1. A Telephone Call
Dorothy Parker
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2. Outline
Introduction of the Author
Plot
Analysis

3. 1
Introduction to the Author

4. 1 Introduction of the Author Dorothy Parker
American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
The New Yorker
A founding member of the Algonquin Round Table
The Hollywood blacklist
The O. Henry Award
Wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles

5. 2
Plot
Introduction
Rising Action
Climax
Falling action
Denouement

6. 3
Analysis
Diction and Tone
Point of View
Symbol
My Reflection

7. Diction and Tone 3.1 Repetition Please, God. Please, please, please.
I didn’t ask him to, truly I didn’t. I’m sure I didn’t.
Please don’t let him do that, God. Please don’t.
Why can’t that telephone ring? Why can’t it, why can’t it? Couldn’t you ring? Ah, please, couldn’t you?
Won’t You please, please, please?

8. Diction and Tone 3.1 The Use of Modal Verb
Will, can, must, could, would……
Interjections & Bad Language
Please, God. Please, please, please.
You damned, ugly, shiny thing.
Damn you to hell.

9. Diction and Tone 3.1 The run-on sentences and short outbursts
Punctuation Mark
Commas, hyphens, and semi-colons

10. Point of View 3.2 The First Person Why?
An Interior Monologue Narration
Why?
Focusing on the thoughts and agitations of the woman
The story would have little substance if it was not written in interior monologue.

11. 3.3
Symbol
The Telephone
Gender Inequality

12. 3.4
My Reflection
Male
Female

13. Q: Will the man call her?
The short story ends up with counting and in your opinion, how long
can the woman keep on counting?

14. Thank You