Interpreting Short Stories by Donavan Segelhorst https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl Made with joy en-us 2017-03-20 15:47:26 UTC 2017-03-24 16:26:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Strategies for Analyzing Short Stories 3/20 81740 https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/161227318
  • Predict character motivation
  • Consider deeper meaning
  • Whats happening and why
  • Setting and atmosphere
  • What the character is like
  • How and why do the main character change through the story
  • Pay attention to the title
  • Learn about the author and about his/her life
  • Look up or infer unfamiliar words
  • Learn about any relevant historical background
  • Pay attention to the point of view
  • Track the development of the plot -- how events unfold and increase suspense or action
  • Identify sources of conflict
  • Note the crucial moment or climax
  • Pay attention to the 'feel' of the story
  • pay attention to the important objects that could mean something deeper then is being told
  • What is the author really trying to tell you
    • ]]>     2017-03-20 15:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/161227318     Narrative arc 81740 https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/161233462 Exposition - Expose
    Inciting event
    Consequence
    Solution - Climax
    Everything is resolved]]>     2017-03-20 16:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/161233462     'The Sniper' 81740 https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/161851897 I think that the author was trying to show us what war can do to a person and how opinions can influence lives. 
    I think really looking deep into what the characters emotions are.]]>     2017-03-22 15:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/161851897     An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 81740 https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/162449756 Payton Farquhar is being executed because he was trespassing on a bridge where the union soldiers were stationed. He was trying to kill a sergeant because he was tipped off by a spy.

    One thing that is absurd in the story is that a union spy told a plantation owner about the bridge.I think this because why would they target someone that isn't even causing major problems. Another thing that is absurd is that they are being very dignified while they are executing him. He was a random civilian about to kill a sergeant. I think another weird thing that is happening is that he cannot seem to control his hands even though he is aware of what is happening. Also that he can see every little thing in the forest. He also got shot in the collar bone and to him it just felt warm. A pink light shone through the woods.

    ]]>     2017-03-24 15:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/162449756     Haiku 81740 https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/162459963 Time has almost stopped
    Bullets piercing the water
    Nothing can stop me]]>     2017-03-24 16:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/162459963     Theory 81740 https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/162465650 I think that this happened because it was him thinking of his escape right before he perished. He was just imagining what he wanted to see right before he would die.]]> 2017-03-24 16:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/81740/28n9f3338cfl/wish/162465650