Lesson 38
Today’s Agenda
1. Review Lesson 37 notes
2. “The Story of an Hour” Kate
Chopin
• irony
• plot
• conflict
• imagery
• OBJECTIVE:
• Students will identify examples of imagery, irony, and conflict in
“The Story of an Hour” and supply textual evidence.
Review: Feel free to add to your notes.
• What are the ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY?
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Plot
Conflict
Theme
Setting
Characters
• What are the ELEMENTS OF PLOT?
• Exposition
• Setting
• Characters
• Background info
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Inciting Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
“Living Doll”
•What is the INCITING
INCIDENT?
•What is the CLIMAX?
SS Unit - Journal #1= Keep journal to turn in
at end of unit for points!
• Prisons and detention centers, animal
cages, even children’s playpens – all have
bars to keep their inhabitants from
escaping. But are these the only kinds of
constraints that restrict freedom? Explain.
Kate Chopin
February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904
“The Story of an Hour”
•Title
•Time period that elapsed
•Setting (time period)
•1890s
WHY WAS THE STORY SO
CONTROVERSIAL WHEN IT WAS
PUBLISHED?
“The Story of an Hour”
•Read the story
and answer the
questions
located in the
margin.
Continue working…
1. Finish answering the questions, if you
didn't already.
2. Find and label examples of each of the
types of irony (dramatic, verbal, and
situational)
3. Find and label examples of internal and
external conflict.
DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF LESSON 39!!!