Link to Story: http://netclass.csu.edu.cn/NCourse/hep139/ch01_03/sample010303_6.asp.htm
1. What type of descriptive language is used in this story? Give at least one example.
2. How is this story similar to "Shooting an Elephant"? Give two examples.
3. How is this story different from "Shooting an Elephant"? Give one example.
4. In what ways are the animals' deaths "little" deaths? In what ways are they significant deaths?
5. Was the trapper justified in killing the animals because they were "varmints"? Should human needs and desire take precedence over an animal's right to live?
6. What is the difference between the trapped dog and the other trapped varmints? Why do you think Watkins described the episode with the dog at such length?
A narrative is an account of an event or a series of events. We get into touch with narrative almost every day. When you listen to a news broadcast, you are hearing a narrative. When you read a novel or short story, you are reading a narrative. When you tell your friend about your day at work, you are talking in narrative. Narrative writing in the broad sense includes stories, biographies, histories, and news items: any writing that offers an account of an event or an experience.
Task 1: Please find out the time, the place, the characters, the circumstance and the conflict in "Shooting an Elephant".
| Narrator's Point of View: Setting: Time: | |
| Place: | |
| Characters: | |
| Themes: | |
| Conflicts: |
| Task 2: |
Please find out the time, the place, the characters, the circumstance and the conflict in "Little Deaths".
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| Narrator's Point of View: Setting: Time: Place: Characters: Themes: Conflicts: |
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Sentence Diagramming: Worksheets w/ Answers performed in class
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Diagramming Sentences Practice Sheets w_ ANSWERS _2_.pdf
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