Interpreting Short Stories by Coral Causey https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx en-us 2017-03-20 14:23:32 UTC 2025-11-15 07:01:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Strategies For Reading Short Stories 58934 https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx/wish/161190121
  • Read it
  • Look for possible symbols
  • Find metaphors
  • Read again
  • Look up confusing words/phrases
  • Characters motivation
  • Compare/make connections
  • How does the title fit into the story?
  • Learn about the author
  • Pay attention to setting/atmosphere creation
  • Pay attention to the point of view
  • Track plot development
  • Identify conflict
  • Pay attention to climax
  • The emotional feel of the story
  • Protagonist (main character) how do they change, and why?
  • Guess the authors purpose
    • ]]>     2017-03-20 14:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx/wish/161190121     The Sniper 58934 https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx/wish/161827592
  • pay attention to setting/atmosphere creation
  • track plot development
  • pay attention to the climax
  • the emotional feel of the story

    • ]]>     2017-03-22 14:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx/wish/161827592     An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 58934 https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx/wish/162422161
  • Peyton Farquhar is being executed because he got caught trying to sabotage the bridge. When a union soldier came to his house disguised as a confederate soldier he gave Peyton false information about who was guarding the bridge and how it was being guarded. unfortunately Peyton took the bait and decided it would make him a hero if he sabotaged the bridge. 
    • ]]>     2017-03-24 14:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx/wish/162422161     Haiku (An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge) 58934 https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx/wish/162440793 Swimming for his life
    Escaping from all the guns
    Running through the trees]]>     2017-03-24 15:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx/wish/162440793     The Most Dangerous Game 58934 https://padlet.com/58934/wqgpb9tbzcmx/wish/164351861
  • So far in the story Rainsford discovers the man on the island and has dinner with him. During the dinner, Rainsford discovers that the man hunts humans for fun. The man wants Rainsford to go hunting with him.
  • I believe that Rainsford is going to either die in the ocean, or kill the general.
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