H5 Monday 8 February

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

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Short Stories       TW3

The Hounds of Fate

The Monkey’s Paw

Unknown stories

Today

• checking your answers to The Hounds of Fate
• refreshing your knowledge of the theory behind the short stories
• seeing whether you are able to actively construct a a plot graph yourself 

Let's see what you remember

What is exposition?

1. The part where we find out how the story will come to an end
2. The most important part of the story
3. The part where the writer introduces us to the setting
4. The part where events start to take place

The 5 elements of a plot are:
1) exposition 2) rising action
3) climax 4) falling action 5)resolution
Explain number 2.

Within the exposition you will find the setting.
Explain what the setting is.

Exposition

Rising action

Climax

resolution

the starting point of the situation in the story.

the plot develops

It is the most important moment in the story

 the story comes to an end.

Characters

What types of characters are there in a short story?

How would you characterise Martin Stoner of The Hounds of Fate? Mention three characteristics.

Martin Stoner is afraid that the people at the farm will find out the truth about him. What three things are mentioned in the text that would reveal the truth?

"The hounds of fate had waited for him in these narrow lanes and this time they were not to be denied". What does this mean?

Tools for working on short stories

• Plot and tension (in five stages) 
• Characters
• Theme 
• Setting
• Irony
• Symbolism

Theme

• The theme is the message of the story.
• Some keywords for themes: love - revenge - redemption - good vs evil 
• You need to be able to describe the theme, so a theme is usually more than a keyword. 
• Stories may contain multiple themes. 

What is the theme of The Hounds of Fate?

What is so ironical about the moment Michael Ley steps out from behind the tree?

Today

Fill in a plot graph for 

The Monkey's Paw 

and do one for 

The Hounds of Fate as well. 

Make photos when you are finished & hand them in via Teams Opdrachten.