TAILIEUCHUNG - WRITING ABOUT PROSE (FICTION ) - Express yourself

JUST AS writing about poetry requires that you read carefully and thoughtfully, so does writing about fiction. You must concentrate and ask questions as you read. You may have to make a list of important vocabulary words as you go along, or you may have to underline or take notes in the text of words and phrases you think are important to the story’s meaning. This chapter will show you some important reading strategies that will help you become a better writer when responding to fiction. | CHAPTER ELEVEN Writing About Prose Fiction JUST AS writing about poetry requires that you read carefully and thoughtfully so does writing about fiction. You must concentrate and ask questions as you read. You may have to make a list of important vocabulary words as you go along or you may have to underline or take notes in the text of words and phrases you think are important to the story s meaning. This chapter will show you some important reading strategies that will help you become a better writer when responding to fiction. 113 Writing About Prose Fiction EXPRESS YOURSELF Before we even begin to examine a short story or novel it is important to remember the four key elements of all fiction plot characterization setting theme The plot is the sequence of events that delivers the story. Characterization is how the characters of the story are portrayed. The setting is the place in which the story occurs. The theme is what the author is saying about the subject of the story. All four of these elements contribute to the story but it is the theme of the story which is its heart and soul. Read the following short story by Kate Chopin. It is a very short story but it contains all the elements of good fiction. As you read identify where the story takes place underline the word or phrases that identify it for you. Next underline the major characters names and the words that describe them. Finally try to tell what the story seems to be about. What is it saying about marriage About love About loyalty The Story of an Hour By Kate Chopin Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband s death. It was her sister Josephine who told her in broken sentences veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband s friend Richards was there too near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received with Brently Mallard s name

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