptive Narrative
~ Types of Fiction ~
(length-based)
1. NOVEL
2. NOVELLA
3. SHORT STORIES
~ Short Story ~
15 minutes
~ Fictions terms ~
Setting
Characters
Plot
1.Exposition
2. Conflict
3. Climax
4. Resolution
Theme
1. Setting
The
TIME
and
PLACE
of the story
(The “When” & “Where” of the Story)
1. Setting
Long Ago Today In the Future
1. Flat character
(Static): simple,
unchanged
2. Round character
(Dynamic) :
complex,
changing
“The Buddha”
2b. Characters (Ideology)
1. Protagonist
2. Antagonist
“Cám”
An author can make “make believe”
characters seem believable by . . .
what order:
First . . .
Then . . .
Next . . .
Finally . . .
Exposition
Events or
actions that
establish the
conflicts
Conflict
A problem or
struggle
the character
must face in
the story
There are 2 types of
Conflict
Internal: External:
Inside the Character Outside the Character
Internal Conflict
Internal Conflict
Conflict
Sometimes there can be
both internal and external
conflict as characters
react with thoughts and
feelings to the problems
occurring “outside” of
themselves.
Climax
The most
exciting part of
the story –
where the plot was
leading.
Climax
Climax
By the
resolution,
or ending of the
story,
we learn how the
conflict is
solved . . . one
way or another.
Resolution
Resolution =
The end
The End
of
the story
We’re NOT done with our work though . . .
Theme
- NO ONE WAY OF
STATING THE THEME
Now,
let’s try it
together!
In the story
“Goldilocks and the Three
Bears” . . .
WHAT IS THE
SETTING ?
Main Characters
THINK BACK OVER
THE STORY:
WHAT IS THE
PLOT ?
Storyline
Plot
Plot
WHAT IS THE
CONFLICT ?
Problem to Overcome
ARE THESE
INTERNAL OR
EXTERNAL
CONFLICTS ?