Benchmark Exam: Short Story Analysis Packet
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Title____________________________________________Author:___________________________ Directions: Read the selection. Create questions for a seminar.
Literal
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Inferred
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Applied
1. 2. 3.
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Identifying the Elements of Fiction:
Setting:
Identify the place and time of the story to the best of your abilities beginning with general (country, state, city, specific house, room? and century, decade, year, month, day?). Answer in the form of notes with proof when necessary. Be as thorough as possible. Place: General to Specific Time: General to Specific Country: Century: State: Region: City: Specific Building: Room: Other: Decade: Year: Month/Season: Day: Hour: Etc.
Characters:
Answer the following questions. Who is the main character and what obstacle must he/she overcome?
Identify the other characters and briefly describe them. Use names if given. Model the example.
Little Red Riding Hood: a young girl all dressed in red, visiting her grandmother in the woods
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Plot:
In sentences, describe the action in each section of the story. Use specific details. Exposition:
Complication: (List complication events IN Bullets. There may be several.)
Climax:
Resolution:
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In a sentence identify internal conflict (if any):
Identify in sentences any/all External Conflicts: Person vs. Person:
Nature:
Technology:
Society:
What is the Point of View?______________________________________________________
Give an example of the point of view by copying down a sentence from the story.
Tone:
Diction and Dialect shape a story and can indicate mood and characterization. Jot down some words in the story that you think contribute to the mood, atmosphere or theme, and then write a sentence or two explaining the pattern you have found.