Short Story Test:
Tuesday, Sept. 29

It will cover literary terms, with a focus on the elements of fiction.  We have discussed and applied these, but not formally "defined" each one.  You probably know many of them quite well, but you can confirm what you know or learn what you need to know by using the Glossary of Literary Terms and Techniques found at the back of the red Prentice-Hall textbook (blue band on the edge; beginning on p. 1334).

Plot
Conflict
Character/characterization
Point of View
Setting
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Irony
Tone
Theme

Be sure to note how "characterization" differs from character traits (personality traits) or just a "character" himself/herself.
Also, be aware of all three kinds of irony, but know which type was at the heart of "The Story of an Hour."

Review (this might mean actually re-read, or it might just be a careful review as you skim the story, look at whatever notes/annotations you took, and try to recall what we emphasized in class.

Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" http://my.hrw.com/support/hos/hostpdf/host_text_219.pdf

Katherine Anne Porter, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
http://www.westga.edu/~shollenb/Jilting%20of%20Granny%20Weatherall%20by%20Katherine%20Anne%20Porter.htm

Elizabeth Bowen, "The Demon Lover"
pdf of The Demon Lover

John Updike, "A & P"
"A & P" link

James Joyce, "Araby"
pdf of "Araby"

Finally, review the poems.  Know why we  the following poems by Emily Dickinson in conjunction with "Granny Weatherall":

• "Because I could not Stop for Death . . . "
• "I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died"

And you received a hand-out of a ballad called  "The Demon Lover"; one side was in a broad Scots dialect (which I read), and the other used more modern spellings and was easier to understand.  I'm linking that side here:

"The Demon Lover" (anonymous ballad) (There are some formatting issues here I haven't resolved--click on "Open" after the first copy comes up.)