Short Stories Test Review Tuesday, September 15

Reminders:  Internal conflict  Man v. Self  External conflict  Man v. Man  Man v. Nature  Man v. Society  Theme= a statement of the lesson learned  Characterization  Direct= author says it  Indirect= author implies it  Point of View  1 st person= protagonist uses “I”  2 nd person= author addresses the audience with “you”  3 rd person= author does not use “I” for any of the characters  Limited: We are only able to see from one character’s POV (Ulrich/Seventh Man/Sekhar)  Omniscient: We can see into everyone’s mind and see things that even the characters cannot.

Create the following chart SummaryConflictThemeMisc. “Interlopers” “Seventh Man” “Like the Sun” “Tell all the Truth” “To Build a Fire”

SummaryConflictThemeMisc. “Interlopers”Summarize Name the man v. man, man v. self, and man v. nature conflicts Name 2 themes Why are the characters dynamic? “Seventh Man”Summarize What is main conflict of the story? Name a secondary conflict? Name 2 themes What is the purpose of the flashback? “Like the Sun” “Tell all the Truth” Summarize both What foreshadows the conflict? What is the main purpose Sekhar wants to tell the truth? What is the common theme? Reread the poem. Next to each line, explain the meaning. “To Build a Fire” Summarize What conflict does the setting cause? What do we learn from the folly of the man? How is the man characterized? Give an example. Fill in the chart with your responses