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Welcome to Unit 6. In
Unit 6 you will continue your study of literature with an introduction to
fiction. You will study fiction's basic terminology, and
read stories by many authors.
The first slide presentation gives background information about the
historical development of fiction, with a focus on the short story. The second slide presentation
gives specific
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The written assignment for Unit 5
consists of the following:
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Formal Outline for Paper 2
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Paper 2
Paper 2 is a five hundred (500) word essay that
fits a short story into a particular literary movement. Paper 2 must be accepted before you move on to Unit
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Before you do the readings and view the presentations,
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In Unit 6 you will complete and submit your fifth written assignment.
Remember to follow the Submission Procedure outlined on the Web 2413 Home Page.
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The written assignment for Unit 6 (Paper 2) is a
formal essay. It
should be written in a formal style. There should be an introduction, a conclusion, and a
separate body paragraph for each characteristic of the literary movement you
are fitting the story into (see the
sample in the second presentation for details). You must cite your
quotes. You must do a Works
Cited page.
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The sample entry for A WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY on page
155 of the St. Martin's Guide, which you should use as the
model for your own Work Cited entry for your target story, is
incomplete. It lacks the page numbers for the story. You
must include the page numbers for the target story at the end of
your own Work Cited entry for the target story (see the second
PowerPoint presentation below).
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A quote from an outside source is a required part of
the assignment for Paper 2.
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READINGS |
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Norton: 2-14, Fiction: Reading, Responding,
Writing |
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Norton: 15-65, Plot |
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Norton: 66-101, Narration and Point of View |
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Norton: 102-156, Character |
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Norton: 157-194, Setting |
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St. Martin's: Chapter 21, Library and Internet
Research |
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St. Martin's: Chapter 22, Using and
Acknowledging Sources |
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A SHORT LIST
OF FICTION TERMS |
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Character: a person in a story. |
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Protagonist: the main character. |
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Antagonist: the character the protagonist
must struggle against. |
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Narrator: the character telling the story. |
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Point of View: whose eyes the reader sees
through; whose thoughts the reader can know
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First person (I, me, my): the reader
sees directly through the eyes of one of the characters
(usually, but not always, the protagonist); the reader can
only know that character's thoughts.
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Second person (you, your, yours): the
narrator directly addresses the reader.
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Third person (he, she, it): there are
two possibilities with third person point of view: limited and
omniscient.
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Third person limited: the reader's
perceptions are filtered through a narrator into the eyes/mind
of a single character. While the reader can only
see/know what this focus character sees/knows, the reader's
experience is indirect.
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Third person omniscient: the narrator
is godlike, which enables the reader to see through anyone's
eyes and know anyone's thoughts.
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Setting: where and when a story takes
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Scene: action in a location. |
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Tension: the expectation of action. |
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Conflict: conflict occurs when a character
is at odds with another character, or with himself, or with
society. There are many different types of conflict
including psychological (character vs. self) and social (character
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PRESENTATIONS |
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For background information on the historical development of
fiction, and
specific information about stories necessary to the
successful completion of Paper 2, please click on the hyperlinks below and view the
presentations. |
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ASSIGNMENT |
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Paper
2
Fit a short story
into
one of the literary movements or forms discussed in the first presentation. You must
have one body paragraph for each general characteristic of the literary movement.
All characteristics of the literary movement must be addressed. You
must have at least one quote in each body paragraph.
You may
use any of the stories to be found in the Norton Anthology from pages
15-194.
Once you have
selected a story—and studied it carefully—you should follow these steps to
complete the assignment:
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Write a Formal Outline of your analysis. Use complete sentences, follow the steps
in the SAMPLE presentation, and use the format laid out in the sample Formal
Outline for Paper 2 contained in the second PowerPoint presentation above as
a guide..
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Submit your Formal Outline.
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Rewrite/Revise/Edit your Formal Outline until it is returned marked ACCEPTED.
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Expand your Formal Outline into Paper 2, using Formal MLA Style. You must use parenthetical citations for all quotes. You must do
a Works Cited page. You must have at least one (1) outside source for Paper
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That means there should be at least two (2) entries on your Works Cited page.
You must have at least one quote in each body paragraph.
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Submit Paper 2.
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Rewrite/Revise/Edit Paper 2 until it is returned marked ACCEPTED.
Your
Formal Outline must be submitted and returned marked ACCEPTED before you submit Paper
2.
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