Unit 1: Story
 “What
you have to do, you do with play.”
 Short
Story-an imaginative prose
narrative written to give the reader
entertainment and insight. It is designed
to produce a single impression or effect
and is short enough to be read in one
sitting.
 Plot-what
happens
 Characters-who makes it happen
 Theme-what it means
 Setting-time, place, and general
background
 Tone or mood-the attitude or emotion of
the author or narrator toward his subject
or audience
 The
imaginary persons who carry out the
action of the plot
 Direct Exposition
• Telling the reader directly what the character is
like
 Indirect
Exposition
• Allows the reader to draw his own conclusions
from what the character himself does or thinks,
or from what the other characters think of him
 Static
Character
• Remains essentially the same throughout the
story
 Dynamic
Character
• Undergoes some change and is different at the
end of the story
 This
story is trying to describe the
character of Miss Dove? (Character
Analysis)
 What do each of the following points, of
the story, reveal about her character?
• Miss Dove and the classroom• Miss Dove and Geography• Miss Dove and her rules• Miss Dove and the letter• Miss Dove and the crying students-
 This
short story is trying to teach you how
to be a better character
 Train- to fulfill your mind (by doing the
following three things):
• Discipline your Mind
• Patience
• Do not Neglect the Memory
 Remember
creation
your mind is your own
 Mr. Gradgrind
• Sometimes, the facts can even skew an unbiased
person
• Fact-based personality with zero social skills
 Static
Character:
• A character that undergoes little change
• A character that has little development
 The
Sheridan’s are getting ready for a
garden party.
 Laura is supposed to be in charge, but the
workers appear to know better.
 Miss Jose tests the piano, and then sings a
song in case she is asked to do so
 They learn that a poor neighbor, Mr. Scott,
who lives in a cottage near their main
street has died.
 While
Laura believes the party should be
called off, neither Jose nor her mother
agree.
 The party is a success.
 Later Mrs Sheridan decides it would be
good of them to bring a basket full of
leftovers to the Scotts' house.
 Mrs Scott's sister, then sees the matron
herself and her late husband's corpse.
The sight of his apparently sleeping body
brings her to tears, and she runs off back
to her own house
 Mrs Sheridan, the mother
 Laura Sheridan, one of three girls(main)
 The workers, who put up a marquee in the
garden
 Meg Sheridan, a second daughter
 Jose Sheridan, a third daughter
 Laurie, a brother
 Kitty Maitland, a friend of Laura and a
party guest
 Sadie, a house servant
 the florist, who delivers
lilies ordered by
Mrs Sheridan
 Cook, the house cook
 Godber's man, the delivery-man who
brings in the cakes
 Mr Scott, a lower-class neighbor who has
just died
 Em Scott, the deceased's widow.
 Point Of View
• Omniscient- all-knowing
• Limited- see from one viewpoint
• Objective- lists everything matte of fact
 Fact
vs. poetry
 “How evenly the rock is stratified” vs.
“Who made you glorious as the Gates of
Heaven beneath the keen full moon?”
 Emotion, description
 Ballad-
a musical writing that deals with an
event (usually tragic)
• Folk
• Literary
 Stanzas-
the grouping of lines of poetry into
sections
 Dialogue- the conversation between
multiple characters
Dramatic Monologue- a poem which reveals
a character through his conversation
 Plot:
• Three Riders are traveling to Aix to spread some
type of good news to the people
• The writer places heroic emphasis on the horses
• The horses are the ones that struggle to bring
the news
 Theme: _____________________
 Plot:
• A mother and her son live in complete
destitution
• She has nothing to give her son except her love
• The mother creates her son clothes fit for a king,
so much so that it practically kills her
Part One:
• The first part is a glorification of the highwayman
or robber
• However, we see he is in love with the landlord’s
daughter, and he goes to receive her
 Part Two:
• The British redcoats are trying to catch the
highwayman
• They capture his love and try to set a trap
• However, the highwayman’s lover dies to warn the
highwayman of his impending doom
• Knowing his love is dead, he rides towards the
soldiers to fight
• The highwayman dies

 The
questions of page 37 will help you
understand the story
• 1) Why did Silas return?
• 2) Was Silas worthless or great?
• 3) Describe Warren’s attitude towards Silas?
• 4) What is home to Mary?
 What
are the events that take place in the
building of the on-horse carriage?
• There are three events to note (write them here)
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