Techniques of Development Discussion

Daniel Kevins

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Review the following short stories and look for the techniques of time, setting, and plot:

Louise Erdrich, “The Red Convertible” in Shaping the Story. (Attached)

Chopin, K., & Knights, P. (2000). “The Dream of an Hour,” in The Awakening and Other Stories. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/engl2110 (Attached)

Consider how the authors use the setting, plot, and time in their stories as tools to describe and narrate the scenes.

What are the settings of each story?

How do the authors establish plot in each story?

In what time frame does each story occur?

With these thoughts in mind:

Post a 1 page deconstructing the use of description and narration in each story. Be sure to answer the following questions:

How do the authors use description and narration to explain their stories to the reader?

How do the authors develop their plots?

How is it similar to or different from the way the other authors developed their plots?

How do the authors create the settings?

How does clarity of plot make a story more effective?

How do the authors illustrate the passage of time?

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