Mr. Go – Short Story Unit
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Sample comparative chart for stories (review for Short Story Unit Test)
* handwrite rather than typing the following (create another sheet for the other two stories)
Refer to the support materials posted here. Be sure to support all findings with evidence (direct quotations with page
references).
Narrative Structure
Marquez – “Tuesday Siesta”
Exposition
- Intro to setting, main characters, and
situation
Rising Action
Inciting Incident
Climax
Lessing – “Sunrise on the Veld”
Carlos is shot in flashback, antecedent info The Boy comes to an epiphany about his
is revealed.
own mortality (a change from his
invincible attitude at the start of the tale)
Dénouement
Resolution
Character
Use traits and emotions sheet.
Personality (specify Physical (specify
at least three key traits
and support these in the
same row with evidence).
Marquez – “Tuesday Siesta”
Mrs. Centeno
Daughter/sister
Priest
demographic: age,
profession, height, dress)
Actions
(support with
evidence from the text –
often described by
narrator)
Speech/Thoughts
(Focus on dialogue and
internal ideas often
revealed by omniscient
narrator)
Hearsay (rare in short
fiction, but possible when
one character describes
another)
Mr. Go – Short Story Unit
Lessing – “Sunrise on the Veld”
Boy
Buck*
Ants
Veld
*Because of the sparseness of characterization, examine the characterization of the features of the landscape.
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