EWRT 30 Class 11

AGENDA

• Terms 25-30 •Writers' Workshop: Fiction Project #2

TERMS 26-30

26.Unreliable narrator

27.Setting28.Tone29.Symbol30.Theme

26.An unreliable narrator is a fictional character whose interpretation of events is different from the author's or undependable because he or she is naïve or has a bias or a stake in the outcome of the plot. .

27.Setting: the locale, time, and social circumstances of a story (for instance, an Eastern town in winter, about 1950, in an upper-class private girls school).

28.Tone: the prevailing attitude (for instance, ironic, compassionate, objective) as perceived by the reader; the author's feelings toward the central character or the main events.

29.Symbol: a person, object, action, or situation, that, charged with meaning, suggests another thing (for example, a dark forest may suggest confusion, or perhaps evil), though usually with less specificity and more ambiguity than allegory. A symbol usually differs from a metaphor in that a symbol is expanded or repeated and works by accumulating associations.

30.Theme: the central idea or meaning of a story; what the work is about. When you express the theme in your own words, it should be worded in a complete sentence and universally expressed.

Writers’ Workshop

Poetry Workshop Get into your groups

Pass out your fiction so that everyone in your group has a copyTake turns reading them aloud; Note obvious errors (typos, spelling)

by marking on the text as the reader reads. Read everyone’s work before making comments about content, style,

and conventions. Make sure each participant gets at least one thorough review of his or her work.

Use the handout as a guide for your comments. Ask yourself the questions about each piece. Where should the writer focus his or her efforts in revision?

Write on the story. Use the margins or the back for your comments. DO NOT write on the fiction revision workshop handout

Steps to Revision: AT HOME

1. Carefully and thoughtfully review the suggestions your readers have given you.

2. Make the changes that will improve your story.3. Put aside the work for several hours or longer. This kind of literal

space/time distance will allow you to gain some objectivity. 4. Revisit your story and the revision suggestions. 5. Make further changes.6. Read your revised story aloud. 7. Revise again.

Project #2 Fiction 75 points

Homework• Post # 11: The best two or

three paragraphs of your fiction project.• Submit Project #2: Due

Friday, Week 7 at noon. Feel free to submit early: first come, first graded!• Reading: “The Most

Dangerous Game” • Study terms: test #2 at our

next meeting

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