Short Stories and Related Assignments
1. A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner, page 29.
***Card Report due 1/5/2011
2. The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, Katherine Porter, page 94.
***Answer questions #1,2,4,6,7,8,9, and 11 in complete
sentences due 1/10/2012
3. ***Read pages 170-174.
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, Ernest Hemingway, page 174.
4. Barn Burning, William Faulkner, page 178.
***After reading about tone and style and the selection 3 and 4,
write an essay describing the tone and style of each story.
Due January 17, 2012
5. The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant, page 194.
6. Saboteur, Ha Jin, page 200.
***After reading about irony on pages 192-193, write a brief
explanation of what type of irony selections 5 and 6 contain
and prove it. Due January 26, 2012
7. The Chrysanthemums, John Steinbeck, page 253.
***Card Report Due January 31, 2012
8. The Lottery, Shirley Jackson, page 262.
***Do questions 1-5 on page 269 Due February 3, 2012
9. The Metamorphois, Franz Kafka, page 336.
***Card Report Due February 9, 2012
10. Good Country People, Flannery O’Connor, page 416.
11. A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Flannery O’ Connor, page 431.
Essay over a literary question based on the two O’Connor
stories. Question should be based on a literary device/element
such as foreshadowing, tone, style, etc.
Due February 22, 2011