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Instructor:
Ms. L. Cahill
ESL 105
Short stories assignment
Purpose:
To teach students how to analyze an American short story.
To increase student understanding of the elements of a short story
such as plot, theme, characters and setting. Please review
your
assignment.
Introduction
A short story is a work of fiction that is shorter than a novel. The action is
compact and every single event is critical to the development of
the plot. The time span could vary from a day to years.
Read more on short
story elements
and use the student activity
worksheet
to document your information.
Directions:
Choose a short story from the Cuyamaca Library collection.
FIRST METHOD:
Browse and Research
The 1st way is to browse the call number sections of the Cuyamaca
collection. You may browse the call number sections listed below:
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PN 6120.2 –
English Fiction (books can be either a novel or a collection of
short stories)
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PS 648 S5 –
American Short Stories Collections
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PZ 1 –
Collections of novels, short stories or other fiction
- Great American Short Stories:
The O.
Henry Awards (PZ 1 +)
William S. Porter, who wrote under the pen name O. Henry, was
born in 1862. He started writing stories while in prison
for embezzlement. His writing career was short but he is
the most widely read American short story writer. His best known
story is "The Gift of the Magi" (1905) and the "Last Leaf". After
his death, DoubleDay publishers established the O. Henry Awards
in his honor.
- Complete works of O. Henry
(PS 2649 P5)
- The Realm of Fiction Short Stories (PZ
1 H16 RE8).
Well-known international authors.
INTERNET WEBSITES. The 3rd way to
find a short story is to search the Internet. You may be lucky to
find some full-text stories such as the following.
Comprehensive websites:
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