SHORT STORIES

 

Learning targets: •Identify Literary devices in short stories. –5-way sentences –Foreshadowing –Repetition –Irony     •Explore the themes of Utopian and dystopian societies as shared in various stories.

 

 

You can find introductory notes here (PDF).

Some notes on the 5-way sentence (PDF).

Short story vocabulary

 

 

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Find a copy of the story here.

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. Find a copy of the story here

"The Roads We Take" By O. Henry. Find a copy of the story here.

"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Find a copy of the story here.

"All the Troubles of the World" by Isaac Asimov. Find a copy of the story here (.pdf).

 

"The Inheritor" by Frank Roberts. Find a copy of the story here.

 

"The Metaphor" by Budge Wlson.

"The Possibility of Evil" By Shirley Jackson. Find a copy of the story here.

"The Verger" by W. Somerset Maugham. Find a copy of the story here.

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Find a copy online here.

"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

"The Lottery" vs. "The Possibility of Evil" style challenge.

 

Some brief notes for your test