Short Stories, elements

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

Short Stories, elements

Goals: 

- know the elements of a short story

- know what those elements are in Lamb to the Slaughter

- form your own opinion about the story

Which elements of a short story do you recall?

Who are the characters in Lamb to the Slaughter?

Which of the characters develop the most?

1. Sam
2. Patrick
3. Jack
4. Mary

What is the POV of this story?

1. Third person, limited
2. Third person, omniscient
3. Third person, objective
4. First person

What is the POV of Lamb to the Slaughter?

1. Third person, limited
2. Third person, omniscient
3. Third person, objective
4. First person

Where does Lamb to the Slaughter take place? What's the setting?

What is the initial (or inciting) incident in LttS?

Which part (or sentence) has the resolution?

Name the theme of LttS in one or two words.

Get to work

Go to Magister/Opdrachten

Start working on the first assignment.

Hand it in before the next lesson on Monday.

Your work will be reviewed in the next lesson by your classmates and teacher.