25-Book Campaign Log
Short Story Compilation
Name: _______________________________________________________ Class: __________________
Title: ________________________________________________________________________________
Author: ______________________________________________________________________________
Date Finished: ___________________________________ Genre: ______________________________
Number of pages: ________________________ Number of stars: ___________________________
(1) What is the theme that connects all of the short stories in the compilation together?
Use evidence to support your claim.
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(2) Choose one story from the compilation and answer the following questions.
(a) What is the title of the story? Who is the author?
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(b) Describe the main characters. Who is the protagonist? Who is the antagonist?
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(c) What is the main conflict of the story? How is the problem resolved? Explain.
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(d) From what point of view is the story told?
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(e) Choose one of the following elements and describe how the author implements it into the story:
irony, foreshadowing, suspense or symbolism.
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(3) Describe each part of the plot (for the story selected above) in detail.
(a) Exposition:
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(b) Rising Action:
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(c) Climax:
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(d) Falling Action:
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(e) Resolution:
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(4) Complete #3 (a-e) again for another short story included in the compilation.
(5) Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Explain.
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