2.3 FREYTAG'S PYRAMID

  • 2.3 FREYTAG'S PYRAMID

    Learning Goals: By the end of this lesson you will be able to

    (1) identify a variety of text features including style and how short stories are constructed;

    (2) demonstrate insight into how they communicate meaning and enhance the effectiveness of the story.


    • Lesson 2.3 Lectures Page

      This page contains all the lectures for this lesson. 

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    • AS Learning Freytag's Pyramid Assignment: Due before Friday's Class

      You will read the satirical short story My Financial Career by Canadian author Stephen Leacock and re-read POPULAR MECHANICS / MINE by Raymond Carver for this homework assignment

      Using Freytag's Pyramid  show the various elements of the short story structure in two  short stories in POINT FORM: 

      Analyze the structure of both My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock and POPULAR MECHANICS / MINE by Raymond Carver.  

      Point Form  means: (TITLE and Description)    

      For EXAMPLE: 

      1. Exposition and Introduction   (describe)                                                                                                    

      Be ready to casually share your model with the class in a short AS Learning Sharing.

      **PDF and post to Moodle below.

    • OF LEARNING TEST ASSIGNMENT: The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin File Uploaded 14/07/21, 13:18

      Read The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin. (It is attached below and is 1015 words long)

      Write down the Plot development as a list - and also list the 5 adjectives you feel best describe the protagonist. 

      THIS WILL BE GRADED 'OF LEARNING' FOR 5 MARKS

    • 2.3 Discussion Forum

      Let's discuss where the INCITING INCIDENT and the CLIMAX can be found in Lather and Nothing Else